How many more dead before peace?
Apr 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The chemical attack on a small town in the province of Idlib, in northern Syria, one of the last strongholds of rebels fighting the […]
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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.
Russia, Syria hit back as pressure builds over ‘chemical attack’
At least 86 people killed early Tuesday in rebel-held Khan Sheikhun By AFP – Apr 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A picture taken on Thursday shows 40-year-old Hassan Youssef, a victim of Tuesday’s suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, receiving medical care in a hospital in the nearby northwestern […]
Trump’s pride has been hurt at home, so he’s looking to bolster it with a win in Syria
Source: Independent There’s nothing like a nice little war to rally a country around you. Just ask George W Bush, who romped to a second term after a couple of […]
Assad has forced his secret police into the army to fight for Syria – and it will bring him closer to Trump
Source: Independent UK The very embodiment of the regime is now on the front line. This is Washington’s path to Assad Robert Fisk @indyvoices Isis is on the retreat in […]
The changing global religious landscape
April 06, 2017 The changing global religious landscape Muslims are projected to be the world’s fastest-growing major religious group in the decades ahead. By 2035, the number of babies born to Muslims is expected to modestly exceed births to Christians. Christians remain the world’s largest religious group, but they are […]
The African, and Muslim, Discovery of America – Before Columbus
Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick (Adopted with permission from the book, Deeper Roots, Muslims in the Americas and the Caribbean from before Columbus to the Present, by Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick, […]
Iraq reopens hot springs spa amid Mosul war chaos
Reuters International APR 4, 2017 – An Iraqi man bathes in a sulfur pond at Hammam al-Alil city south of Mosul, Iraq April 3, 2017. Picture taken April 3, 2017. […]
CONDEMNATION: Switzerland calls for truth behind Syria chemical attack
APR 5, 2017 – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (left) and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter during the Syria conference in Brussels(Keystone) Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter […]
LAND OF MANY TONGUES: Has migration changed the Swiss language map?
By Kai Reusser & Balz Rigendinger APR 5, 2017 – 18:15 Switzerland has always been a multilingual country – and is becoming a place of ever more languages. Since […]
Shift on Syria could lead to progress of Geneva talks
Apr 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The Trump administration blamed Damascus and its allies Moscow and Tehran for Tuesday’s deadly gas attack on insurgent-held Idlib province but seems to be sticking to decisions on the US posture on the six-year Syrian war that could lead to progress in the […]
Syrian crisis stretched Jordan to the limit — Mulki
PM tells EU-hosted Syria conference that direct cost incurred by Jordan since 2012 amounts to $10.6b By JT – Apr 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Hani Mulki holds […]
Rohingya violence is ‘Muslims killing Muslims’ not ethnic cleansing, says Aung San Suu Kyi
Leader is asked if she would be remembered as the Nobel Peace Prize winner who ignored ethnic cleansing in her own country Jon Sharman 2 hours ago 2 comments Aung […]
Adhan – The Call to Prayer
February 2017 Maulana Ataul Mujeeb Rashed – UK “حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلاح” “حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلاة” “O ye people, hasten to join the [congregational] prayer! Hasten because this is the real and […]
Bombing is easier – Mosul update
Iraq At the Battle of Mosul, the anti-IS alliance does not pay much attention to civilians. An eyewitness account Bombing is easier by Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer When I visited the Islamic state together with my son two years ago, we had a security guarantee from the “Caliph” as the self-proclaimed […]
Watch: Trump holds press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah II
Breaking News http://www.cnbc.com/watch-live/partner?channel=cnbc_live_event_1&autoPlay=true [The stream has ended.] President Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Wednesday afternoon, where he condemned an alleged chemical attack […]
In the eye of the beholder: what is Islamic art?
An example of work that’s considered under the Islamic art catch-all by Mohammed El Banna. Courtesy of World Art Dubai Katrina Kufer April 5, 2017 The third edition of […]
EXORCISMS: Driving out the devil in Switzerland
http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43080614&locale=en EMBED CODE APR 3, 2017 – 17:59 Every year, about 1,400 people ask Swiss churches for help with exorcisms, and the number is growing. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The practice of ridding […]
A Bizarre SS Expedition to Tibet
Nazis on the Roof of the World: A Bizarre SS Expedition to Tibet In 1938, an SS expedition led by German zoologist Ernst Schäfer trekked to Tibet, returning with priceless animal specimens. Many believe they had actually been sent to search for a lost Aryan race, but a new book argues that […]
This is how we can reclaim the British Muslim identity from extremists
Public debate has become toxic and polarised: on one side are the people who call all Muslims terrorists and extremists, and on the other are the people who cry ‘Islamophobia’ the moment anyone opens a discussion about Islamist extremism in Britain Sara Khan @sarakhaninspire Muslim children carrying flowers join a vigil […]
Syrians risk all in flight from Raqqa
By Reuters – Apr 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A displaced Syrian woman, who fled Daesh group stronghold of Raqqa, reacts as she arrives at a temporary camp in the […]