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.
Source: The Local: UPDATE: Hurricane Xaver hit northern German late Thursday morning and its strength surpassed expectations. Water levels are expected to rise far high than initially thought, putting cities like Hamburg in danger of flooding. More:
By SULIMAN ALI ZWAY and KAREEM FAHIM Published: December 5, 2013 THE NEW YORK TIMES BENGHAZI, Libya — Gunmen on Thursday shot and killed a United States citizen who had been working as a teacher in an English-language school here, according to Libyan security officials and residents of the neighborhood […]
Source: OnIslam & News Agencies Thursday, 05 December 2013 00:00 MOSCOW – After years of legal debates, Russian Muslims have finally restored the 15th century Khan Mosque in Kasimov town, […]
STRATFOR Analysis December 4, 2013 | Summary The prospect of revitalized oil production in Iraq and Iran may add to tensions between those two countries and Saudi Arabia over export […]
Howard Marks, a renowned American investor and author, paid tribute to the Islamic finance industry’s ethical values during a keynote speech at a House of Commons reception this week. The […]
Libya’s national assembly voted on Wednesday to make Islamic law, or sharia, the source of all legislation, in an apparent bid by moderate Islamists to outflank ultra-conservative militants who have been gaining influence. by REUTERS staff: Two years after the NATO-backed uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is still in […]
Source:Alafrica.com Basse — A group of angry students at the Nasir Ahmadiyya Senior Secondary School in Basse, Upper River Region (URR) Monday afternoon went on a sit-in after they alleged that some members of the Examination Committee have leaked examination questions to some students in the school. What started as […]
SAN FRANCISCO — When Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief executive, recently announced the company’s biggest security overhaul in more than a decade, she did not exactly receive a standing ovation. Ordinary users asked Ms. Mayer why Yahoo was not doing more. Privacy activists were more blunt. “Even after today’s announcement, Yahoo […]
Source: Mrs Edeela Mahmood AMJ Bensheim, a local Jamaat of AMJ Germany is quite active in the field of Tabligh. Specially the interaction between different religious factios is very effective. Few Khuddam and ladies play pivotal role in these activities. Amongst these Mr Bilal Aslam, Mr Schrjil Khalid, Mr Athir Basra, Mrs Edeela Mahmood and Mrs Shumaila Adeel are very prominent. On 04.12.2013, When local Synagogue organised an interfaith meeting, the group of AMJ Bensheim also […]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Pakistan was included in the category of ‘extreme risk’ countries in the annual ‘Human Rights Risk Atlas 2014’ released by a global analytical organisation on Wednesday. Among […]
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swissinfo.ch and agencies December 4, 2013 – 18:23 Israel’s policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory have come under unusually hard-hitting attack by the President of the International Committee of the […]
December 04, 2013 12:15 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star Story Summary As Al-Qaeda grows more powerful in Syria – seeking “complete control over the liberated areas,” according to a new Syrian rebel intelligence report – moderate opposition leaders are voicing new interest in a political settlement of the […]
Story Summary December 05, 2013 01:08 AM By Rakan al-Fakih, Thomas El-Basha The Daily Star In yet another blow to Hezbollah this year, a senior party commander was assassinated south […]
In 2006, U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison was elected to represent Minnesota’s 5th district, becoming the state’s first African American representative and the first Muslim to serve in Congress. To both […]
Recognise only Sunni Islam as official religion, says Umno Youth Umno Youth wants the country’s constitutional definition of Islam changed to Sunni Islam, a call that reflects the country’s increasingly hostile attitude towards Shia Muslims. The youth wing of the country’s largest party of Muslims wants Umno lawmakers to introduce […]
Tuesday 03 December 2013 DutchNews.nl Blasphemy will be removed from the statute books following a majority vote in the upper house of parliament on Tuesday. However, a second motion was […]
By Nariman Gizitdinov – Dec 3, 2013 Given the choice between love and money, Samal, a tall, curly-haired 23-year-old woman from a village in southern Kazakhstan, would take the cash. […]
Source: LUBP By Richard Walker To the rest of the world they are strange bedfellows, but Saudi Arabia and Israel have a shared agenda to shape the Middle East to their liking even if it means using violence and terrorism to bring the region to the brink of war. More:
Source: Asia Times: By Mikhail A Molchanov After Ukraine’s pro-European protesters took to the streets to denounce the government’s backtracking on the European Union Association Agreement, things went south for both the protesters and the government. While protesters were beaten up by the police, the government endured a siege of […]