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.
Pluralism was once the hallmark of the Arab world, so the exodus of Christians from the Middle East is painful to one Islamic scholar ‘It is a tragedy and a blow to the basic pride of Arab Islamic civilisation’ Tarif Khalidi is a big, bearded bear of a man, the […]
By Tufail Ahmad New Indian Express During the 1930s through the forties, Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the toast of Muslim politics in India, but it was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India, who had a substantive vision for human progress. Azad’s real name was Abul […]
National Editorial THE NATIONAL February 24, 2014 Updated: February 24, 2014 18:11:00 It is difficult to form a clear picture of the dynamics of the Syrian conflict on the ground, especially when it comes to the different jihadi groups that are fighting the regime and, more recently, each other. […]
Religious News Service | by Lauren Markoe Posted: 02/20/2014 4:54 pm EST Updated: 02/20/2014 5:59 pm EST WASHINGTON (RNS) Some of the brightest pro-business minds in the nation prodded the Dalai Lama on Thursday (Feb. 20) to offer a warm endorsement of capitalism. But during an appearance by the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism at […]
July 12, 2013 08:37 PMBy Serene Assir STORY SUMMARY Simmering hostility between Syria’s mainstream rebels and jihadists has erupted into naked violence, with a Free Syrian Army commander in the coastal province of Latakia being shot dead by an Al-Qaeda front group. Kamal Hamami — better known by his nom-de-guerre Abu […]
By Will SmaleBusiness reporter, BBC News Continue reading the main story Shazia Saleem jokes that she started her food company simply because she was hungry. The bigger story is that she spotted both a gap in the market and a way to celebrate the two parts of her cultural […]
[29:18] ‘You only worship idols beside Allah, and you forge a lie. Those whom you worship beside Allah have no power to provide sustenance for you. Then seek sustenance from Allah, and worship Him, and be grateful to Him. Unto Him will you be brought back. [34:25] Say, ‘Who gives you sustenance from […]
49. Say not of anything, ‘I am going to do it tomorrow,’ instead say Inshallah [18:24] And say not of anything, ‘I am going to do it tomorrow,’ [68:19] And they made no exception and did not say, ‘If God please.’ [37:103] And when he was old enough to work with him, he said, […]
CENTRAL JAVA – Dozens of Muslim students in Central Java’s Magelang have participated in cleaning the world’s largest Buddhist temple that had been distorted with volcanic ash earlier this month. […]
York Region’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community celebrate Team Canada’s gold medal hockey win at Sochi Canadian pride Simon Martin The crowd erupts in joyous celebration as Team Canada win 3-0 against Sweden to bring home the gold medal in men’s hockey at Sochi Olympics. next play/pause pre 3/4 Vaughan Citizen By […]
February 22, 2014 12:18 AMBy Asit K. Biswas, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe STORY SUMMARY During its recent gathering in Davos, the World Economic Forum released its ninth annual Global Risks report, which relies on a survey of more than 700 business leaders, government officials, and nonprofit actors to identify the world’s most serious […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent No one in the Middle East will be studying Ukraine’s violent tragedy with more fascination – and deeper concern – than President Bashar al-Assad of […]
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the […]
By Peter Watson I’ve always enjoyed a good religious debate. That’s why I was excited to sit down on Feb. 4 and watch the “creation vs. evolution” debate between Bill […]
by Julia Slater, swissinfo.ch January 30, 2013 – 19:39 An analysis of naturalisation decisions taken in more than 1,400 Swiss communes between 1990 and 2010 has found a dramatic increase in […]
swissinfo.ch February 20, 2014 – 12:08 When facing a flood, ants build rafts and use the buoyancy of the brood and the recovery ability of workers to protect their queen […]
While trying to understand why I was thrown into such a heavy involvement with Israel and Israeli agents while attached to U.S. Intelligence during the Reagan and Bush administrations, I began investigating the past actions of our governments interaction with Israel. I came upon the article below which helped clarify […]
STORY SUMMARY Moscow accused Washington Thursday of prolonging the Syrian conflict by supporting the opposition, on the eve of a UN Security Council vote that threatens to further deepen big […]
by Bayram Balci Published on Monday, January 27, 2014 ARTICLES Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 15 The greater “Turkic world”—that is, Turkey and the majority of the Caucasus and Central Asia—has […]
Israelis do not remember that in the year of the expulsion, 1492, the country that opened its gates to the exiles from Spain – without constructing prison facilities for them – was Ottoman Turkey. By Dmitry Shumsky | Feb. 20, 2014 | 3:39 AM Ferdinand and Isabella, king and queen of […]