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.
June 16, 2013 – 12:32 In response to an American whistleblower’s revelations of US spies operating in Geneva, Swiss president Ueli Maurer has called for a broadening of legislation to allow for investigations into foreign spy activity in Switzerland. “We have known for a long time that foreign information-gathering activities […]
Now that moderate Iranian cleric Hassan Rouhani is set to assume the presidency, the West will have to get to the negotiating table to talk to Tehran in a serious […]
A former French foreign minister says Britain had been planning a war against Syria some two years before to the unrest broke out in the Arab country. The statement by […]
By Joby Warrick, Sunday, June 16, 2013 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Syrian tanks were closing in on the rebel-held town of Qusair last month when a Kuwaiti sheik named […]
June 14, 2013 – 16:40 The Swiss authorities have presented their latest proposed revision of the country’s asylum legislation, aimed notably at cutting the time needed to process requests from 1,400 days today to just 140 in most cases. Speaking in Bern on Friday, Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga said the […]
AFP | Jun 15, 2013 | 23:38 JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — Thousands of Islamists rallied in the Egyptian capital this weekend in support of calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The demonstration took place outside a Cairo mosque on […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Sunday 16 June 2013 LONDON: Four men including a police officer were in hospital hospital Sunday after being stabbed during an attack at a mosque in […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Sunday 16 June 2013 In an unprecedented move aimed at preventing congestion and stampedes and ensuring safety of the guests of God, Saudi authorities have […]
Source: ET A firefighter stands near a burning bus after a bomb attack in Quetta June 15, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS QUETTA: The bomb attack on Sardar Bahadur Khan University, Quetta – which killed 14 female students – was carried out by a female suicide bomber, Express Newsreported, quoting security sources on Sunday. […]
The evolution of Turkey in the early 1900s is one of the most baffling cultural and social changes in Islamic history. In a few short years, the Ottoman Empire […]
Saudi Arabia: Islamic scholars, legal experts and aid workers exchange views 12-06-2013 News Release 13/105 Kuwait (ICRC) – A three-day workshop on the rights and obligations of humanitarian workers within the scope of international humanitarian law and Islamic jurisprudence concluded in Jeddah today. Approximately 75 aid workers, representatives of non-governmental […]
Source: The Local After three years of studies, the commission in charge of tunnel security has given Deutsche Bahn permission to operate its trains in the Channel tunnel, a statement from the operator of the tunnel rail link said. Contacted by AFP, Eurotunnel could not say when the first German […]
Source: ET TEHRAN: Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani, bolstered by a late surge in support from suppressed Iranian reformists, took an early lead in the presidential election to find a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, initial results showed Saturday. The first round results gave Rowhani 52 percent of the vote, more than three […]
Source: ET Allowing injustices to continue against Ahmadis in our society simply encourages others to act in a similar fashion. PHOTO: The Ahmadis have suffered massacres, discrimination of many kinds and other abuse. They need to be offered the protection that should be available to every citizen of Pakistan, regardless of […]
White House makes miraculous discovery to distract from domestic scandals Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com June 14, 2013 Ben Rhodes, the White House national security advisor behind the claim that President […]
by Ramzi Baroud My friend Hanna is Syrian and also happens to be Christian. The latter fact was rarely of consequence, except whenever he wished to boast about the contributions […]
We Created Al Qaeda to Fight the Soviets in Afghanistan Jimmy Carter’s National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski admitted on CNN that the U.S. organized and supported Bin Laden and the […]
By Khalid Abubaker, OnIslam Correspondent Thursday, 13 June 2013 00:00 Today, hijab has become a common sight in Malawi with many Muslim women proudly donning the outfit LILONGWE – Long […]
By Rafiu Oriyomi OnIslam Correspondent Thursday, 13 June 2013 00:00 The court described the demolition of the mosque erected by Muslim students as “utterly illegal and unlawful” LAGOS – Thanks […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ramzy Baroud My friend Hanna is Syrian, and happens to be Christian. The latter fact was in the past rarely of consequence, except when he wished to boast about the contributions of Arab Christians to Middle Eastern cultures. Of course, he was right. The modern Arab […]