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.
Stewart Bell | February 16, 2017 | HandoutA mob attacked the minority Ahmadiyya community’s mosque in Dulmial village, Chakwal. TORONTO — Rashid Ahmed answered the phone at his suburban home in Mississauga this week, which would not be unusual except for the fact that he is being investigated by Pakistani […]
BY NIMIRA DEWJI POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2017 Carpets were probably first made by nomadic peoples to cover the earthen floor in their tents and to keep them warm. By the fifth century BCE, carpet making was a highly artistic craft. The oldest surviving carpet is believed to be one […]
Source: LA Times After a tense campaign marred by religious protests and phone-tapping allegations made by a former president, Indonesia’s capital will have to wait two more months to learn who will run the city of 10 million people. Incumbent Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as “Ahok,” will face a runoff […]
LOCAL NEWS VALENCIA WICKER PUBLISHED: 02/16/17 12:26 AM EST. Every Wednesday evening, the first floor lobby of the Rardin Family Practice Center is turned into a registration area for patients in need of free healthcare. “The motivation is to serve people from different cultural and religious backgrounds and from different […]
Press Release (english) 16 February, 2017 CIA espionage orders for the last French presidential election All major French political parties were targeted for infiltration by the CIA’s human (“HUMINT”) and electronic (“SIGINT”) spies in the seven months leading up to France’s 2012 presidential election. The revelations are contained within three […]
The University Consultant, Prof. Ayo Omotayo of the Lagos State University said that MIU will be one of the best Universities in a short time. Times of Ahmad | News Watch | UK Desk Source/Credit: Vanguard Nigeria By Haroon Balogun | February 10, 2017 The groundbreaking of Minaret International University, […]
A suicide attack in a popular shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 50 people, reports say. The bomber blew himself up among devotees in the shrine of Sufi […]
FEB. 11, 2017 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces delivered confiscation notices on Friday for 275 dunams (69 acres) of private Palestinian land on the outskirts of the village of Beituniya in the western part of the occupied West Bank district of Ramallah. Official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that farmers […]
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FEB. 15, 2017 (File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A United States official said on Tuesday that the US was not necessarily committed to the two-state solution as the sole way out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sparking criticism from Palestinian officials who upheld that the two-state solution remained the only alternative to […]
Reuters International FEB 15, 2017 – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes part in a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country sought good […]
Reuters International FEB 16, 2017 By Lin Noueihed and Ahmed Mohammed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) – Libyan factions have tentatively agreed on an Egyptian-brokered roadmap to heal divisions, Egypt said, though the failure to engineer a meeting between two key figures has cast a shadow on the diplomatic push. The […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering requiring visitors to turn over their social-media passwords and browsing histories.Mike Blake / Reuters KAVEH WADDELL FEB 10, 2017 “What sites do you visit? And give us your passwords.” That’s what U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly wants foreign visitors to hear […]
From the sectionMiddle East US President Donald Trump has said he will work very hard to deliver “really a great peace deal” between Israel and the Palestinians. After his first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Trump told his visitor both sides would have to make compromises. […]
The Local news@thelocal.de 14 February 2017 Frankfurt. Photo: DPA Prosecutors in Frankfurt are investigating two people for making up a crime, after they claimed in a national newspaper that dozens of Arab men rioted and sexually assaulted women at New Year. The claims first appeared in Bild newspaper on February […]
Geert Wilders is dragging all of Dutch politics in a nationalist direction Feb 11th 2017 | AMSTERDAM “THERE’S something wrong with our country,” began an open letter to the Dutch people published last month. It went on to moan about those who “abuse our country’s freedom to cause havoc, when they […]
Since the President’s rise to power, Israel’s government has been drunk with power and impunity. It has dropped its thin mask of supporting the two state solution, moving at a dizzying speed to build as many settlements as possible in the occupied Palestinian territory Omar Barghouti When President Donald Trump […]
By Craig Considine CHARLES PHELPS CUSHING/CLASSICSTOCK VIA GETTY IMAGES Support for Donald Trump is surging across the United States. This is particularly troubling because in recent weeks, he has called for banning Muslim immigration, shutting down mosques, spying on Muslims, making Muslims carry ID badges, and a few other […]
by: Cem Nizamoglu Throughout history, trade routes played a central role in the transfer of goods and exchange of ideas between different parts of the world. The historic Silk Roads, which were a network of trade routes across land and sea that connected the lands from China across Asia to […]
Reuters International FEB 13, 2017 – A street vendor sells coffee outside Aleppo’s ancient citadel, as posters depicting Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are seen in the background, in Syria February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (reuters_tickers) By Angus McDowall ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – In the rubble-strewn square outside Aleppo’s ancient […]