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 NOV 14, 2016 – Members of the Taliban gather at the site of the execution of three men accused of murdering a couple during a robbery in Ghazni province, Afghanistan April 18, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Ahmad Sultan and Omar Fahmy KABUL/CAIRO (Reuters) – From Afghanistan […]
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=994109&binId=1.1201914&playlistPageNum=1 and: Thousands turn up to send off the Caliph Calgary,Alberta / News Talk 770 (CHQR) Haley Jarmain Posted: November 13, 2016 Thousands of people showed up in northeast Calgary on Sunday night for one last prayer with the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at, the Caliph, His Holiness, […]
Historic records show that at least 885,000 Muslims were recruited from across the Muslim world to fight for the Allies, and over 89,000 are known to have been killed. Research found that only a fifth of people are aware that Muslim soldiers fought at all in the Great War Qari Muhammad […]
Calgary,Alberta / News Talk 770 (CHQR) Haley Jarmain Posted: November 11, 2016 Over 700 distinguished guests, including the Mayor, Police Chief, as well as politicians from all levels of government, gathered in northeast Calgary Friday night for a the Calgary Peace Symposium. The event comes at a time of global […]
OCT. 4, 2016 12:51 P.M. (UPDATED: NOV. 1, 2016 9:45 P.M.) Israeli security forces tend to an injured soldier next to the body of a slain Palestinian in the southern occupied West Bank on Oct. 16, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader, File) By: Chloe Benoist BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In October 2015 began […]
Reuters International www.swissinfo.ch NOV 12, 2016 An injured boy is wheeled from the ambulance after an explosion in at the Shah Noorani Shrine in Baluchistan, at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (reuters_tickers) By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – An explosion claimed by militant […]
Reuters International NOV 13, 2016 – swissinfo.ch Refugee advocates hold a banner during a protest in central Sydney, Australia, October 5, 2016 calling for the closure of the Australian detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo (reuters_tickers) SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has reached a resettlement deal with […]
REBUILDING BOOM NOV 12, 2016 – swissinfo.ch The average age of the around 84,000 dams in the US is 52 years (Keystone) Companies like Sika and LafargeHolcim want to be a part of US President Elect Donald Trump’s plans to rebuild crumbling roads, bridges, tunnels and airports infrastructure. While the […]
Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says Trump’s anti-Muslim talk was likely campaign rhetoric CBC News Posted: Nov 09, 2016 Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslims, says he thinks Donald Trump’s anti-Islam rhetoric was simply a campaign tactic. (Kate Adach/CBC) Related Stories ‘It’s very scary’: Election […]
Source: Calgary Herald and YouTube MICHAEL LUMSDEN, POSTMEDIA A world-renowned Muslim cleric is dismissing the campaign rhetoric of Donald Trump, a day after the real estate mogul was elected as the next […]
by Roisin O’Connor in newsUPVOTE ‘Grab ’em by the pussy’ should have been the line that ended Donald Trump’s bid for US presidency. But it didn’t: the Republican who said Mexicans were rapists; threatened to deport all undocumented immigrants but bring the “good” ones back legally; build a giant wall; […]
by Narjas Zatat in news Following the news that Donald Trump has been elected as president of the United States, here’s a reminder that Michael Moore predicted this would happen… Despite several polls putting Hillary Clinton as much as 14 points ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump, some people […]
by indy100 staff in newsUPVOTE Approximately six million soldiers in the UK were mobilised during the First World War, but millions of troops from overseas also responded to the call to arms. These are some of the countries that contributed to the British war effort. Source: ICM Research and British […]
It is easy to say that the Arabs are appalled that an Islamophobe has won the White House. But did they think Obama or any of his predecessors – Democrat or Republican – had any special concern for Islam? Of course not Robert Fisk @indyvoices Donald Trump has been talking […]
Source: Telegraph UK The Donald Trump win devastated many who wanted America to elect its first female president. However, some have already cast aside their previous female candidate, Hillary Clinton, […]
Naftali Bennett, an Israeli minister, said: “The era of a Palestinian state is over.” 9 NOVEMBER 2016 • 2:30PM Donald Trump’s election victory means the Palestinian people will never have a state of their own, a Right-wing Israeli government minister has said as he hailed the demise of a “two-state […]
Darrell M. West Wednesday, November 9, 2016 The 2016 election produced another shocker for the world with the presidential victory of Donald Trump. Following on the heels of many other surprises in recent years such as the Great Recession, the rise of ISIS, Brexit, and Trumpism itself, it demonstrates that […]
Nov 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen At long last the campaign to drive Daesh from Raqqa, the cult’s self-proclaimed capital, has begun. Daesh seized this north Syrian city from Al Qaeda’s Jabhat Al Nusra and groups claiming affiliation with the Free Syrian Army in January 2014. Until insurgents captured […]
Nov 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab At about 2:40am Wednesday, Donald J. Trump, the US president elect, spoke to his supporters, the American people and the world. He praised Hillary Clinton, spoke about how he will make America great and then addressed the world. “I want to tell the […]
Some parts welcome victory with calls for Trump to take action, others express alarm By AFP – Nov 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES An Iraqi man follows the US presidential elections on television at his home in Baghdad on Tuesday (AFP photo) BEIRUT — Uncertainty spread across the Middle East […]