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.
AP | May 04, 2013 | 23:30 SOURCE: JORDAN TIMES TORONTO — A bid by Qatar to relocate the United Nations’ civil aviation agency from Montreal to the tiny emirate has angered Canada, where politicians from all sides vowed Friday to band together to fight the proposed move. The International […]
The Digital Spy arabnews Tuesday 7 May 2013 ONDON: A police dog has eaten a crime suspect’s hamster. Police officers were searching the home of Muza Khan in Oldham for drugs when the incident occurred. The sniffer dog knocked over the rodent’s cage, before devouring the animal, the Digital Spy […]
EILEEN NG | AP ARABNEWS Monday 6 May 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia’s long-governing coalition won national elections Sunday to extend its 56 years of unbroken rule, fending off the […]
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Monday 6 May 2013 Saudi Arabia released yesterday 166 former Al-Qaeda members and repentant militants after they underwent a long-term state-sponsored counseling program (Munasaha) aimed at reintegrating them into society, said Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior. The rehabilitation program and release […]
May 3, 2013 – 13:10 There is a ‘window of opportunity’ for Israel and the Palestinians to get back to the negotiating table, said Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter after […]
May 6, 2013 – swissinfo.ch The United Nations has gathered testimony that suggests that rebels have used the nerve gas sarin in the Syrian conflict, Swiss prosecutor Carla Del Ponte […]
From twitter: JFK on why Syrian opposition should fear Israel’s intervention ” JFK : Ride the tiger’s back, end up in his belly “ MJ Rosenberg @MJayRosenberg JFK on why Syrian opposition should fear Israel’s intervention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBYr1s9ZX3E … …
Source: Forbes By Tim Worstall I know, I’m sorry, I keep writing about Bangladesh at the moment. But the list of silly responses to the recent disaster and tragedy seems to keep growing. Now we’ve news that the European Union itself might restrict access to the European market for […]
Source: AFP DHAKA — At least 100,000 hardline Islamists demanding a new blasphemy law blocked major highways on Sunday cutting off the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka from the rest of the country, police said. Chanting “Allahu Akbar!” (“God is the greatest!”), activists from Hefajat-e-Islam marched down at least six highways, […]
Reuters / JORDAN TIMES BEIJING — China will host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week for separate bilateral talks as it tries to shore up its role in a region where its diplomatic influence is limited. China, Iran’s top oil customer and a permanent […]
Petra | May 04, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan, president of the Arab Thought Forum, on Friday called for the release of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi. In a statement, Prince Hassan said, “I call for the release and safe […]
Jordan and Turkey to also play role in US-brokered plan to contain, rather than thwart, Iran, London’s Sunday Times reports by Times of Israel staff Israel is working on joining […]
Food rationing for refugees planned as $650m pledged to UN remains undelivered Millions of Syrian refugees face food rationing and cutbacks to critical medical programmes because oil-rich Gulf states have […]
SOURCE: THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan during his political gatherings in Buner, Charssada, Nowshera, Mardan and Swabi has promised to set up an Islamic welfare state […]
Story Summary Hezbollah stands ready to defend Syria against U.S. and Israeli designs to control the Arab state and views its involvement in the crisis in Lebanon’s neighbor as “political […]
May 05, 2013 03:41 AM The Daily Star BEIRUT: An Israeli warplane was shot down by Syrian air-defense units during a raid near Damascus early Sunday, Hezbollah’s Manar television station reported, citing security sources in the Syrian capital. There was no independent confirmation of the claim and Israel did not […]
AFP, Rijeka-Croatia – Some 20,000 Muslims from Croatia and abroad gathered in the Adriatic port city of Rijeka on Saturday to inaugurate an Islamic center and the third mosque in […]
BEIRUT — Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been killed by pro-government gunmen in the area, activists said. The violence occurred as embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad made his second public appearance in a […]
by Susan Vogel-Misicka, swissinfo.ch May 2, 2013 – 11:00 Egyptian property developer and billionaire Samih Sawiris is confident his first venture in Europe, the Andermatt Swiss Alps resort, will be […]
CNN reports, citing two unnamed US officials, that Israel conducted airstrike into Syria on Thursday or Friday but Israeli planes did not enter Syrian airspace; CBS, NBC also report airstrike. […]