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: 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 […]
By Kay Campbell | kcampbell@al.com HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Terry Holdbrooks Jr., 29, wears the beard of a bald Amish guy, the tattoos of a punk kid, and the twitchy alertness […]
May 28, 2013 – swissinfo.ch WASHINGTON/CANBERRA (Reuters) – Designs for more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, a U.S. report said on Monday, […]
by Hani Hazaimeh | May 27, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES DEAD SEA — The Arab education system needs an overhaul to bridge the gap between education outputs and the needs of local labour markets, Jamie McAuliffe, president and CEO of Education for Employment (EFE) has said. Interviewed by The Jordan […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 27 May 2013 Saudi Sheikh Mohammad Al-Arifi has been banned again from entering Switzerland and all European Union countries, according to a Swiss official. Jourg Walban, […]
Source Herald Scotland THE SON of a leader at one of Scotland’s biggest mosques has been identified as the victim of a brutal gang shooting in Edinburgh. Tributes were paid […]
By Henry Dimbleby, Guardian News Service 2013 Mint tea only really appeared on my gastronomic radar about 10 years ago, during a research trip to the Egyptian city of Alexandria. […]
Britain and France clashed with other EU states as they pushed for sanctions to be lifted so they could arm the rebel forces Deep divisions emerged today among European countries […]
On 24 May 2013, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, delivered his weekly Friday Sermon from the Baitun Nur Mosque in […]
Last week in Washington, The National Interest held a discussion of “Israel’s fraying image” based on Jacob Heilbrunn’s piece warning that American political culture is shifting against Israel. Heilbrunn listed a number of signs: Obama’s detachment from Israel, the farcical Chuck Hagel confirmation hearing and the SNL donkey-fellating skit that […]