MOAB strike: US bombing of IS in Afghanistan ‘killed dozens’
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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.
Ancient sacred art resurrected in city of Jesus’ birth
By AFP – Apr 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Ian Knowles (left), British director of the Bethlehem Icon Centre, advises foreign students of the centre during their course in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday (AFP photo) BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories — Down a Bethlehem alleyway, sunlight […]
Jordan condemns Israelis’ ‘provocative’ storming of Al Aqsa
Momani denounces move as ‘hindrance’ for Mideast peace process By JT – Apr 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Extremist Jews are seen in front of the Dome of the Rock […]
Don’t believe Trump when he says relations with Russia are at an ‘all-time low’ – the truth in Moscow is different
It’s significant that Rex Tillerson went ahead with his Moscow trip so soon after the air strikes in Syria. It’s equally significant that a meeting with Putin went ahead – and, for once, Putin […]
Lebanon’s efficient security services are stepping up their watch over Islamist supporters in Beirut and beyond
The so-called ‘tourist’ police appear in their uniforms during the day and then the same officers, in civilian clothes, can be spotted at night in the downtown cinema complex in central Beirut. And as far as the Ein el-Helweh camp is concerned, where many Islamist supporters live, Lebanon is keeping […]
Mardan university student lynched by mob over alleged blasphemy: police
REUTERS | ALI AKBAR | HASSAN FARHAN A 23-year-old student of Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan was killed and another seriously injured by a vigilante mob for allegedly “publishing blasphemous […]
European court rules Russia fatally botched Beslan school siege
Reuters International APR 13, 2017 – An interior view shows the building of a school, which was seized by Islamist militants in 2004 in the southern town of Beslan, Russia, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev (reuters_tickers) By Kazbek Basayev and Andrew Osborn BESLAN/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia broke European human rights […]
Tensions lurk behind Pence’s ‘partnership’ visit to Indonesia
Reuters International APR 13, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Judge Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Supreme Court Justice in the […]
Germany’s Schaeuble says if Muslim migrants don’t like Europe, go elsewhere
Reuters International APR 12, 2017 – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Baden-Baden, Germany, March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Muslims who migrate to Europe should understand […]
SWISS SALARIES: PASTORS: Why do Swiss clergy earn so much?
By Veronica DeVore APR 10, 2017 A Catholic priest and a Protestant pastor blessed the new Gotthard rail tunnel at its opening in June 2016(Keystone) Are Swiss pastors really […]
The Push to Ban Arabic Sermons in Europe’s Mosques
An imam holds Friday prayers at the Central Mosque in the German town of HamburgChristian Charisius / Reuters SIGAL SAMUEL APR 12, 2017 Some politicians are calling for more “transparent” […]
Blind loyalty to Trump is a special relationship Britain can’t afford
by Emily Thornberry, The Guardian UK foreign policy should be based on human rights and international law. That means putting some distance between us and an unpredictable White House ‘We should […]
Palestinian family makes use of unique power house
By AFP – Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian farmer hoses off the udders of cows at the Jebrini dairy farm in the West Bank town of Hebron, […]
Migrant rescuers accuse EU border agency of conspiracy
By AFP – Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Gambian migrants who voluntarily returned from Libya stand in line as they wait for registration at the airport in Banjul, Gambia, […]
Deir Yassin, over and over again
Apr 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen On April 9, Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza and the diaspora commemorated 69 years since the Deir Yassin massacre, when scores of Palestinians were killed by Zionist militias after Israel’s underground army, the Haganah, encircled the village. Bodies were left […]
Donald Trump’s air attack on Syria may have been unlawful – but nobody seems to have noticed
International law is degraded when a breach of the UN charter is declared ‘illegal but legitimate’. The rule of law requires a straightforward answer Geoffrey Robertson 22 hours ago Vladimir Putin and Jeremy Corbyn are among the few to show concern that the US’s Tomahawk missile attack on a Syrian air base was […]
Donald Trump, who doesn’t read books, is ignorant of history – and so is his pet chump Sean Spicer
The White House press spokesperson apparently could not grasp that Hitler used a chemical weapon called Zyklon B, with which the Nazis gassed up to a million of the six million Jews slaughtered in the Holocaust Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologised for causing […]
Iraqis celebrate Palm Sunday near Mosul for the first time in three years
Reuters International APR 9, 2017 – Iraqis attend the first Palm Sunday procession in the burnt out main church of the Christian city of Qaraqosh since Iraqi forces retook it […]
In the Trump era, one U.S. Muslim investor tries a louder voice
Reuters International APR 10, 2017 – Activist investor Bashar Qasem, President and CEO of Azzad Asset Management Inc, speaks to a client during a conference in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. […]
UNICEF official seeks release of detained Rohingya children in Myanmar
Reuters International APR 10, 2017 – By Antoni Slodkowski YANGON (Reuters) – A top official from the U.N. children’s fund (UNICEF) has sought the release of Rohingya children detained in a Myanmar army crackdown on the Muslim minority, the organisation’s country representative said on Monday. Children as young as 10 […]