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.
**NEW: Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War Author Name:Michel ChossudovskyISBN Number:978-0-9737147-5-3Year:2012Pages:102 NEW BOOK FROM GLOBAL RESEARCH! “Professor Chossudovsky’s hard-hitting and compelling book explains why and […]
Disengage, avoid, and withhold support from whatever abuses, degrades and humiliates humanity.” (Alice Walker, b:1944.). “[former Danish PM and Secretary General of NATO] Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Du har blod på […]
Jan 11, 2013 – 03:05 By Alexandria Sage and Tiemoko Diallo PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – France would intervene to stop any further drive southward by Islamist rebels in Mali, President Francois […]
Source: TOI President Barack Obama on Thursday named Jack Lew as his Treasury secretary, the fourth white male he has named to the most prized cabinet posts in recent weeks. WASHINGTON: The first black US president is coming under fire from some of his own Democratic Party for naming a […]
Source: ET Mourners sit beside the coffins of blast victims at a mosque following overnight twin suicide bombings in Quetta. PHOTO: AFP QUETTA: Shia leaders called on the military on Friday to seize control of the provincial capital of Quetta to protect the Muslim minority after one of the worst sectarian […]
Source: The Local Few writers have stung Germany’s conscience more than Henryk Broder, The Local’s German of the week. The prickly polemicist has sparked controversy by encouraging journalist Jakob Augstein be included in a top list of anti-Semites. More:
Source: The Local Immigrants working in Germany who come from poorer countries get paid just over half of their native colleagues’ salaries, it was reported on Wednesday. Poor language skills and a lack of qualifications appeared partially to blame. More:
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar In Spanish, they say Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres – “Tell me with whom you walk and I will tell you who you are.” When United States President Barack Obama walked into the East Room in the White House […]
ARAB NEWS Friday 11 January 2013 JEDDAH: Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) launched an appeal to member states and to their various nongovernmental organizations active […]
Agencies ARABNEWS Friday 11 January 2013 BEIRUT: The worst storms in a decade left swathes of Jordan and Israel under a blanket of snow and parts of Lebanon blacked out […]
MANILA, Philippines—A man’s predicament that seems straight out of the Tom Hanks movie “The Terminal” finally had a happy ending at Ninoy Aquino International Airport. A 52-year-old British tourist who […]
The location, in an industrial subdivision overlooking the Geneva-Lausanne highway, may not be the most promising for a school appealing to the international set. But investors from Emirates are counting […]
Banks Settle Foreclosure Charges for $8.5 Billion Story tools New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen and SuZanne Manneh, Posted: Jan 10, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO – In light of a recent $8.5 billion settlement between federal bank regulators and 10 big banks, 3.8 million homeowners can expect to get a check in the mail.The agreement, […]
Hindu Americans Share Perspectives with Vice President as Nation Grapples with Reducing Gun Violence Washington, D.C. (January 10, 2013) — Vice President Joe Biden met with a small group of faith-based leaders at the White House yesterday for a conversation on curbing gun violence in the United States. Representatives of the […]
Why is anonymity, the bane of every newspaper Letters Editor in the world, accepted as cyber-journalism – the more hateful, the more understandable? by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK He tells “lie upon lie, all of them directly or indirectly aimed at the destruction of Israel”. And he has received […]
Story Summary To the extent that culture matters in politics, the recent spate of leadership changes in Northeast Asia suggests that Asian societies are more tolerant – if not supportive – of dynastic succession. South Korea’s recently elected president, Park Geun-hye, is the daughter of Park Chung Hee, who ruled […]
Jan 10, 2013 – 19:21 By Gul Yousufzai SWISSINFO.CH QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 101 people were killed in bombings in two cities in Pakistan on Thursday, officials said, with most casualties caused by sectarian attacks in the city of Quetta. Two coordinated explosions killed at least 69 people […]
ARAB NEWS Thursday 10 January 2013 BEIRUT/DAMASCUS/CAIRO: A core Syrian opposition group is proposing that the leading National Coalition set up a transitional government in areas outside regime control, according to a document obtained by AFP. The Syrian National Council called on the Cairo-based umbrella group the Syrian National Coalition […]
WASHINGTON — Sodium dichromate is an orange-yellowish substance containing hexavalent chromium, an anti-corrosion chemical. To Lt. Col. James Gentry of the Indiana National Guard, who was stationed at the Qarmat […]
Source: Spiegel An Essay by Kishwar Desai AP The case of the student gang raped in Delhi reveals how deep-seeded misogyny remains in Indian society. Even as women are encouraged to study and join the work force, prejudice is rampant. It is time for change. In the past few weeks, […]