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.
Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus: Breakaway Turkish Cypriots are voting for a leader in a runoff that pits moderate independent Mustafa Akinci against hard-line incumbent Dervis Eroglu. Sunday’s poll will determine who Turkish Cypriots will entrust to represent them in talks aimed at reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus. The talks are expected […]
447. Commandment – O ye who believe! raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and speak not aloud to him, as you speak aloud to one another [49:3] O ye who believe! raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and speak not aloud to him, […]
448. Commandment – O ye who believe! say not ‘Ra‘ina,’ but say, ‘Unzurna’ and hearken [2:105] O ye who believe! say not ‘Ra‘ina,’ but say, ‘Unzurna’ and hearken. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment. Note: The word Rai’na belongs to the measure of Mufa’alah which generally gives the send […]
IMMIGRATION Amnesty asks Swiss to help end European migrant crisis APR 22, 2015 – 16:35 Amnesty International is urging the Swiss and other European nations to create a new rescue operation in the Mediterranean for migrants like these disembarking from an Italian Coast Guard ship on April 22 (Keystone) Amnesty […]
Deductive reasoning – “How old are you, Mullah?”, a boy asked. – Mullah Nasruddin responded, “3 years older than my brother”. – “How do you know that?” the boy asked. -“Reasoning!”, said Mullah Nasruddin. “Last year, I heard my brother tell someone that I was 2 years older than him. […]
Radio Yerevan Jokes By Allan Stevo January 14, 2011, Bratislava, (BratislavaGuide.com) – If you grew up west of the Iron Curtain, you might not have known that Yerevan was the capital city of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. If you grew up east of the Iron Curtain, then you definitely […]
Source: Arab News By Myriam Francois-Cerrah, who became popular when she was a child for acting in the 90s hit film ‘Sense and Sensibility.’ Now she is gaining more popularity […]
AP | Apr 23, 2015 | JORDAN TIMES Migrants crowd an inflatable dinghy as rescue vassel ‘ Denaro ‘ (not in picture) of the Italian coast guard approaches them, off the Libyan coast, in the Mediterranean Sea, on Wednesday (AP photo ) CAIRO — Libya’s chaos has turned it into […]
by Jordan Times, April 23, 2015 HRH Prince Hussein chairs a UN Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court ) AMMAN — HRH Crown […]
Posted on April 2, 2014 by Thom Prentice [Apartheid Israel using its Private Water Company to Parch the Palestinians. Real Auschwitz of the Iraelis, I would say…] by AYMAN RABI This week UN celebrated World Water Day – a day to remember the billion people who are unable to meet […]
By Denise Natali APRIL 22, 2015 Kurdish Peshmerga forces celebrate on the eve of Newroz Day, a festival marking their spring and the Persian New Year, in Kirkuk on March 20, 2015. (Ako Rasheed / Reuters) Within Iraq and Syria, the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State(ISIS) relies heavily on […]
Why Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing religious group BY MICHAEL LIPKA AND CONRAD HACKETT The expected growth of Islam around the world is perhaps the most striking finding in the […]
JERUSALEM, April 22, 2015 (WAFA) – Jewish settlers Wednesday broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound through Bab El-Magharbeh (Dung Gate) bridge, and toured its yard under the heavy protection of Israeli police units, said WAFA correspondent. Israeli settlers gathered early Wednesday at the Western Wall, to commemorate the so-called ‘Israel’s […]
Commandment – O ye who believe! be not forward in the presence of Allah and His Messenger, but fear Allah [49:2] O ye who believe! be not forward in the presence of Allah and His Messenger, but fear Allah. Verily, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Commandment – Love the Prophet of Allah as you love your own near and dear relatives [42:24] This it is whereof Allah gives the glad tidings to His servants who believe and do good works. Say: ‘I ask of you no reward for it, except that I am inviting you to […]
Naguib Sawiris, one of Egypt’s wealthiest businessmen, testifies during the retrial of Al-Jazeera television journalists at a court in Cairo, on Wednesday. (Reuters) REUTERS Published — Thursday 23 April 2015 CAIRO: One of Egypt’s wealthiest businessmen, Naguib Sawiris, testified for the defense on Wednesday at the retrial of two […]
Summary Brahma Chellaney| The Daily Star Since toppling the Taliban regime in Afghanistan 14 years ago, the United States has been waging a nonstop battle against its foot soldiers. Months after President Barack Obama declared that America’s “combat role” in Afghanistan was over, the U.S. and its allies continue to […]
ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM Published — Thursday 23 April 2015 Last update 22 April 2015 11:42 pm Ask any African why is he in Europe. His reply would be: The Africans are in Europe because the Europeans were in Africa. Nowadays we learn about one tragic incident after another involving Africans desperately […]
Source: SWI ‘Faced with boat disasters, Europe must act’ By Thomas Stephens APR 20, 2015 – 08:57 The weekend’s refugee disaster off the coast of Libya has prompted indignation in […]
Russia says ISIL emergence outcome of US ‘activities’ in Mideast Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:30PM Source: Press TV Russia’s foreign minister says the emergence of the ISIL Takfiri terrorists stems […]