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.
4th June, 2014 FAO Joint press released by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the World Food Program (WFP) clarified the food security is high in Palestine. […]
swissinfo.ch and agencies June 8, 2014 – 16:35 Switzerland has added Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram to its sanctions list after the UN Security Council did so last month. The Islamic fundamentalists have connections to the terrorist network al-Qaeda. At the request of the Nigerian government, the UN Security Council […]
• Peres’ participation seen undermining Netanyahu’s attempts to isolate the Palestinians NICOLE WINFIELD | AP Published — Monday 9 June 2014 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis waded head-first into Mideast peace-making […]
JEDDAH: AFSHAN AZIZ Published — Monday 9 June 2014 The Syrian war has created one of the biggest refugee crises in modern history, with experts calling it the worst humanitarian situation in a generation. An estimated 9 million Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of the war in […]
MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Published — Monday 9 June 2014 The main concern of Egyptian pilgrim Adel Mahmoud, who came to perform Umrah recently, is the disunity of Muslims, and while […]
The Exprress Tribune By Faraz Khan / Web Desk / Sohail Khattak / Saad HassanPublished: June 8, 2 KARACHI: […]
Source: media@pressahmadiyya.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 7 June 2014, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth […]
Distraught families fear a cover-up and hope ‘Reward MH370’ campaign encourages insider to come forward theguardian.com, Sunday 8 June 2014 07.15 BST Several families of those aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 launched a drive on Sunday to raise $5m for any insider who can resolve the mystery of the plane’s […]
By Faraz KhanPublished: June 8, 2014 EXPRESS TRIBUNE KARACHI: At least four Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel were injured in a terrorist attack on Old Terminal of Karachi Airport late on Sunday. According to details at least four ASF personnel were injured when terrorist hurled crackers and opened firing near […]
Source: media@pressahmadiyya.com The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 7 June 2014, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]
Dawn.com By Hasan Zaidi THE brutal murder of Farzana Parveen in broad daylight in Lahore and in front of a crowd of apathetic or complicit spectators has justifiably outraged decent folk in Pakistan and around the world. That the murder was carried out because Farzana had dared to marry against […]
Source: TOI The evacuation was ordered about 1.30pm on Saturday. A Capitol Police spokeswoman says the pilot of the aircraft did not immediately communicate after it flew into restricted space, and that’s what led to the evacuation. More:
Source: Telegraph Downing Street will say that, on the contrary, Fiona Cunningham had to go because she behaved improperly when she released private correspondence between the Home Secretary and Michael Gove to the Times on Tuesday night, a fact confirmed by the Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood after his investigation […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: The current stalemate in the peace negotiations with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) could have been avoided if the military was leading the initiative instead of the civilian government’s nominated interlocutors, according to ex-military chief Gen (retd) Mirza Aslam Beg. In an exclusive interview with The Express Tribune, Beg, […]
CAIRO — Egypt has banned unauthorised preachers from giving sermons or teaching Islam in mosques and other public places, according to a decree on Saturday marking a further step in […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Al-Qaeda City was an industrial zone, a vast plain of concrete and stone factories and cattle sheds and homes 10 miles north east of Aleppo, […]
Source: media@pressahmadiyya.com On 6 June 2014, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered his weekly Friday Sermon from the Kalbach Sports and Recreation Centre in Frankfurt. Almost 5,000 Ahmadi Muslims attended the sermon, which was televised live across […]
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Business | Sat, June 07 2014, 9:32 AM Business News Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Elka Pangestu has set a target for Indonesia to […]
World Bulletin / News Desk The Muslim leader of Ukraine, Said Ismagov, has urged Muslims to stay out of the Ukraine crisis amid reports of the developing civil war attracting […]
A group of Muslims are riding from Glasgow to London to raise money for charity – and offset the negative attitudes and stereotypes of Islam, visiting mosques and war memorials along the way. One of the cyclists, heart specialist Dr Tauseef Khan, describes the humbling kindness the group have encountered […]