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: Mother Jones A John Deere combine harvests corn. USDA/Wikimedia Commons Every year, nearly 30 percent of US farmland gets planted in corn, and our farmers produce close to 40 percent of the corn produced on Earth each year. So why do we grow so much of this one crop—and […]
by Rhiannon Williams JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Islamic Action Front (IAF) on Wednesday called on the government to take a “decisive” stance against Israeli attempts to change the legal status of Palestinian refugees through UN organisations. In a statement made on Wednesday, the IAF said that Israel is trying […]
Muslim woman had her veil ripped off at a fairground in Nantes 30-year-old man protested that he was just enforcing French law Veil ban came into force in April 2011 […]
Posted By Josh Rogin Wednesday, March 13, 2013 SOURCE: FP FOREIGN POLICY Secretary of State John Kerry announced $60 million in new U.S. aid for the Syrian opposition late last month, but the State Department has refused to detail how that money will be spent. The Cable has obtained the […]
One man and three women who were sexually assaulted and harassed in the military shared their personal experiences with a Senate subcommittee Wednesday morning–the first hearing on sexual assault in the military in 10 years. Former Army Sgt. Rebekah Havrilla, who was raped by a fellow service member while serving […]
By Nadine Marroushi – Mar 14, 2013 Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest organized Islamist movement, criticized a United Nations report that aimed to end violence against women and girls, saying it violates principles of Islamic law. The Brotherhood, the movement from which Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi hails, sent a […]
Hindu Americans Welcome New Pope: Hope for Better Dialogue Boston, MA (March 13, 2013) – The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) welcomed the appointment of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy, following the sudden and unprecedented resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Foundation leaders expressed hope that the Catholic Church, under […]
Police, protesters clash in Bangladesh Press TV Following the rally, police arrested at least 100 activists and some senior leaders including a leader of the country’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Reports say that authorities released Alamgir on … Press TV The Battle For […]
Source: CNN and BBC Epigraph: “Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with Him, and that some of us take not others for Lords beside Allah.’ But if they turn […]
MADINAH: JASSIM ABUZAID & YOUSUF MOHAMMAD ARABNEWS Wednesday 13 March 2013 Prominent personalities from different parts of the Islamic world attended the inauguration of yearlong celebrations by Crown Prince Salman, […]
Source: Dawn via Nasir Rajput The Supreme Court of Pakistan.— AFP/File Photo ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court made known on Monday its intention to take a decision, in the light of constitutional provisions and principles laid down in the 1993 Zaheeruddin case verdict, on a complaint that the election procedures discriminate […]
LONDON — Britain would consider ignoring a European Union arms ban and supplying weapons to Syrian rebels if it would help topple President Bashar al-Assad, Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday. The EU last month amended its embargo to allow member nations to supply “non-lethal” equipment and training to the […]
By SHMULEY BOTEACH THE JERUSALEM POST Great crises often bring forth great men and it is my firm hope that the new pope will, with God’s blessing, rise to the occasion. Whoever the new pope is, he will have the chance to address the 900-pound gorilla staring down the Catholic […]
By Shawn Smith / Correspondent | THE DAILY TARGUM While the University considers itself a diverse community, some students have felt left out of the equation — until now. The Second Reformed Church, located at 100 College Ave., will now offer a place for practicing Muslims to go for their […]
Source: The Conservative Papers: by Daniel Pipes Many Western political woman have acquiesced to Islamist customs and donned hijabs, a subject I have been following in some detail. But what happens when a woman covers insufficiently for the Islamists? Well, they do the job for her. This blog reports on […]
Source: Conservatie Papers. If you live in the United States of America, you live in a giant prison where liberty and freedom are slowly being strangled to death under Obama. In this country, the liberal control freaks that run things are obsessed with watching, tracking, monitoring and recording virtually everything […]
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Source: Asia Times. By: Peter Van Buren United States’ troops first entered Baghdad a decade ago next month. From that inglorious point to the moment in December 2011 when the last American combat unit slipped out of Iraq in the dead of the night, the mission was madness. And still […]