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: The Independent Sir Winston Churchill’s family begged him not to convert to Islam, letter reveals Sunday 28 December 2014 By Matilda Battersby, who is Online Arts Editor forwww.independent.co.uk. She […]
Court backs right for schoolgirl to wear scarf Published: 13 Nov 2014 08:05 GMT+01:00 A court in the canton of Saint Gallen has overturned a ban issued by a […]
ARLINA ARSHAD | AFP Published — Sunday 28 December 2014 Last update 28 December 2014 10:05 am JAKARTA: An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing in bad […]
(Reuters) – Gunmen in eastern Pakistan shot dead a member of the Ahmadi religious minority on Saturday, an Ahmadi spokesman said, five days after a Muslim leader denounced Ahmadis on a popular Pakistani television talk show. Luqman Ahad Shehzad was shot in the back of the head near Bhiri Shah […]
334. Commandment – Eat of the fruit of each when it bears fruit [6:142] And He it is Who brings into being gardens, trellised and untrellised, and the date-palm and cornfields whose fruits are of diverse kinds, and the olive and the pomegranate, alike and unlike. Eat of the […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — To the Catholic Church’s “seven deadly sins,” Pope Francis has added the “15 ailments of the Curia.” Francis issued a blistering indictment of the Vatican bureaucracy […]
Religion News Service | By Naveed Ahmad Posted: 12/23/2014 1:05 pm EST Updated: 12/23/2014 1:59 pm EST ISLAMABAD (RNS) The gruesome killing of 134 children in a Peshawar school has renewed concerns about […]
Summary SUMMARY by David Ignatius Pleas to U.S. Central Command, or Centcom, and the Iraqi military on the night of Oct. 23 brought no aid, and the tribal fighters surrendered; over the next few weeks, several hundred tribesmen were killed. Many of the tribe’s leaders were based in Amman, […]
SuSmmary SUMMARY by Rami G. Khouri In the coming weeks, an important debate will take place at the U.N. Security Council on draft resolutions to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Second, that direct Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations have taken place almost nonstop since the early 1970s – nearly half […]
By Rana Tanveer Published: December 27, 2014 THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE LAHORE: A religious organisation has postponed the staging of a protest demonstration in Rabwah by 15 days after district authorities […]
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One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 333. Commandment – Honey is Halal (allowed to use for eating) and it has Shifa (cure) Amjad Tariq Sydney 333. Commandment – Honey is Halal (allowed to use for eating) and it has Shifa (cure) [16:69] And thy Lord has inspired the bee, saying, […]
AIJAZ ZAKA SYED ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 26 December 2014 Is it finally the end of El Dorado? After surging and serenading above $100 a barrel for years, the much prized oil suddenly finds itself cheap and in diminished global esteem. Oil prices hit a new five-year […]
Photo: David Geisser Swiss spills beans about guarding the pope Published: 19 Dec 2014 11:03 CET Although better known today for their colourful uniforms than their centuries-old reputation as fearless warriors, the Swiss Guards remain a powerful symbol of the Vatican. The Local speaks to David Geisser, one of […]
Sport is not only a means of integrating foreigners into Swiss society – the country’s teams also benefit from immigration, according to Sports Minister Ueli Maurer. In an interview with […]
AMMAN: Jordan vowed Thursday to make every effort to save a pilot captured by the Islamic State group in Syria as Washington denied claims the terrorists shot his warplane out […]
An arsonist set fire to a mosque in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna on Thursday, injuring five people, police said. About 15 to 20 people were attending midday prayers in […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities gave final approval on Wednesday to the construction of 380 new settler housing units in two areas of annexed East Jerusalem, a local official said. “The municipal commission has given construction permits for 307 homes in Ramot and 73 in Har Homa,” Yosef Pepe Alalu, […]
The Daily Star The presidential election in Tunisia should be taken as a sign that not everything in this part of the world is generating violence, tension, anger and despair. A competitive […]