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.
80. Read thy book. Sufficient is thy own soul this day as reckoner against thee.’ [17:14] And every man’s works have We fastened to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open. [17:15] ‘Read thy book. Sufficient is […]
Jolie was accompanied to the ill-fated town by British Foreign Minister William Hague, while on a trip to Bosnia. At the Srebrenica memorial centre museum, Jolie and Hague met women […]
Morocco World News 14.2.2013 By Nidal Chebbak Fez – Sexual harassment has been a controversial issue in Morocco for a very long time and it still is. Different people have different opinions about the issue; some blame women for being too loose and others blame men for being unable to control […]
The blood stains around the residence indicate that a fierce struggle took place at the residence and the assailants faced strong resistance from the victims. Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times staff By Staff report | March 29, 2014 Ahmadiyya Times Members of an Ahmadī […]
ISLAMABAD: A police team has been formed to ensure compliance of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s arrest warrant. SP City Mustansar Feroze will lead the police team while . According to details, if Musharraf does not comply with the warrant he will be arrested. The special court hearing the […]
WHILE on deathbed, Sayyidna Omar ibn Al-Khattab (mercy be upon him) dictated a long will consisting of instructions for the next caliph. Here is the last sentence of that historic […]
March 29, 2014 12:08 AMBy Olivia Alabaster, Diana Saad The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY While many inside and out of Syria bemoan the lack of attention that the conflict is getting internationally, it is perhaps the most “covered” war in history, given the nature of current media and technology, with thousands of […]
March 27, 2014 ADNAN FALAK The Lahore resolution laid out the blue print for Pakistan. It envisioned an independent homeland for Muslims, consisting of “independent states” of geographical contiguous areas with a Muslim majority. It also called for the provision of “adequate, effective and mandatory safeguards for minorities in these […]
By Julia Amalia Heyer in Tel Aviv Naftali Bennett, the head of the the settlements party Jewish Home rejects negotiations with the Palestinians and says he will allow the […]
A new audio leak reveals secret conversations which allegedly took place between intelligence chief Hakan Fidan, FM Ahmet Davutoğlu, FM undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu and General Yaşar Güler. In the leaked audio […]
Kristalina Georgieva RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 28 March 2014 The Kingdom and the European Union plan to develop a joint strategy to improve humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) would send a special team to Brussels to discuss ways to help […]
Jordan Times, 28.3.2014 AMMAN — After three years of conflict in Syria, hundreds of thousands of refugees living in urban areas in the Kingdom are struggling to meet their daily needs, according to a new report by the UN Refugee Agency. The study by UNHCR and its longstanding partner International Relief […]
Petra. Mar.27, 2014 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (ISESCO) committee for archaeologists on Thursday rejected any Israeli attempts to strip Jordan of its […]
The body was discovered at Newport Wetlands off West Nash Road on Thursday morning, say police Police are still trying to identify a body found about four miles (6.5km) […]
Jillian Berman Berman@huffingtonpost.com Hobby Lobby’s overt Christianity shocked Charity Carney when she started working at a Texas outpost of the crafts chain a few years ago. Most staff meetings began with a prayer, Carney learned. You could always find a Bible in the break room, she said. “It was just assumed […]
BY : Ramona Wadi Thursday, 27 March 2014 16:43 According to the US, the United Nations’ reputation has been “tarnished” by Richard Falk’s constant denunciations regarding Israel’s record of […]
March 27, 2014 By Mick Krever, CNN Lebanon could collapse under the weight of the massive influx of Syrian refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres warned in an interview […]
Saudi’s intelligence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdul-Aziz, brother of Saudi’s King Abdullah, gestures during a news conference in Riyadh(reuters tickers) March 27, 2014 – 19:41 By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) […]
78. Fear the day when the father will not be of any avail to his son, nor will the son at all be of any avail to his father [31:34] O men, seek protection with your Lord and fear the day when the father will not be of any avail […]
Washington confirmed on Monday that it’s deploying four tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft and 150 Air Force special forces personnel to Uganda, in order to help the African Union hunt down Lord’s […]