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.
According to military analyst Alon David who was interviewed by Channel 10 on Friday, Netanyahu has exhibited a great ability to take bold decisions in unusual circumstances. For instance, he ordered the implementation of many operations in a number of countries, including Egypt, Syria, Sudan and Iran. David’s comments came […]
By Sebastian Grauvogl Hausham – He would like to travel, but can not: Asif Mehmood Jutt, asylum seeker, would like to attend a religious meeting in Karlsruhe, but the District Office provides him no permission. Asif Mehmood Jutt must not leave asylum seekers as Upper Bavaria. Asif Mehmood Jutt has […]
PNN/Hebron The Israeli Occupation Forces arrested this Saturday 12 citizens of the city of Hebron, in southern West Bank. According to Palestinian security sources and local news agencies, the Israeli army raided Hebron and arrested the two brothers Shadi and Alaa Zakaria Abu Zina, Ammar Abu Eisha and his wife […]
June 14, 2014 12:10 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star Story Summary The stunning gains this week by Iraq’s Sunni insurgents carry a crucial political message: Nouri al-Maliki, the Shiite prime minister of Iraq, is a polarizing sectarian politician who has lost the confidence of his army and nation. […]
June 14, 2014 12:10 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Story Summary The startling developments in northern Iraq, where the militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has taken control of Mosul and other cities, highlights several troubling trends that have been evident across […]
DIAA HADID | AP ARABNEWS.COM KIRKUK, Iraq: After a decades-long dispute between Arabs and Kurds over the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, it took just an hour and a […]
With Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, firmly under the control of a jihadi group so extreme that it was denounced by Al Qaeda; with government forces battling for Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein; and with the religious leader of Iraq’s Shiites issuing a call to arms at Friday’s prayers, we […]
Testing of the first line of the multibillion-riyal high-speed Haramain railway system will start in six months, according to local media on Friday. The testing will take place on the line between Madinah and King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh. Khalid Al-Suwaiket, president of the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO), said: […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent So after the grotesquerie of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden and 15 of the 19 suicide killers of 9/11, meet Saudi Arabia’s latest monstrous contribution to world history: the Islamist Sunni caliphate of Iraq and the Levant, conquerors of Mosul and Tikrit – and […]
Sykes-Picot is dead,” Walid Jumblatt roared at me last night – and he may well be right. The Lebanese Druze leader – who fought in a 15-year civil war that […]
STORY SUMMARY The Shiite-led government of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki remained in paralysis Friday, unable to form a coherent response after al-Qaida-inspired militants blitzed and captured entire chunks of the nation’s Sunni heartland this week, including major cities, towns, military and police bases as Iraqi forces melted away or […]
Epigraph: And We are gradually revealing of the Qur’an that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers; but it only adds to the loss of the wrongdoers. […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Published — Friday 13 June 2014 Last update 12 June 2014 11:53 pm MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that the spectacular seizure of Iraqi […]
BAGHDAD — A major offensive by jihadists is allowing Iraqi Kurds to take control of disputed territory that Baghdad has long opposed them adding to their autonomous northern region. With […]
‘We were fighting, but our leaders betrayed us,’ said Iraqi soldier who fled from Islamic Front fighters The Associated Press Posted: Jun 13, 2014 2:12 AM ET Last Updated: Jun […]
FIFA CONGRESS 2014 Football as a catalyst for social change: no football without ethics and integrity Chaired by FIFA President Blatter, the 64th FIFA Congress convened in Sao Paulo on 10 and 11 June, on the eve of the Opening Match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. In his […]
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The Monitor’s View: Can an Islamic caliphate survive in today’s Mideast? As the Muslim militant group ISIS advances in Iraq and Syria, its chances of establishing a strict Islamic theocracy […]
145. Kill not game while you are in a state of pilgrimage [5:96] O ye who believe! kill not game while you are in a state of pilgrimage. And whoso amongst you kills it intentionally, its compensation is a quadruped like unto that which he has killed, as determined […]
By Christoph Scheuermann Gabriela Maj/ Agentur Focus/ DER SPIEGEL Qatar is spending billions to build hotels, subways, shopping centers and stadiums ahead of the World Cup in 2022. But those […]