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.
Family describes civilains being shot by militia as they seek to escape medical shortages, starvation, and the barrage of air strikes from overhead Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Kahled Kadoura, his wife Samira and 8-year old son Almuatazbilah in Aleppo shortly after they fled the east of the city Nelofer Pazira Khaled […]
As passages to western Aleppo are said to be being kept open for civilians to flee across the city, one general in the Syrian army talks of a decision to ‘enter battle’ against forces in eastern areas Robert Fisk Aleppo @indyvoices Syrians carry their belongings as they leave Aleppo’s southwestern frontline […]
Bambang MuryantoThe Jakarta Post Yogyakarta | Mon, October 31, 2016 | Vandalism: Books are seen scattered through the ruins in a corner of Ahmadiyah congregation’s Al Kautsar Mosque following mass rioting on Sunday in Purworejo village, Kendal, Central Java. (Courtesy of Ahmadiyah congregation/File) Leaders of Ahmadiyah Muslim communities from Indonesia […]
Why Palestinians want to sue Britain RAMZY BAROUD | Published — Tuesday 1 November 2016 Ramzy Baroud Last July, the Palestinian Authority took the unexpected, although belated step of seeking Arab backing in suing Britain over the Balfour Declaration. That “declaration’ was the first-ever explicit commitment made by Britain, and […]
NATASHA BERTRAND POLITICS OCT. 22, 2016, Mahmoud Alkhuder Mahmoud Alkhuder, who is originally from Aleppo, stands in front of the German flag in Dusseldorf earlier this year. Obtaining a visa to enter Europe legally is becoming more difficult every day as Syria’s brutal civil war — and the refugee crisis it […]
Reuters International OCT 31, 2016 – An armoured vehicle of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) drives south of Mosul, Iraq October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) By Babak Dehghanpisheh AIN NASIR, Iraq (Reuters) – Gun trucks and humvees streamed north on a highway heading to Mosul on Sunday flying the […]
Reuters International OCT 30, 2016 – A patient is evacuated from an hospital following an earthquake in Rieti, Italy, October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Emiliano Grillotti (reuters_tickers) By Isla Binnie NORCIA, Italy (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that have been rocked by […]
CYBER CRIME OCT 30, 2016 – Excerpts of the Attorney General’s criminal order were published by Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag on Sunday. (Keystone) The Swiss Attorney General’s Office has sentenced two Islamic State sympathisers this year, including the moderator of a large jihadist online forum. The former moderator is […]
IRIN Swiss non-profit status gives wings to ex-UN news agency By Simon Bradley POLITICS CULTURE BUSINESS IN DEPTH: INTERNATIONAL GENEVA OCT 30, 2016 – 11:00 Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) North rebels fighting for the independence of Blue Nile State prepare for a training exercise at their barracks (Alex Pritz/Documist for IRIN.) […]
Oct 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Marc Benioff Over the last 30 years, consumers have reaped the benefits of dramatic technological advances. In many countries, most people now have in their pockets a personal computer more powerful than the mainframes of the 1980s. The Atari 800XL computer that I developed games […]
Oct 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Over the last few decades we have seen the evolution of terrorist groups from Al Qaeda through to Daesh. The key change witnessed was an increased level of violence and brutality in these groups’ doctrine and attacks. There are many questions regarding […]
Was it sent in by NGOS from Britain? Was it brought in by one of those selfless men who tried to help the people of Syria and who then fell into the fatal hands of Isis murderers? Robert Fisk in Aleppo @indyvoices Saturday 29 October 2016 A Scottish ambulance found […]
The battle for the city has opened up, with fire arriving not only from the east but from south-west – where the al-Nusra Front and some of its Islamist allies still hold territory. But this isn’t quite the storm of steel the world’s media would have you believe Robert Fisk Aleppo […]
CULTURAL HERITAGE By Thomas Stephens OCT 26, 2016 – 11:00 This undated photo released on August 25, 2015, on a social media site used by Islamic State militants shows the destruction of the 2,000-year-old Syrian Temple of Baalshamin. The Arabic at bottom reads: “The moment of detonation of the pagan […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Louis Burckhardt Born November 24, 1784 Lausanne, Vaud Died October 15, 1817 (aged 32) Cairo, Egypt Eyalet Nationality Swiss Occupation traveler, geographer, orientalist Religion Sunni Islam Jean Louis (also known as John Lewis, Johann Ludwig) Burckhardt (November 24, 1784 – October 15, 1817) was a […]
INDIAN JOURNEY By Anand Chandrasekhar OCT 25, 2016 -www.swissinfo.ch Hablützel became Swami Jnanananda and spent over 60 years in India immersed in spiritual practices (Malcolm Tillis) His mother wanted him to become a banker but Hans Hablützel renounced worldly ambitions to embark on a spiritual journey from Switzerland to India, […]
Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar writes on the importance of understanding the underlying causes of conflict in the Islamic world. (Cory Shaffer/cleveland.com/file photo) PrintEmail By Guest Columnist/cleveland.com on October 23, 2016 at 12:00 PM Zohaib ZafarZohaib Zafar Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a Brecksville resident, is a student at Davidson College in […]
Crew praised for handling of situation Pól Ó ConghaileTwitter EMAIL PUBLISHED24/10/2016 | 17:12 1 Aer Lingus stock photo. Pic: Deposit Aer Lingus cabin crew removed a man from a flight due to his alleged verbal abuse of Muslim passengers, it has emerged. The incident took place on flight EI0330 from […]
If convicted, Sharbat Gula, photographed as a 12-year-old refugee in 1984, faces a possible 14-year jail sentence Adam Lushe US photographer Steve McCurry took his iconic photograph of the ‘Afghan Girl’ named Sharbat Gula, in 1985 The Afghan girl whose piercing eyes made her famous when her photo appeared on […]
Source: The Vintage News Nasīr al-Dīn Tūsī Nasīr al-Dīn Tūsī was a Persian polymath and prolific writer: An architect, astronomer, biologist, chemist, mathematician, philosopher, physician, physicist, scientist, theologian and Marja Taqleed. He was […]