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 Frédéric Burnand in Geneva, swissinfo.ch March 16, 2014 – 10:31 With the future status of Crimea still uncertain, Switzerland is making the most of its good standing with Moscow to impose the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as the mediator between Russia and Western nations. Swiss President and […]
Source: Jerusalem/PNN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Israel’s insistence on demanding the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is “a mistake”, Haaretz reported […]
No groups have made any demands over Malaysia Airlines MH370: Minister The Straits Times Malaysia Bureau KUALA LUMPUR – No groups have made any demands over the missing Malaysia Airlines […]
posted by nshawish, 1st February 2012 Nada Shawish reports on how microcredit is helping China’s rural poor. Xiyang Village, China—Sha Ximei feeds her cow in her small clay shed, and smiles […]
11 April 2011 Mohamed Yasin inShare Tanzania eco-Volunteerism’s (TeV) honey project is a community development program providing rural poor communities of Tanzania with an innovative microfinance model that […]
by Sari Nusseibeh The Israeli government’s current mantra is that the Palestinians must recognize a ‘Jewish State’. Of course, the Palestinians have clearly and repeatedly recognized the State of Israel as such in the 1993 Oslo Accords (which were based on an Israeli promise to establish a Palestinian state within […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 16 March 2014 A blind female beggar who died here suddenly has left behind SR3 million in cash, jewelry, gold worth SR1 million and four buildings, with no heir to inherit the small fortune. Ahmad Saidi, an assistant to Ayesha, the dead beggar, said […]
AP | Mar 15, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES inShare KABUL — In his final address to Afghanistan’s parliament Saturday, President Hamid Karzai told the United States its soldiers can leave at the end of the year because his military, which already protects 93 per cent of the country, was ready […]
MARCH 14, 2014 By ROBERT F. WORTH RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — MIKHLIF AL-SHAMMARI has been jailed repeatedly, declared an infidel, ruined financially and shot four times — by his own son — all for this: He believes his fellow Sunni Muslims should treat Shiites as equals. […]
By Shahid Athar Saturday, 15 March 2014 Both the parents and the boy should remember that the criterion for choosing a spouse that was placed by the Prophet Muhammad was not wealth or color The marriage of Muslim girls in America is becoming a problem. Recently, a […]
JEDDAH: FADIA JIFFRY ARABNEWS Published — Saturday 15 March 2014 The Ministry of Labor announced plans to launch a program next week to ensure the rights of domestic workers and to ascertain the responsibilities of employers toward their employees. The program will introduce and discuss the rights that […]
The decision by 77-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run again as President of Algeria has attracted the excoriating scorn of journalist Kamel Daoud ROBERT FISK Friday 14 March 2014 40 PRINT A A A “Shame upon you, Bouteflika! You have no shame for our martyrs, for your age, for your own sickness, for […]
The Ahmadiyya community wants to build a house of prayer in the Frankfurt district Nied . The stated goal is: “a place to break down prejudices ” . By RAINER […]
STORY SUMMARY March 14, 2014 12:07 By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon It’s still possible to imagine a fuzzy, face-saving compromise in Ukraine: Crimea would have a new, quasi-autonomous administrative status blessed by Moscow and Kiev. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will make one more try, seeing […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Tuesday 11 March 2014 Businesses have lost an estimated SR800 million because of the government’s feminization program, a member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) claimed on Monday. The claim comes as the Ministry of Labor launched the third phase of […]
PRAYERS REQUIRE CONSTANCY: Consistency and moderation have been enjoined upon by Allah Almighty and his Prophet (peace be upon him). MARWA ABDALLA Published — Friday 14 March 2014 WHAT God requires from a Muslim is not overly burdensome. He prescribes moderation in every walk of life. I remember a conversation […]
AP | Mar 13, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES A visitor talking with a representative of a halal food producer from Saudi Arabia during a recent halal food exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP file photo) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The global industry for halal food and lifestyle products — […]
BY JANNA ANDERSON AND LEE RAINIE The world is moving rapidly towards ubiquitous connectivity that will further change how and where people associate, gather and share information, and consume media. A canvassing of 2,558 experts and technology builders about where we will stand by the year 2025 finds striking patterns in their predictions. […]
Survey Report Many people around the world think it is necessary to believe in God to be a moral person, according to surveys in 40 countries by the Pew Research Center. However, this view is more common in poorer countries than in wealthier ones. In 22 of the 40 countries […]
By News Staff | March 14th 2014 A survey conducted by researchers from the University of Chicago’s Program on Medicine and Religion delves into the relationship between attitudes toward organ donation and the Islamic faith. Previous surveys have found that Muslims are less likely than other religious groups to believe in organ donation […]