Kazakhstan lifts visa requirements to boost tourism, investment
By AFP Published Tuesday, January 03, 2017 Kazakhstan said Tuesday it had lifted visa requirements for citizens of the European Union, OECD countries and a number of other states in […]
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Rafiq A. Tschannen
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.
Self-inflicted wound – The US and UNESCO
Oct 17,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif It would be naïve to believe that the US decision to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation […]
Muslim World League chief, Singaporean president hold talks to promote tolerance, human coexistence
Mohammed Al-Sulami | Published — Wednesday 18 October 2017 JEDDAH: The president of the Republic of Singapore, Halimah Yacob, has received and welcomed the secretary-general of the Muslim World League […]
Israel carries out ‘large-scale’ raids on Palestinian media firms
AFP | Published — Wednesday 18 October 2017 HEBRON, Palestinian Territories: Israeli forces raided Palestinian media offices across the occupied West Bank overnight in what a military spokeswoman on Wednesday called a “large-scale operation” against incitement. The raids on eight companies came hours after the Israeli government declared that […]
View from Turkey: Time for cautious optimism on Iraq
İLNUR ÇEVIK @ilnurcevik Information from Irbil shows that there is a growing pessimism and an atmosphere of dejection especially among the Barzani administration people. This is only normal because they embarked on a mission impossible by insisting on holding a referendum for independence which was not only illegal but […]
Kurdish forces withdraw to June 2014 lines – Iraqi Army Commander
Reuters International This content was published on October 18, 2017 BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kurdish Peshmerga forces have retreated to positions they held in northern Iraq in June 2014 in response to an Iraqi army advance into the region after a Kurdish independence referendum rejected by Baghdad, a senior Iraqi commander […]
French police arrests ten far-right militants
October 17, 2017 5:43 PMOct 17, 2017 – 17:43 PARIS (Reuters) – French anti-terrorist police have arrested 10 far-right militants, a court official said on Tuesday. The official declined to detail why the men were arrested, but TV station M6 said that the 10 were suspected of planning attacks on […]
Russia accuses US of ‘pretending’ to fight Isis
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 […]
Isis has lost Raqqa – so where will its fighters head to next?
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 […]
After visiting Hitler’s office in Munich, it’s clear to me that there are still lessons to be learned
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 […]
Islamic Dream Interpretation – by Ibn Sirin here: seeing of FISH in a dream
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 […]
Swiss pioneers: Swiss engineer takes on killer landmines
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 […]
Jihadi brides, dating and identity: British Muslim women speak out
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 […]
Catalan leader proclaims independence but suspends it pending talks
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) […]
The Venerable W review – the poisonous monk behind Myanmar’s anti-Muslim vendetta
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 […]
Clare Hollingworth: Our last interview with the woman who broke WW2
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 […]
Religion in the classroom: Swiss parliament will not enforce handshakes in school
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 […]
Can Islamic FinTech Help To Power Western Economies?
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 […]
Get to know a Muslim to help dispel myths about Islam: Zohaib Zafar (Opinion)
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 […]
What Killed the Promise of Muslim Communism?
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 […]