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Rafiq A. Tschannen

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.

Hamid sworn in as president

Source: Daily Star Abdul Hamid takes oath as the 20th president of the country at Bangabhaban Darbar Hall in the capital on Wednesday. Photo: BSS   Abdul Hamid has taken oath as the 20th president of the country Wednesday. Acting Speaker Shawkat Ali administered the oath to Hamid at Bangabhaban […]

Hasina thanks Opposition

Source: BDNews 24 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has thanked the opposition parties for withdrawing its general strike to facilitate rescue work at Savar. At least 80 people were killed and over 800 others injured when the nine-storied Rana Plaza caved in on Wednesday. The number of casualties is feared to […]

I’m Muslim, and I hate terrorism

Courtesy: CNN Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks including CNN. He is the co-director of the upcoming documentary “The Muslims Are Coming!” and co-host of a new CNN podcast “The Big Three” that looks at the top three […]

Field of nightmares

Source: Asia Times: By Tom Engelhardt Chalmers Johnson’s book Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire was published in March 2000 – and just about no one noticed. Until then, blowback had been an obscure term of CIA tradecraft, which Johnson defined as ”the unintended consequences of policies that […]