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.
Source: NY Times: GENEVA — Iran, Israel and Arab states took part in a secret meeting about prospects for an international conference on banning nuclear weapons in the Middle East, diplomats said on Tuesday, a rare such gathering of regional adversaries. More:
Maori King, Tuheitia Paki, greets Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad Photo: Stiff.co.nz / Fairfax Media
A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression ‘going bananas’ is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read […]
By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad When Pakistan’s former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, ended his four-year exile and returned to the country to participate in May’s elections, he took […]
Beirut (AFP) – The Syrian regime will not attend a proposed Geneva peace conference if the aim is for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power, the country’s information minister said Monday. “We will not go to Geneva to hand over power as desired by (Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud) […]
Columns, Chris Hedges TRUTHDIG Israel has been poisoned by the psychosis of permanent war. It has been morally bankrupted by the sanctification of victimhood, which it uses to justify an occupation that rivals the brutality and racism of apartheid South Africa. Its democracy—which was always exclusively for Jews—has been hijacked […]
It was one of the most moving images of Kenya’s Westgate Mall terror attack — a little girl running in terror across an empty corridor to the outstretched arm of […]
Source: http://www.onlinenews.com.pk Dhaka: A UK Muslim leader and a US citizen have been sentenced to death over crimes committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence, Bangali media reported on Sunday. UK-Bangladeshi Muslim community leader Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khanwas were being tried in absentia by a special tribunal in Bangladesh. They […]
Source: NY Times Op-ed By MARK R. RANK Few topics in American society have more myths and stereotypes surrounding them than poverty, misconceptions that distort both our politics and our domestic policy making. They include the notion that poverty affects a relatively small number of Americans, that the poor are impoverished […]
Source: CNN Things are looking horrible for President Barack Obama. There’s the Obamacare website fiasco. Ongoing allegations of National Security Agency spying on European leaders. There was the government shutdown that damaged the economy on his watch. And a new poll released this week finds Obama with his lowest approval rating — and his highest disapproval […]
Source: Gulf News: Dubai: A visitor won a three-month suspended imprisonment after an events organiser, whom he was accused of hugging and attempting to kiss, dropped her complaint against him. More:
London, Oct 29 (Petra) –– His Majesty King Abdullah IIof Jordan said on Tuesday he was proud that despite recent crises and regional turmoil, Jordan remained a resilient and safe […]
Source: Dawn.Com BAHAWALPUR: In his first public speech since a US drone strike killed Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday warned that peace could not be achieved “by unleashing senseless force.” The killing of Mehsud on Friday, as government representatives prepared to meet members of […]
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Source: Jihad Watch vis Wasim Sr. “Islamophobia is the biggest threat to peace in the world today.” — U.S. “academic” Kevin Barrett in Iran’s state-run PressTV “Punjab, Christians hunted for blasphemy: fireworks wrapped in Koran pages,” by Jibran Khan for Asia News, November 2 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Islamabad (AsiaNews) – Two […]
Associated Press The UN’s expert on human rights in the Palestinian territories said that if renewed peace talks fail, the General Assembly should seek an opinion from the International Court […]
When Greek police stumbled upon a blond, blue-eyed girl when raiding a Roma settlement two weeks ago, it triggered a wave of worries fed by long-held stereotypes. The fears proved […]
By Fiona Keating : Subscribe to Fiona’s RSS feed | November 03, 2013 4:36 PM GMT Artworks worth nearly £1bn, including paintings by Marc Chagall, have been found in a […]