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: Jahad Watch by Wasim Sr. “The President has got a good opportunity to ensure his place in Heaven by granting pardon to Qadri as God will be very happy with him (Zardari) for pardoning a faithful Muslim by using his discretionary powers.” Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “1,000 Pakistani […]
Women who choose to dress in Western style say it does not compromise their commitment to religion By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Published: 15:12 August 2, 2013 GULF NEWS Manama: […]
‘Scoop’ World: Friday, 2 August 2013, 2:11 pm Press Release: Palestinian Centre For Human Rights Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians and Property In the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · Israeli forces continued to fire at Palestinian civilians in border areas in the Gaza Strip. – 2 Palestinian […]
by Josh Dougherty 2 August 2013 On October 22, 2010, the group WikiLeaks released the Iraq War Logs, a series of nearly 400,000 classified military records, also known as “SIGACTs”. These documents have remained publicly available on the internet in various forms since the original release, and IBC has been […]
Introduction For the Zionists the Palestinian Christians represent an obstacle to their plan to create a Jewish State in Palestine that would be 100% Jewish. In 1948, the Zionists expelled […]
What is Catherine Ashton for? She couldn’t even tell us what Mohamed Morsi said to her. Or even if she called him “President Morsi” or “Mr Morsi”. Or maybe just “Sir”. And why, by the way, is she called a “High” Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security […]
Reuters / Jordan Times OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Pressured by Washington, worried about its international standing and perturbed by Middle East turmoil, Israel had many reasons to return to peace talks with the Palestinians this week after a three year hiatus. On the surface, Israelis saw little reason to jump back […]
Jordan Times AMMAN — Northern border troops on Thursday evening seized various weapons and large amounts of ammunition and drugs that were to be smuggled into the Kingdom, according to an official source from the Jordan Armed Forces. No further details were disclosed on the incident.
AFP, Washington The United States said it would close an unspecified number of embassies around the world on Sunday over security concerns. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf on Thursday called […]
Al Arabiya A sharia committee in a rebel-held area of Aleppo issued a fatwa deeming croissants ‘haram’ (forbidden in Islamic law) because of their “colonial” significance, pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat […]
FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Thursday, amid signs that the euro zone economy could be slowly coming back to life. The E.C.B. kept its main rate at a record low of 0.5 percent, as expected. Recent surveys of business sentiment have raised hopes […]
Source: NY Times: After a month holed up in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Edward J. Snowden, the former intelligence contractor wanted by the United States for leaking details of surveillance programs, has received temporary refugee status in Russia and left the airport, his lawyer said Thursday. The […]
Source: Miami Herald By FARID HOSSAIN ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh court has disqualified the country’s largest Islamic party from taking part in the next general election, saying it opposes secularism. The High Court panel ruled Thursday that the opposition Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party’s regulations violate the constitutional […]
Source:News.Com. AU ONE of the west’s best known Italian clubs will be turned into a mosque under a plan being considered by Charles Sturt Council. The Veneto Club in Beverley plans to move to a smaller site in the western suburbs after dwindling membership forced it out of its Toogood […]
Source: The Spiegel: Pope Francis has sparked enthusiasm with his call for greater tolerance toward gays. But it’s too soon to celebrate, says theologian David Berger. The pope’s warning not to engage in gay propaganda puts him on par with homophobes like Russian President Vladimir Putin, he contends. More:
Source: The Speigel: We are sitting in a room on the sixth floor of the building occupied by the leftist-liberal Warsaw newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. There are stacks of newspapers and books everywhere, and on the walls are certificates from American and German universities next to photos of Adam Michnik with […]
Source: Dawn.Com The influential co-founder of a Sipah-e-Sahaba breakaway group now linked with al Qaeda and the Taliban received a stipend from the Punjab government while he was in jail, and like other key terror suspects, was allowed to use a mobile phone. Malik Ishaq had told an Urdu daily […]
Source: Dawn.Com DHAKA: The High Court in Dhaka on Thursday declared the registration of the Jamaat-i-Islami, the country’s biggest Islamic party, as a political party with the Bangladeshi election commission […]
Source: Asia Times: In a statement issued on July 27, 2013, US Secretary of State John Kerry grasped the fact that the revolution has not yet run its course. “Its final verdict is not yet decided,” he said, “but it will be forever impacted by what happens right now.” He […]
Source: Asia Times: By Victor Kotsev For many Syrian rebels, the unthinkable happened this week, when a key neighborhood of the centrally located city of Homs was recaptured by the army of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The fall of Homs, dubbed the rebel “capital,” seems inevitable, and while that will […]