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 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 […]
AFP | Mar 04, 2014 | 23:04 4 inShare The Palestinian sister of Mousab Al Zaanin mourns during his funeral in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli air strike on Monday killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, one of them Zaanin, who Israel’s military said had […]
JT | Mar 04, 2014 | 22:58 7 inShare1 His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Latin Patriarch of the Holy Land and Jordan Fouad Twal in Amman on Tuesday (Photo […]
Interview with James Jatras, former US Senate foreign policy analyst CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/04/353162/dialogue-only-solution-to-kiev-crisis/ Press TV has conducted an interview with former US Senate foreign policy analyst James Jatras to talk about the crisis in Ukraine. Below is a rush transcript of the interview: Press TV: Now Russia has said […]
All intercession rests with Allah [39:45] Say, ‘All intercession rests with Allah. To Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And to Him then shall you be brought back.’ [43:87] And those on whom they call beside Him possess no power of intercession but he who bears witness to […]
Ukraine and the ‘Little Cold War’ Geopolitical Weekly Tuesday, March 4, 2014 – 03:09 Print Text Size Stratfor Editor’s Note: In place of George Friedman’s regular Geopolitical Weekly, this column is derived from two chapters of Friedman’s 2009 book, The Next 100 Years. We are running this abstract of the […]
JAIPUR: A 20-year-old girl taught a lesson to her fiancee for demanding dowry and insulting her parents in Sikar. Taking a bold step, she called him up a few hours […]
A young man named Allan received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. Alan tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite […]
by Rainn Wilson, HUFFINGTON POST It’s 5 a.m. and my alarm goes off. There’s not a hint of daylight in the sky. I blearily plod downstairs to the kitchen and fumble around for a carton of eggs, some frozen veggie sausages, spinach and corn tortillas. As I prepare […]
by Thom Morris tmorris@thekmgroup.co.uk The Muslim community across Medway came together on Saturday for the opening of the first purpose-built mosque in Kent. It has been fully funded by donations from members of the community, including one little boy who was given mention for donating £500 after saving […]
Jerusalem Program Limits Muslim Prayer Call New pilot program initiated by nationalist councilman King measures nighttime muezzin call, brings technological solutions. By Ari Yashar First Publish: 3/3/2014, 5:18 PM Israeli flag in front of minaret Flash 90 Jerusalem residents may finally have their night’s sleep returned to them, as […]
Peter Oliver, Politics, Protest, Rory Suchet, Ukraine Source: RT.com http://rt.com/news/ukraine-oligarch-rule-governors-512/ The self-proclaimed government in Kiev has appointed two of Ukraine’s richest men to govern large industrial regions in the defiant east. One of the reasons for the Maidan protest was the influence the rich have on politics in the […]
(Ismael Mohamad / United Press International) Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 02/26/2014 – 21:04 UN report says Israel’s systematic abuses of Palestinian rights may amount to the crime of “apartheid.” (Issam Rimawi / APA images) In his final report before completing his role as UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the […]
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By Robert D. Kaplan and Matt Gertken Arguably the greatest book on political realism in the 20th century was University of Chicago Professor Hans J. Morgenthau’s Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, published in 1948. In that seminal work, Morgenthau defines the status quo as “the maintenance […]
For Black History Month, NewsOne honors GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE Nzinga Knight Place of Residence: New York City Why She’s a Game Changer: Knight, a fashion designer, is also a […]
Despite being a tiny minority in this country of 24 million, the community has always felt at home and valued by the government By Omar Shariff, Deputy Editor, Weekend Review Published: 21:30 February 27, 2014 “I learnt to cook while doing my compulsory service in the Taiwanese army,” […]
02/03/2014 | 11:39 PM | Gulf News JEDDAH, March 2 (KUNA) — Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz said Sunday the Muslim world faces critical situations characterized by bitter struggles and sedition. “The recurrence of crises that result in loss of scores of lives at many hotspots in the Muslim world […]