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.
By China correspondent Huey Fern Tay Updated Thu 6 Mar 2014, 1:52pm AEDT Video: China’s female Imams (Newsline) Photo: Ge Caixia leads a group of women in China’s Henan province (ABC) Map: China China isn’t the heartland of Islam, but it is the only country in the world to have […]
Unidentified armed men seen on the streets of Donetsk in east Ukraine Russian diplomat claims 300 mercenaries had arrived in Kiev this week Mercenaries in the region could give Putin […]
Tatarstan’s President Rustam Minnikhanov (right) in Simferopol on March 5. March 05, 2014 The president of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, and the pro-Russian prime minister of Ukraine’s Crimea, Serhiy Aksyonov, have signed an agreement on cooperation. Minnikhanov told journalists after the signing ceremony […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Tuesday, 04 March 2014 16:39 A suggested separation vote on March 30 was deemed a bad idea for many Muslim Tatars, rejecting the idea of separation. SIMFEROPOL – As war drumbeats increase in Ukraine, Muslim Tatars in the autonomous Republic of Crimea are […]
March 7, 2014 Megan Doherty City reporter for The Canberra Times A Canberra girl raised a Catholic is the head designer of an Australian fashion house specialising in […]
61. And utter not thy prayer aloud, nor utter it too low, but seek a way between [17:111] Say, ‘Call upon Allah or call upon Rahman; by whichever name you call Him, His are the most beautiful names.’ And utter not thy prayer aloud, nor utter it too low, but seek a way between. [20:109] On that […]
AP | Mar 06, 2014 | 23:09 JORDAN TIMES inShare ROME — World diplomats worked Thursday to try to help Libya create a stable government and more secure environment amid the violence and growing political tensions that have festered since Muammar Qadhafi’s regime crumbled in 2011. The meeting of foreign […]
Reuters | Mar 06, 2014 | 23:14 5 inShare Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani attends the Gulf Cooperation Council summit at the Bayan Royal Palace in Kuwait City, on December 10, 2013 (AFP file photo) DOHA — Qatar will not bow to demands from […]
JT | Mar 06, 2014 | 23:06 AMMAN — Jordan along with regional groups in the UN expressed their rejection and concern of Israeli illegal practices in Jerusalem, particularly the ongoing debate in the Knesset on a bill to impose Israel’s control over holy sites in the Old City. The […]
Buzkashi The game of Buzkashi, literally translated as ‘goat grabbing’ has its roots in Afghan antiquity. The game is very exciting and the Afghans take pride in playing it. Whenever the game of Buzkashi is on, the town or village comes to standstill, for all the residents flock to […]
59. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge [11:46] And Noah cried unto his Lord and said: ‘My Lord, verily, my son is of my family, and surely, Thy promise is true, and Thou art the Most Just of judges.’ [11:47] He said: ‘O Noah, […]
March 5, 2014 – 22:06 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that it has ordered Syria’s U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari to remain within a 25-mile (40-km) radius of New York City, similar to restrictions that apply to Iranian and North Korean envoys. A pro-opposition Syrian-American […]
Interview Conducted by Jan Puhl and Petra Truckendanner AFP The Central African Republic has been torn apart by violence, with only the engagement of troops from France and the African […]
Story Summary As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to arrive in the U.S. to meet with President Barack Obama Monday, a report from the Israeli government announced that […]
swissinfo.ch March 6, 2014 – 11:00 The cost of returning asylum-seekers to their home countries climbed to more than CHF4 million ($4.5 million) in 2013, almost CHF1 million more than […]
(sda) In the dispute over whether a Muslim girl in St.Margrethen in the canton of St. Gallen with a headscarf should attend primary school, the single judge of the district […]
[13:15] Unto Him is the true prayer. And those on whom they call beside Him answer them not at all, except as he is answered who stretches forth his two hands toward water that it may reach his mouth, but it reaches it not. And the prayer of the disbelievers is but […]
BY MUNA ALAMIDaily Star, Lebanon Story Summary Jordanian fighters have come to play an important role in the protracted Syrian conflict. Unlike the previous generation of Jordanian jihadists – Al-Qaeda leaders from a decade earlier who professed their belief in a global jihad – this new generation currently fighting […]
FUTURE’S HOPE: Egypt’s Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah El-Sissi pins a medal on a military cadet at the military college in Cairo. (Reuters) Agence France Presse Published — Wednesday 5 March 2014 CAIRO: Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sissi declared Tuesday he cannot ignore demands that he run […]
RIYADH: KHALID TAWALBEH Published — Tuesday 4 March 2014 Saudi Arabia is not only one of the largest Arab countries but is also home to several large-hearted people, gender and age no bar. From an 18-year-old girl to an 80-year-old woman, not to speak of other citizens, they have displayed […]