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.
(Reuters) – A year after a gunman massacred 26 first-graders and adults in a Connecticut elementary school, educational officials across the United States continue to face the longstanding question of how to best protect their students. Principals and administrators across the country in many cases are choosing between technologies such […]
The MuslimTimes Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com AGENCIES In this handout photograph released by Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on December 9, 2013 Pakistan’s army chief General Raheel Sharif […]
Source: Spiegel The fight for Ukraine has now become a contest between the Russian president and the German chancellor. Putin won the first round. But Merkel and her fellow Europeans are grooming professional heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko to be their new strongman. More:
Source:Oye!Time via Wasim Sr. Ahmadi Muslims throughout the world remain united and share in the plight of their fellow Ahmadis who are denied their basic human rights such as the right to vote and the right to practice their religion freely in countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. […]
Source: Stratfor: Sunni and Shia represent the two main sects of Islam. The sectarian divide has its origins dating back to the earliest days of Islam, following the death of Prophet Mohammed in 632. At the time it was a political split on who should be the Prophet’s successor. The […]
CAIRO – There is something sadly appropriate about arriving in the Mideast on the weekend when the world is mourning Nelson Mandela. Mandela was a visionary who managed to reconcile a long-repressed black majority with the white minority that had ruled them. His name became synonymous with forgiveness, in this […]
STORY SUMMARY Lebanon witnessed Wednesday some of its first snowfall this year in the northern and eastern region as the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute warns “Alexa” has not yet reached […]
Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques, on Tuesday honored Arnoud van Doorn, a prominent Dutch politician who embraced Islam, by conferring on him […]
Souce: ahoban.org ইমাম মাহ্দী (আঃ) কোথায় জন্মগ্রহণ করবেন? হযরত ইমাম মাহ্দী (আঃ)এর নাম, বংশ ও জন্মস্থান সম্বন্ধে হাদীসে বহু বিবরণ আছে এবং সেগুলি নিয়ে মতভেদও আছে। এই মতভেদের মধ্য দিয়েও হযরত ইমাম মাহ্দী(আঃ)এর সঠিক পরিচয়ের প্রকাশ অনেক হাদিসে আছে, যেগুলি পড়লে তাঁর সত্যতা সম্বন্ধে আর কোন সন্দেহ থাকে না। নিম্নে […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Treasury Department has sold its final stake in General Motors, closing the book on its 2009 bailout of the auto industry. GM has been revived and is now profitable, but taxpayers are out more than $10 billion dollars. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced the final stock […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A radical Pakistani religious scholar known as the “Father of the Taleban” has issued a fatwa urging parents to immunize their children against polio and other fatal diseases, […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden
Source: Asia Times: The United States nearly went to war over the use of chemical weapons in Syria a few months ago – and then backed off, ostensibly swayed by Russia’s initiative to have the Syrian government’s chemical stockpile shipped out and destroyed – but those who had been saying […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 By Reva Bhalla At the edge of empires lies Kurdistan, the land of the Kurds. The jagged landscape has long been the scene of imperial aggression. […]
Manama. Islamic banking could be the more economically viable and sustainable model of financing going forward, a report said. Following last week’s World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) in Manama, Bahrain, the report published by Falak Consulting’s Research Department (FCRD) looks at the financial crisis of 2009 where conventional banks witnessed […]
Source: ET Supporters of the Indian Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party) hold brooms, the party symbol, as they celebrate outside the AAP office after their candidate Arvind Kejriwal won the state assembly election aganist Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, in New Delhi on December 8, 2013. PHOTO: AFP The […]
by Ariane Gigon in Zurich, swissinfo.ch December 9, 2013 – 11:00 Residents of villages in canton Zurich are putting morals before money by voting to return tax windfalls from commodities giant Glencore to the countries where they were generated, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Colombia. In […]
ARABNEWS.COM RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA The Cabinet (of Saudi Arabia) on Monday ordered the General Commission for Audiovisual Media to monitor the moral and other content of traditional and electronic media, including social media platforms. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Crown Prince Salman, authorized the commission to draft laws and regulations […]
The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has begun the work of expansion of the mataf around the Kaaba, said Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the chief of the Presidency. The execution […]
Leaders at a mosque in Feltham have had to remove a dome and signage that was put up without planning permission A mosque in Hanworth Park has had to remove […]