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.
Reuters International FEB 8, 2017 By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Egypt has eased restrictions at a tightly-controlled border with the Gaza trip in a sign of improved relations with the Palestinian territory’s Islamist rulers. Truckloads of goods ranging from steel to fish have rolled into the enclave in […]
Roy Greenslade And why it’s also wrong to refer to ‘Muslims’ as if they are a single entity Tuesday 24 November 2015 There is an insistent call for Muslims to condemn Isis. (I’ll come back to that groupist description in a moment). The Sun’s leading article a week ago (17 […]
SIX KILLED FEB 8, 2017 ICRC President Peter Maurer condemned the attack in Afghanistan (Keystone) Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, has condemned an attack on humanitarian workers in Afghanistan that left six International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff dead on Wednesday. Burkhalter expressed condolences to the families of the […]
Saddam Hussain of Iraq no doubt was not a holy man. On the other hand, his last words, when being executed, were: [Saddam] There is no God but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God. There is no God but Allah and I testify that Muhammad… […]
Posted on 07 February 2017 Singaporeans know she will be the one. Singaporeans from all walks of life, who can see the future without even having to see it, are lining up to take turns to congratulate Halimah Yacob. This after they know that Halimah Yacob will be the […]
Gary Younge Gun deaths – intentional, accidental and self-inflicted – dwarf those related to terror. The talk is of secure borders but within the US many live in a state of fear ‘An American is at least twice as likely to be shot dead by a toddler than killed by […]
Source: Reuters International FEB 7, 2017 – JAKARTA (Reuters) – Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have banned a rally organised by Islamist groups ahead of next week’s hotly contested election to lead the city, officials said on Tuesday. The rally on Feb. 11, just four days before voting day, […]
Reuters International FEB 8, 2017 – Pope Francis leads the Second Vespers at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside The Walls in Rome, Italy January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (reuters_tickers) VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar’s minority Rohingyas, saying […]
MUSLIMS IN SWITZERLAND By Peter Siegenthaler FEB 8, 2017 How does an imam understand young Muslims’ lives in Switzerland if he only spends a few years in the country and doesn’t speak one of the national languages? (Keystone) Many imams at Swiss mosques spend only a few years in Switzerland, […]
Talk of a ‘two-state solution’ remains nothing more than a convenient fig leaf for Israeli authorities Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Tuesday 7 February 2017 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave Theresa May a frightening account during their meeting of the threat posed by Iranian aggression to Israel and everybody else. In […]
Source: The Independent ‘It totally undid me that he could vote for Trump. I felt like I had been fooling myself’ John Whitesides Burning passions over Donald Trump‘s presidency are taking a personal toll on both sides of the political divide. For Gayle McCormick, it is particularly wrenching: she has separated […]
Guy Verhofstadt says that now is ‘an existential moment for the European Union’ Josie Cox Business Editor The European Parliament’s lead Brexit negotiator has said that the European Union needs to reform or it risks disappearing completely. Speaking to the BBC World Service on Wednesday, Guy Verhofstadt said that there […]
Homepage : Comment : The media is ignoring leaked US-government documents on Syria Ian Sinclair Former Secretary of State John Kerry speaking about US policy in Iraq and Syria [Getty] Date of publication: 6 February, 2017 Comment: Disclosures reported by the media about US policy in Syria were quickly forgotten, […]
By Ezzoubeir Jabrane – February 6, 2017 , 6:09 am Casablanca – Morocco’s High Religious Committee has retracted its Islamic ruling stating that apostasy is punishable by death and has decided to permit Muslims to change their religion. The High Religious Committee in charge of issuing Fatwas (Islamic rulings) released […]
The enemy for Bannon is secularism. This, he believes, is responsible for progressively diluting pure Christian ideals with all sorts of modern and postmodern ideologies Russell Razzaque @mindfulrussell At the time of Trump’s unexpected election victory, there was much speculation over who would really run the US Government, given the incoming […]
Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Al-Nahl, Spring 1995 The subject of election for first three successors of the Promised Messiah has been discussed in different publications of the Jamaat. Following is a narration of the circumstances and details of three elections for Khilafat in the language of Sir Muhammad Zafrulla […]
DAILY SABAH WITH DOGAN NEWS AGENCY ISTANBUL Published February 6, 2017 The ancient town of Hasankeyf, located in southeastern Turkey, faces the threat of becoming submerged into the lake of a new dam. Archeologists as well as scientists have rolled up their sleeves to salvage the historical relics of the town, […]
Monday, February 06, 2017 Your Excellency Adama Barrow President and Head of State of the Republic of The Gambia Banjul, The Gambia Your Excellency, Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuhu CONGRATULATIONS AND PRAYERS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF STATE, HIS CABINET AND THE PEOPLE OF THE GAMBIA We express our […]
By AFP – Feb 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian refugee Anas Modamani (right) and his lawyer Chan-jo Jun talk to the media on their way to the district court in Wuerzburg, southern Germany, on Monday (AFP photo) WUERZBURG, Germany — A Syrian refugee whose selfie with German Chancellor […]
By Reuters – Feb 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi children who fled the Daesh stronghold of Mosul with their families play at Khazer camp, Iraq, on Monady (Reuters photo) BAGHDAD — The World Bank plans to offer Iraq financial support in parallel with projects to foster reconciliation […]