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.
By Mint Press News Desk | September 21, 2013 By Mnar Muhawesh, executive director and editor at large for MintPress News Statement: Thank you for reaching out to me in regards to statements made by Dale Gavlak alleging MintPress for incorrectly attributing our exclusive report titled: “Syrians in Goutha claim […]
By FRANKLIN BRICENO Associated Press Associated Press Pope Francis has removed a Roman Catholic bishop in Peru who an influential former prelate says is suspected of sexually abusing minors. Gabino […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Sunday 22 September 2013 The Civil Defense Department has drawn out an emergency plan to ensure the security and safety of the nearly two […]
By Express News Service – KOZHIKODE Published: 22nd September 2013 08:13 AM A co-ordination committee of various Muslim religious bodies in the state, with the support of top leaders of […]
Tunisian women have traveled to Syria to wage ‘sexual jihad’, performing intercourse with dozens of Islamist fighters and returning home pregnant, Tunisia’s Interior Minister Lotfi ben Jeddou told MPs. The […]
More than a decade after the war in Iraq, have global media outlets learnt to look beyond the spin? View video here: http://aje.me/1exlBbW This week on the Listening Post: Presidents, propaganda and channelling the media to get the message out: a look at the similarities and differences between Syria in […]
TOKYO — Indonesians are taking to the streets to demand the government heed their complaints. Are they livid about corruption? No. Fed up with poverty? Not really. Angry over political gridlock? Not so much. It’s those damn bikinis. In recent days, the nation with the world’s largest Muslim population has […]
By Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam, The anti-Muslim riots in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas are already being compared to Gujarat 2002. As many as 50,000 people have been officially reckoned to have become internal refugees. According to official records, 85 people have died, but unofficial estimates put it at a much […]
By DANNY DANON September 20, 2013 JERUSALEM — THIS month marks 20 years since the signing of the first of the Oslo Accords between the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Two decades after Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat stood on the White House lawn with President Bill […]
My family was forced to flee Iraq in 1991. Now Syrian refugees face similar hardships and are at the mercy of other nations Aseel Machi theguardian.com, Wednesday 11 September 2013 13.45 BST As world powers debate the fate of Syria, there is much less discussion surrounding the status of Syrian […]
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN September 17, 2013 I was at a conference in Bern, Switzerland, last week and struggling with my column. News of Russia’s proposal for Syria to surrender its poison gas was just breaking and changing every hour, forcing me to rewrite my column every hour. To clear […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Gunmen ambushed an upscale shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday, leading to a fierce gunbattle with police and at least 20 people killed, the Kenyan Red Cross said. Fifty more people were wounded in the attack at the mall in Nairobi, said Abbas Gullet, head […]
One of the most enduring (and incorrect) accusations made about the Ottoman Empire is that it was intellectually stagnant. Orientalist historians claim that the Ottomans saw science and religion as […]
Louis Farrakhan speaks at the state capitol steps in Montgomery, Ala. on Friday June 14, 2013. Farrakhan and others are holding a caravan across Alabama to encourage the U.S. Supreme […]
BY HASSAN HASSAN | SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 FOREIGN POLICY Earlier this month, clashes erupted between the al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra and FSA-affiliated groups. When the gunfire stopped, the moderates were […]
Source Ethnic cleansing. Israel never had the intention for peace(talks) & sabotages them in the first place. They are a Dead On Arrival- Issue. Whenever it comes to talks, they […]
Source: The Economist: “THE only road to paradise,” runs a joke doing the rounds in the cafés of Tripoli, Libya’s seafront capital, “is the one to the international airport.” Most Libyans still revel in the freedom and sense of possibility brought on by the NATO-backed war that ousted Colonel Muammar […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — It’s time to stop being surprised by Pope Francis. Since he became pontiff, he’s made a lot of news. His tweets echo around the world. He embodies principles of humility and piety. He eschews the fancy trappings of office favored by his predecessor, from the Popemobile to […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — It would not be surprising for an associate pastor to pray with his parishioners. But Jorge Juan Castro wound up preying on them instead, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Friday. He is accused of raping more than 20 women, many of whom are Spanish-speaking, undocumented […]
Source: Gulf News Manama: A court in Al Qateef in eastern Saudi Arabia has sentenced a husband to 20 lashes after he allegedly hit his wife on her shoulder. The case was filed one month ago by the wife who presented a medical report supporting her claim. More: