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.
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is back in the spotlight, with investors anxiously wondering if the central bank will end a two-month hiatus and announce new measures to support the economy on Tuesday. Under its chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, the Fed has pushed the boundaries of its authority and defied […]
MULTAN: On April 14, two men entered Asma Firdous’ home, cut off six of her fingers, slashed her arms and lips and then sliced off her nose. Before leaving the house, the men locked their 28-year-old victim inside. Asma, from impoverished Kohaur Junobi village in Pakistan’s south, was mutilated because […]
The Local, Switzerland The number of overnight stays last year at Swiss B&Bs increased by 9.3 per cent compared to 2009, exceeding expectations, said the Bed and Breakfast Switzerland association. The increase is mainly due to Swiss guests, but also on the rise were visits from German tourists. “More and […]
By Simon Cameron-Moore, Reuters, Jordan Times. ISTANBUL -Turkey’s friendship with Syrian President Bashar Assad stood near breaking point as Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu prepared to visit Damascus on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to persuade Assad to stop his security forces attacking civilians. On Sunday, one of Assad’s advisers warned […]
Jordan Times. TEHRAN (AFP) – Gas- and oil-rich Iran has discovered another gas field with reserves of 495 billion cubic metres valued at $133 billion, the oil ministry’s SHANA news service quoted an oil official as saying on Monday. “The new gas field has in spot reserves of about 495 […]
By Hana Namrouqa, Jordan Times AMMAN – Archaeologists are studying the significance of caves and remnants of bones unearthed recently in Amman during construction work, government officials said on Monday. The archaeological finds were discovered last week during the construction of a building near the Sports City Circle behind Al […]
by Renat Künzi, swissinfo.ch and agencies The killing in Syria will continue regardless of what the UN Security Council says, according to Swiss-based Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker and activist Mano Khalil. The warning came as international pressure for an end to the violence intensified on Monday, with Bahrain and Kuwait joining Saudi […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday annulled the suspension orders of Additional Director General (DG) FIA Zafar Qureshi, and reinstated him as the head of the NICL scam probe. (Read: SC to announce NICL verdict on Monday) Qureshi was tasked to investigate the multi-billion rupee land scam in the National Insurance […]
Dr Ghassan Khatib, the Special Envoy of the Palestinian Authority President, last week addressed the Capital Jewish Forum in the Victorian Parliament House. (J-Wire, Jewish online news from Australia and New Zealand) Dr Khatib spoke on ‘Statehood: Palestine and Israel’ and was introduced by Mr Izzat Abdulhadi, Palestinian Authority Head […]
By ROGER HARRISON | ARAB NEWS The value of dates as food has long been known and a simple analysis establishing them as a source of protein, glucose, vitamins and minerals is fact. Far less of an established fact is the folkloric record of their medicinal properties. As with many […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) on Sunday opened the newly established international terminal at Prince Muhammad International Airport in Madinah that can handle 35 flights daily. “The new terminal has the capacity to accommodate 600 passengers per hour,” GACA said, […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: “High rents have wrecked my plans to spend Ramadan in a spiritual atmosphere in the vicinity of the Grand Mosque,” declared Muhammad Husain, a domestic pilgrim. There are not many vacant hotel rooms in Makkah since the beginning of Ramadan this year, despite the astronomically high […]
DAMASCUS/ JEDDAH (Agencies) – Jordan Times. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah demanded an end to the bloodshed in Syria in the early hours of Monday, and said he was withdrawing his country’s ambassador from Damascus. “What is happening in Syria is not acceptable for Saudi Arabia,” he said in a written […]
Video Missionary Wasim Saroya of Bosnia just sent the link. Recorded by Aljazeera TV
Sorry for innocent bear. Pravda Ru: The British NATO contingent wastes up to 100,000 USD of their taxpayers’ money per aircraft per hour, every single day since February 17, bombing kids, strafing water supplies, murdering babies, targeting civilian structures, in Libya. Now in Norway a polar bear has been shot […]
Rfi. France: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has told RFI that its internal election on Saturday was an exercise in democracy. The previously banned group appointed three new senior figures for the organisation’s newly formed Freedom and Justice party. The Brotherhood says a new political “era” in Egypt should be inclusive and […]
Gordon Ramsay claims his wife’s father stole $2.3 million from their company to fund a secret second family, writes Jonathan Wynne-Jones By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, The Sunday Telegraph He is notorious for the fiery rows that boil over in his restaurants’ kitchens, but now Gordon Ramsay has turned up the heat […]
France24: Despite a persistent negative stereotype about French hygiene practices – which at least one historian says has a ring of truth – a study has found that the French may actually be more fastidious than their European neighbours. If cleanliness is next to godliness, then the French – and […]
by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, globalresearch.ca TRIPOLI, July 28, 2011 The division of Libya into three separate countries is part of the US-NATO imperial design. It is part of a project shared by the U.S., Britain, Italy, and France. The NATO war launched against Libya in March 2011 was geared towards […]
By AP Maktoob.com DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Muslims living in the world’s tallest tower will have to wait even longer to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan. Mohammed al-Qubaisi, Dubai’s top Muslim cleric, said Sunday that Burj Khalifa residents living above the 80th floor should […]