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: BD News 24 United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo has said the demands of Hifazat-e Islam over women’s’ rights in Bangladesh run counter to the constitution. She says it is the government that needs to act against the 13-point charter of demands the Islamic organisation […]
Credit: The Express Tribune Son’s plea: I fear Musharraf’s ‘free exit’ ISLAMABAD: Fearing Pervez Musharraf being given a ‘safe exit’ from Pakistan, son of deputy cleric of Lal Masjid Abdur Rashid Ghazi is seeking a murder case against the former president and approached Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday. Haroon […]
By DOREEN CARVAJAL International Herald Tribune PARIS — When golden poppies blanket the hills of Northern California, it’s the annual season to dispatch my daughter — a summertime American — for home. Home is a complex word in our stone farmhouse in the country outside Paris, where we all possess […]
Source: Huff Post via Wasim Sr First, help Sharif send the army back to the barracks by suspending military aid, while making clear: drone strikes will end only when Pakistan stops providing sanctuary to terrorists. For a Pakistani military that believes it has leverage “because a large portion of NATO […]
Source: Wasim Sr Clicvk HERE for interesting details (sorry only in Urdu)
BERLIN — The global economy is slowly regaining its strength, driven largely by the rebound of the United States and Japan, but record-high unemployment in Europe continues to drag on efforts to recover in that region, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Wednesday. The organization, based in Paris, […]
MAAJID NAWAZ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MAY 29, 2013 12:00AM MOST people find it hard to imagine stabbing another human being, let alone almost decapitating someone with a meat cleaver. To […]
ALSIR SIDAHMED ARABNEWS Wednesday 29 May 2013 US President Barack Obama in his first major speech on terrorism has hinted that the ongoing fight against terror will ultimately have come to an end. And this is where Muslims, especially those living in the West, can help. In fact the contribution […]
OSAMA AL SHARIF ARABNEWS Wednesday 29 May 2013 US Secretary of State John Kerry $ 4 billion development plan to revitalize the Palestinian economy is as daring as it is fanciful. Since he took office last February, Kerry has made the resumption of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians […]
Source: The Conservative Papers. The leader of the Muslim Public Affairs (MPACUK), Asghar Bukhari, when interviewed by the BBC, placed the entire blame for the murder in Woolwich on the West. He didn’t have a single word to say about totalitarian Islamism and certainly not about jihad in Islam itself or in […]
Source: Conservative Papers. Even while the clowns running the White House think the war on terror is dead, there are brand-new concerns about a massive terror strike on this major U.S. city. Some analysts are suggesting Philadelphia, the historic city of “Brotherly Love,” is where the nation’s next terrorism attack […]
Source: Washington Post. By AP YANGON, Myanmar — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Islamic leaders expressed dismay over decisions by authorities in western Myanmar to restore a two-child limit on a Muslim minority group, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists and follows accusations of “ethnic cleansing.” […]
by John TirmanExecutive Director, MIT Center for International Studies HUFFPOST Enough has been said about President Obama’s speech on counter-terror last Thursday. Useful takes are Juan Cole’s good news/bad news analysis, and Stephen Walt’s Twitter comment, “Obama’s speech was step in right direction, but have learned to watch for what […]
Source: NY Times: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fighting a pre-emptive war against foreign jihadists is not the usual mission for Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group best known for confronting Israel. So when its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, explained why he was sending fighters into Syria, he took care to remind his followers […]
U.S. home prices posted year-over-year gains for the fourth consecutive quarter as prices rose 10.2% in the period ending in March, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller national index. The index posted its highest annual returns since 2007, according David Blitzer, head of S&P’s index division. But the strong gains over the […]
Source: TOI SYDNEY: Victims of child sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Australia and their supporters on Tuesday called for the resignation of the church’s top ranking cardinal, saying they were unimpressed with his apology. Sydney Archbishop Cardinal George Pell on Monday appeared at a Victorian state government inquiry into […]
SOURCE: REUTERS BAIDA, Syria (Reuters) – Awakened by the sound of gunfire, Ahmad could hear the armed men knocking on his brother’s door, shouting insults and calling the family “dogs”. Ahmad’s sister-in-law said the gunmen told her husband to “bow to your god, Bashar” — the Syrian president. She and […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR – Peshawar is breathing a little easier. Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif’s offer of talks with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has rekindled hope for peace in this Pakistan border town. The TTP have had a long run of terror in Pakistan’s northwestern Federally […]
Source: WSJ via Wasim Sr By AYAAN HIRSI ALI I’ve seen this before. A Muslim terrorist slays a non-Muslim citizen in the West, and representatives of the Muslim community rush to dissociate themselves and their faith from the horror. After British soldier Lee Rigby was hacked to death last week […]
AFP | May 27, 2013 | 23:24 JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH — The Palestinian presidency said on Monday that it would not make “political concessions in exchange for economic benefits” announced the day before by US Secretary of State John Kerry. “The Palestinian leadership will not offer political concessions in exchange […]