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.
Foreign backed militants fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria are losing the battle in the Arab country, a political analyst tells Press TV. “Clearly the President of Syria has gained the upper hand here. If we think back over the last three years, the decline in […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian parliamentarian called on the Muslim nations to keep vigilant against the plots hatched by the enemies to create a rift among them. Rapporteur of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini underlined that the bullying powers are seeking to […]
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement to lay a pipeline between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea that will provide all three with […]
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are in no hurry to retreat from their bond-buying campaign to stimulate the economy and are likely to postpone any cuts to the program until next year, according to public statements by Fed officials and interviews with some of them. Job growth has strengthened in […]
Source: Asia Times: By Shawn W Crispin BANGKOK – With an estimated 100,000 anti-government protesters surrounding Government House and the political opposition resigning en masse from parliament, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today bid to defuse tensions by calling for new general elections. It is not clear yet, however, that […]
King Abdul Aziz (Ibn Saud) confers with the then President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on a cruiser in the Suez Canal, 15 Feb 1945 Ibn Saud meets […]
Source: The Local Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and others like him play an essential role in exposing abuses and should be protected, not punished, the founder of the […]
swissinfo.ch December 8, 2013 Bilateral accords between the European Union and Switzerland could be endangered if the Swiss people vote in favour of a controversial rightwing initiative to curb mass immigration, warns the European Union’s ambassador to Bern. In an interview with Swiss national television on Saturday evening, Richard Jones […]
December 07, 2013 12:19 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY The worsening situation in Syria threatens the Middle East in many ways that will continue to evolve in the months and years ahead. But perhaps the most troubling threat is the continued expansion of the hard-line […]
Odd Karsten Tveit By Robert Fisk, The Independent One Norwegian officer left Lebanon, with a typed report on torture, taped to his chest Odd Karsten Tweit was always a very obsessional […]
DECEMBER 08, 2013 LATEST UPDATE: DECEMBER 08, 2013 11:46 PM The Philippine government and Muslim rebels today signed a crucial power-sharing accord, paving the way for a final peace agreement aimed at ending a decades-long insurgency that has killed tens of thousands. The power-sharing annex had been considered as one […]
by Seymour M. Hersh You are invited to read this free essay from the London Review of Books. Subscribe now to access every article from every fortnightly issue of the London Review of Books, including the entire LRB archive of over 12,500 essays and reviews. Barack Obama did not tell […]
Geopolitical Weekly TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013 – 04:00 Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman Israel has expressed serious concerns over the preliminary U.S.-Iranian agreement, which in theory will lift sanctions levied against Tehran and end its nuclear program. That was to be expected. Less obvious is why the Israeli […]
By Larry Derfner |Published December 8, 2013 Once again, the Obama administration hangs Abbas and the Palestinian Authority out to dry. Halfway through the scheduled nine-month Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, there’s been a break in the action, or rather the inaction: the Obama administration, once again, has sought to end the […]
Source: LUBP 1) Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister of Pakistan) 2) Shahbaz Sharif- Chief Minister of Punjab province (Brother of Nawaz Sharif) 3) Hamza Shahbaz Sharif-MNA (Nephew of Nawaz Sharif, Son of Nawaz Sharif) 4) Maryam Nawaz Sharif (Daughter of Nawaz Sharif) 5) Captain Safdar-MNA (Son in Law of Nawaz Sharif) […]
Source: LUBP Guys, I want to tell you something special,,on Twitter many Qadyani (Ahmadi) are using fake IDs with name of Shia like Syed, Rizvi etc. Be careful, they are misleading you all and preaching Qadyani stuff using fake ids of syeds. I know many of them …it’s very dangerous […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — A South Carolina sheriff is refusing to lower the American flag in tribute to Nelson Mandela, saying the honor should be reserved for American citizens. President Obama ordered flags lowered to half-staff for the international icon until sunset Monday. But Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark says […]
Source: TOI AMMAN, Jordan: A Jordanian military court will start on Tuesday to hear the trial of a radical Muslim preacher deported from Britain to face terrorism charges at home, a court official said. Prosecutors have charged the cleric, Abu Qatada, 53, with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against […]
MUSCAT: Oman opposes upgrading the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to a union of six nations, Muscat’s foreign minister said on Saturday. The union issue is on the agenda of the […]
Ati Nurbaiti, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Commentary | Fri, December 06 2013, 9:05 AM We recklessly trample on each other’s rights as wantonly as we litter, or speed into the busway lane. How else to explain the endless testimonies on torture, rape, forced eviction and generations of loss and […]