Rafiq A. Tschannen is a Swiss national. He converted to Islam and joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the age of 16 after reading the German translation of the Holy Qur'an. He worked in 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, first as Finance Director in the private industry and later as Chief Executive Officer of NGOs and International Governmental Organizations. He is now devoting his time to The Muslim Times as Editor for Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Switzerland and as Associate Chief Editor.
The Independent Online A member of the US-backed Iraqi security forces stands guard at a shrine destroyed by air strikes in east Mosul, Iraq, on 19 April 2017 REUTERS The Pentagon has dismissed Russian allegations that the US is only “pretending” to fight Isis in Iraq as a “ridiculous” Russian […]
Some Isis fighters have been allowed to leave, but there will apparently be no forgiveness for the foreign fighters in Raqqa – it seems they will have to fight and die Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices SDF forces are making gains in pushing the last Isis fighters out of […]
It’s actually a rather droll room – dark, heavy panelling, dull, tall windows, a 1930s monster building – the doors and windows far taller than a man or woman. It lacks imagination. I can think of a few other modern day fuehrers who might feel at home here The […]
Fish — Seeing sea fish covered with salt in a dream means lasting richness, because fish are preserved in salt, or it could mean burdens. If one’s wife is pregnant and he sees a fish coming out of his male organ in a dream, it means that his wife will […]
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43460444&locale=en Embed code This content was published on October 10, 2017 5:00 PMOct 10, 2017 – 17:00 Swiss engineer, Frédéric Guerne, has dedicated half his life to making machines that […]
Adela Suliman | Thomson Reuters Foundation | Published — Tuesday 10 October 2017 LONDON: From a jaded TV chat show host to a Middle Eastern actress who longs to […]
Reuters International This content was published on October 10, 2017 7:27 PMOct 10, 2017 – 19:27 Catalan President Carles Puigdemont leaves after addressing deputies in the chamber at the Catalonian regional parliament in Barcelona, Spain, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea (reuters_tickers) By Angus Berwick and Sonya Dowsett BARCELONA (Reuters) […]
This intimate documentary on Ashin Wirathu, the Buddhist fanatic whose ideas have brought down Aung Sun Suu Kyi, is a bleak study of sectarianism by Barbet Schroeder Carrying on a long tradition of persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims … The Venerable W. Photograph: The 61st BFI London Film Festiva/BFI London […]
Robert Fisk travelled to Hong Kong in 2015 to meet the grande dame of war reporting Robert Fisk @indyvoices Tuesday 10 October 2017 Clare Hollingworth pictured in 2009 AFP/Getty When Suzanne and Helen opened the door of the cramped, box-like apartment in Albert Road, I didn’t even notice the small, huddled […]
By swissinfo.ch and agencies This content was published on September 26, 2017 4:10 PMSep 26, 2017 – 16:10 The Swiss parliament has rejected a motion demanding that students in Swiss schools be required to shake their teacher’s hand, regardless of religious reservations. Educational policy in Switzerland is managed at […]
Lawrence Wintermeyer , Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Guest post written by Harris Irfan Harris Irfan is Managing Director at Cordoba Capital and author of “Heaven’s […]
Updated on October 8, 2017 Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a member of the Muslim Writers Guild of America, writes that by getting to know a Muslim, myths surrounding Islam will […]
John T. Sidel RED CENTURY OCT. 9, 2017 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet Email More Save LONDON — For a brief moment after the Bolshevik uprisings of 1917, it looked like revolution might be waged across vast swaths of the world under the joint banner […]
By Camille Dupire – Oct 09,2017 -JORDAN TIMES The rise in the number of refugees is most felt in urban areas and primary cities like Amman (Photo by Camille Dupire) AMMAN — Amman hosts 32 per cent of the 1.4 million refugees currently living in Jordan, a recent report by […]
Arab News | Published — Thursday 5 October 2017 MAKKAH: The Makkah Region Development Authority has announced the completion of field work on the Haramain Express Train. It expects […]
Baker Atyani & Sib Kaifee | Published — Monday 9 October 2017 ISLAMABAD: The days of Pakistan depending on the US to meet its military and other requirements are over, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told Arab News during an exclusive interview. The world should recognize Pakistan’s efforts in […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Turkish military units have started expeditionary activities in Syria’s Idlib in line with the de-escalation zone deal agreed by Astana parties, the Armed Forces (TSK) said in a statement Monday. The statement published on TSK’s website stated that the military elements that will take […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The U.S. consulate building in Istanbul. The U.S. embassy in Ankara said Sunday that all non-immigrant visa services in its diplomatic facilities in Turkey were suspended after the arrest of one of its employees over the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) ties. A statement released by the […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS ISTANBUL A young Kurdish girl walks along the muddy road framed with tents and shacks in the makeshift migrant camp in grande-synthe near Dunkirk, […]
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