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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.

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 19, 2013 ( Leave a comment )

Two Dagestani brothers nembers of Chechen Wahhabi cell identified as responsible for Boston terror

Source: LUBP Two Dagestani brothers nembers of Chechen Wahhabi cell identified as responsible for Boston terror DEBKAfile Special Report April 19, 2013 http://debka.com/article/22911/Two-Dagestani-brothers-nembers-of-Chechen-Wahhabi-cell-identified-as-responsible-for-Boston-terror Parts of Boston, Watertown and other outlying towns were placed under curfew and public transport suspended Friday, April 19, as police huntedr one of the the Boston […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 19, 2013 ( Leave a comment )

Sorry it’s fake

Source: CNN The discovery of an old tomb in China has repercussions beyond the history books and academic debates of scholars — it also means tourists to an existing tomb in the same area have been unintentionally duped. A tomb recently unearthed at a construction site in Yangzhou, China, is […]

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Wanted: Ugly people!

Source: CNN Ads lie. Or they did. The golf vacation commercials are the worst. All those beaming glad-I-came-here faces. After a shank off the first and a round of 118? Not counting 11 lost balls? It’s impossible for any real golfer to look that happy. Beach holiday ads are no […]

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Boston Suspect’s Web Page Venerates Islam, Chechen Independence

Source: Jakarta Globe: Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posted links to Islamic websites and others calling for Chechen independence on what appears to be his page on a Russian language social networking site. Abusive comments in Russian and English were flooding onto Tsarnaev’s page on VK, a Russian-language social media […]

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Musharraf shifted to police HQ

The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was shifted to the police headquarters in Islamabad from his farmhouse residence at Chak Shahzad on Friday, hours after […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 18, 2013 ( Leave a comment )

America’s jobs are moving to the suburbs

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Despite a short reprieve during the recession, the number of jobs moving to the nation’s suburbs grew over the last decade, potentially clogging roadways and reducing job access for the poor. Jobs within 3 miles of a city center fell from 24.5% of overall positions in 2000 […]

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Africa’s giant is waking up, but it still looks unsteady on its feet

Source: The Economist: LIKE a heavyweight boxer who has gone too many rounds, Nigeria sometimes seems punch-drunk. One minute it acts like a champion by virtue of the size of its girth and the smile on its face, the next it could be flat on its back, groaning in anguish. […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 18, 2013 ( 2 Comments )

Merkel quashes revolt over female exec quota

Source: The Local The Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, rejected the motion, which called for a 40-percent binding quota for women in supervisory and management boards of large companies within a decade. After an emotional debate, 320 lawmakers voted ‘no’, while 277 voted in favour, with one abstention. Five […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 18, 2013 ( 2 Comments )

‘Happy to live with a beard’

Source: The Local. Women with facial hair used to be relegated to carnival sideshows, but one bearded lady is fighting for her right to remain unshaven. Mariam is The Local’s German of the Week. More:

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Police bag biggest-ever crystal meth haul

Source: The Local Customs officials on Wednesday said they had confiscated seven kilos of crystal meth – the largest haul of the drug ever found in Germany. The dangerous stimulant was stashed in a delivery of wooden carvings from Nigeria. Read More:

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 18, 2013 ( 2 Comments )

Musharraf hides at home after fleeing Islamabad high court

Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: In a day of high drama, former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf fled from the Islamabad high court on Thursday after it had ordered his arrest in a 2007 case and remained closeted in his farmhouse with police blocking access to it. The Islamabad high court dismissed […]

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U.S. sends Army planners to Amman but wary of Syria intervention

By Phil Stewart REUTERS WASHINGTON | Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:27pm EDT (Reuters) – The United States is dispatching Army planners to Jordan as neighboring Syria’s conflict worsens, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday, but he signaled deep misgivings about direct American military intervention in the Syrian civil […]

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Assad says fire of Syria could spread to Jordan

AFP | Apr 18, 2013 JORDAN TIMES DAMASCUS – President Bashar Assad on Wednesday threatened the crisis in Syria could spill over into Jordan, in an hour-long interview with official Al-Ikhbariya channel. “The fire will not stop at our borders; all the world knows Jordan is just as exposed (to […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 18, 2013 ( 2 Comments )

Pakistan’s Musharraf on the run after arrest order

ASIF SHAHZAD | AP ARABNEWS Thursday 18 April 2013 ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court in […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 18, 2013 ( 1 Comment )

Netanyahu: Israel reserves right to block arms to Syrian rebels

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has urged caution over international calls to arm Syrian rebels and reserved the right for the Jewish state to block the supply of weapons that could be turned against it. Speaking to the BBC, the Israeli prime minister said if advanced arms fell into the hands of […]

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Faith-Concealed ID Campaign Takes on Sectarianism

Cairo – Throughout the 2000s, several citizens challenged the Egyptian state with a court bid to issue national IDs. Back then, the new computerized IDs would only accept three answers to the religion question: Muslim, Christian, or Jewish. The plaintiffs were Bahai. A number of Islamist lawyers were also present […]

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Egypt’s Jewish community elects new leader

Egypt’s Jewish community has announced that it has elected the daughter of a well-known leftist and nationalist icon to protect its heritage and care for its dwindling, elderly membership. Magda […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 17, 2013 ( 1 Comment )

Efforts to Revive the Economy Lead to Worries of a Bubble

Are we moving from the crash to the bubble, dispensing with that pesky economic recovery thing altogether? The Federal Reserve is well into its third round of “quantitative easing,” in which it buys longer-term assets to bring down long-term lending rates. We are about five and a half years into […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 17, 2013 ( 2 Comments )

Bangladesh PM vows to maintain secularism

Source: Indian Express. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to maintain secularism as Bangladesh’s state policy, amid countrywide celebrations Sunday to mark the Bengali New Year, seen by right-wing Islamists as […]

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