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.
The Jordan Valley must remain part of Israel in the event of any negotiated settlement, declare MKs, Ministers on a tour of the area. By David Lev First Publish: 1/2/2014, 11:58 AM The Jordan Valley must remain a part of Israel in the event of any negotiated settlement, Interior Minister […]
BY NILUKSI KOSWANAGE KUALA LUMPUR Thu Jan 2, 2014 5:18pm IST (Reuters) – Islamic authorities in Malaysia on Thursday seized 321 Bibles from a Christian group because they used the word Allah to refer to God, signalling growing intolerance that may inflame ethnic and religious tension in the Southeast Asian […]
By Steffen Winter Spiegel.de A German-American lawyer and his family have been fighting for over two decades to reclaim lucrative properties lost under the Nazi regime. But he continues to face legal hurdles in trying to restore their legacy. Peter Sonnenthal has plenty of experience hunting down the cheats, crooks […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Thursday 2 January 2014 ARABNEWS Iyad Madani, former Saudi Haj and information minister, took charge as the new secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic […]
By Sharif Kaf Al-Ghazal Monday, 16 December 2013 00:00 Source: OnIslam.net Ala-al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qarshi al-Dimashqi (known as Ibn Al-Nafis) was born in 1213 A.D. in Damascus. He was educated at the Medical College Hospital (Bimaristan Al-Noori) founded by Noor al-Din Al-Zanki. Apart from medicine, Ibn […]
Most Black American Muslims trace their roots to a recent religion founded in Newark in 1913. By Daniel Pipes The year 2013 marks the centenary of the reported founding of […]
DUBAI: Dubai shattered the world record for the largest ever pyrotechnic display on New Year’s Eve with a show involving more than half a million fireworks, Guinness World Records said Wednesday. “Ten months in planning, over 500,000 fireworks were used during the display which lasted around six minutes, with Guinness […]
By Zubair Khan: Photos: Bilal Aslam: (Photos of Participants of Waqare Amal in Majlis Bensheim) It has become a norm and a religious tradition of the Ahmadiyya Community to start every year with prayers and supplications and serving mankind through social and community work. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany […]
December 31, 2013 12:29 AM By Hassan Rouhani The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY When I campaigned to become president of Iran, I promised to balance realism and the pursuit of the Islamic Republic’s ideals – and won Iranian voters’ support by a large margin. That commitment led directly to the […]
JOHN DAVISON | AFP ARABNEWS Published — Tuesday 31 December 2013 JERUSALEM: Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners Tuesday as part of US-brokered peace talks ahead of Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest visit to the region. The release prompted elation among Palestinians, who welcomed the prisoners back into the West […]
Geneva is one of those cities that is on everyone’s must travel list; I know it was on mine before I finally visited. My mother and aunt lived there and attended college in a nearby city, Lausanne. Hearing their stories about this magical city made me want to visit, especially […]
Saudi Arabia has pledged $3bn in aid to the Lebanese armed forces, a gift that comes in a time when tensions run high, both inside Lebanon and across the region. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman announced the donation on Sunday describing it as the largest grant ever given to the country’s […]
Author: Atif Munawar Mir How bittersweet the time of New Year’s The scope of celebration beyond a mere digit’s change ‘Tis a time when: New hopes are born. Old dreams fade away. Fresh resolutions are made. Old ones pass away. The magic of possibility imbues the mundane. The power to […]
By Brian Pellot | Religion News Service, Published: December 31 LONDON — Eight of the 47 countries that hold seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council imprisoned people in 2013 under laws that restrict religious freedom, according to a new report from Human Rights Without Frontiers International, a nonprofit […]
Annie Machon (Reuters / Stephen Hird)Annie Machon (Reuters / Stephen Hird) Annie Machon, a former MI5 operative who blew the whistle on the UK’s dubious spying activities, has started a new fund to support other whistleblowers such as former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Called the “Courage Fund to Protect Journalistic […]
December 31, 2013 – 17:44 By Paul-Marin Ngoupana and Serge Leger Kokpakpa BANGUI (Reuters) – Thousands of people caught up in fighting in Central African Republic blocked the runway of its international airport on Tuesday, demanding more aid and the resignation of the president. Families and other refugees chanted anti-government […]
December 31, 2013 – 18:34 By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) – The outgoing head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said on Tuesday some Muslim states should broaden rights for religious minorities. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, who stepped down on Monday after nine years as secretary general of the […]
Source: Economist: Today’s Christianity has some sharply contrasting answers. For the fundamentalist, there is no problem because scripture trumps everything. At another extreme, radical and liberal theologians have ruthlessly deconstructed the doctrine of Mary and her virginity. With as much spleen as any secular polemicist, the retired Anglican bishop John Shelby […]
By Ghana News -SpyGhana.com Spyghana.com is a premier news source that cover daily news of Africa, Ghana, all the World, about universities, culture and etc The Ghana Muslim Mission (GMM), an Islamic organisation set out to propagate Islamic teachings and principles, over the weekend held its 55th national conference to […]
Source: NY Times: Assailants raked the German ambassador’s residence in Athens with gunfire early on Monday in an attack that caused no injuries, Greek police officials said. More: