Syria: Paris attack price of French politics
Press tv 1/9/2015 1:15:32 PM Edited by Rasha Mohamed: Speaking to Press TV, Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja’afari said the Western support for terrorism in Syria has […]
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Rafiq A. Tschannen
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.
Swiss Right-wing MP calls for ban on Muslim refugees
Published: 09 Jan 2015 11:44 GMT+01:00 The politician behind the successful campaign to ban the construction of new minarets in Switzerland is now calling for a ban on certain […]
Foreign jihadis change face of Syrian civil war – Fighters from overseas are an increasingly dominant – and sometimes resented – force in the fight against Bashar al-Assad
Constanze Letsch in Istanbul, Reyhanli and Kilis The Guardian, Thursday 25 December 2014 18.00 GMT Jump to comments (440) Refugees from Kobani watch the Syrian town during fighting between Isis and peshmerga forces. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters Muhammad no longer recognises his country. The 35-year-old former teacher from Idlib province says […]
Plans afoot to clean India’s offices with cow urine
NEW DELHI: Cow urine may soon be used to clean the floors of India’s government offices in a country where bovines are sacred and their bodily waste considered therapeutic and […]
France mosques targetted after mag killings
Members of the French technical and scientific police work at the site near a mosque in the Sablons neighborhood of Le Mans, western France, on Thursday, after shots were fired and three blank grenades were thrown at the mosque shortly after midnight, leaving no casualties. (AFP PHOTO / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER) […]
Behind the Russian peace plan for Syria
Michael Young| The Daily Star Earlier this week, Khaled Khoja, the new head of the Syria opposition in exile, rejected a Russian proposal to attend talks in Moscow to end the Syrian conflict. Khoja was right to doubt Russian intentions, but officials in Moscow are probably thinking in very different […]
World losing capacity to prevent conflict — UN refugee chief
ANKARA — The world is losing its ability to prevent conflicts and the lack of “effective leadership” has led to the worst displacement situation since World War II, the UN refugee chief warned Tuesday. Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in Ankara that the twin crises in […]
Charlie Hebdo manhunt latest: What we do and do not know
Charlie Hebdo manhunt latest: What we do and do not know Posted 10 hours ago by Dina Rickman and Evan Bartlett in news Police search for the Charlie Hebdo attack suspects in the Aisne region of France on Thursday Latest updates Both AFP and Reuters have cited police sources as saying gunfire heard […]
How the Prophet Muhammad Dealt with Insults – Muslims who respond to the likes of “Charlie Hebdo” with violence need to consult the Qu’ran
By Harris Zafar Wednesday’s brazen attack in the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo has left many people the world over shocked, saddened, and even infuriated. As the smoke cleared and we learned that 12 people were killed at the hands of three individuals wearing commando uniforms who brandished automatic weapons […]
Imran and Reham Khan tie the knot in Bani Gala
Source: Dawn.com ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and television journalist Reham Khan’s nikkah ceremony took place on Thursday at the politician’s residence in Bani Gala. The nikkah, which was […]
The freedom of religion as practiced in the Ottoman Empire
Fatih Sultan Mehmed permitted the Serbs freedom to practice their religion. When Sultan Fatih’s armies reached the borders of Serbia, the Serbs had to decide whether they should put themselves under […]
Bosnian Imam Attacked Seven Times For Preaching Peace
| By AMEL EMRIC WWW.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM TRNOVI, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The long-bearded man burst into the mosque’s yard and pinned Selvedin Beganovic to the ground. Shouting “Now I will slaughter […]
Terror Expert Louise Shelley: ‘Islamic State Is a Diversified Criminal Operation’
interview Conducted by Markus Dettmer and Jörg Schindler REUTERS Where does Islamic State get its money? In an interview, terrorism expert Louise Shelley says it operates like a run-of-the-mill crime syndicate in which ideology takes a back seat to money making SPIEGEL: Professor Shelley, leaving aside the victims for a […]
REFUGE FOR REFUGEES : Groups urge Switzerland to accept 100,000 Syrians
A Syrian boy chops scrap wood outside of his tent at a refugee camp in Lebanon (Keystone) In an open letter to the authorities, 27 organisations have urged Switzerland to […]
Israel Kidnapped 3755 Children In Past Four Years, 1266 in 2014 Alone
PNN/ Ramallah Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that the Israeli army continues to attack and abduct Palestinian children in violation of international law, kidnapping 3755 children in the last four years, including 1266 in 2014. Ferwana, also a […]
Maqboul: US Attempts to Pressure PA Through Arab Leaders
PNN/ Ramallah Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary, Amin Maqboul revealed connections between the US administration with some Arab leaders, in an attempt to pressure Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas halt heading to the ICC and signing international treaties. Maqboul told Shams News on Tuesday that the US will not succeed to achieve […]
Old diseases return as Syrian doctors warn of ‘medical disaster’
Old diseases return as Syrian doctors warn of ‘medical disaster’ In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo shows a Syrian girl weeping after receiving the measles vaccine from UNICEF nurses Nadine Houjairi, second right, and Genivieve Bashalani, right, at the U.N. refugee agency’s registration center in Zahleh, in Lebanon’s Bekaa […]
A new frontier in Syria’s civil war, but what does future hold for refugees in Lebanon?
by Robert Fisk, The Independent A new frontier in Syria’s civil war, but what does future hold for refugees in Lebanon? With Beirut restricting its borders, Robert Fisk asks if the million-plus displaced people already there have any real hope of returning home ROBERT FISK Tuesday 06 January 2015 Isis […]
Father who tracked down ‘jihadi’ son in Syria returns to help other families find European volunteers
Heather Saul, The Independent A father who says he risked his own life to rescue his son from militants in Syria has been returning to the region in a bid to help other families track down European youngsters. Former Belgian soldier Dimitri Bontinck claims he undertook a dangerous ten-month journey […]
Prince Ali to stand for FIFA presidency
Reuters 14 hrs ago © REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed Jordan’s Prince Ali bin Al Hussein (C) arrives for the opening of the 17th Parliament’s second ordinary session in Amman November 2, 2014. Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan said on Tuesday he would stand for the presidency of world football’s governing […]