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 Igor Petrov, swissinfo.ch December 1, 2013 – 11:00 Rene Weber was a dental technician before deciding to sink his teeth into a new calling – the life of a Protestant pastor. Does the Bible provide him with an answer to every problem? Of course not, he says, but it […]
Source: NY Times KIEV, Ukraine — More than 100,000 people took to the streets of Kiev on Sunday, and thousands more rallied in other cities across Ukraine, to demand the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich, the largest outpouring of fury so far over his refusal to sign far-reaching political […]
Source: NY Times: A total of 67 people were injured, including 11 critically, a New York Fire Department spokesman, Jim Long, said. The derailment occurred when several cars of a Hudson Line train headed south from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., left the tracks about 7:20 a.m. just north of the Spuyten Duyvil […]
What began as a rock star’s heartfelt response to a humanitarian disaster went on to become one of the most influential concerts in music history. Here Graeme Thomson reveals how the disillusioned ex-Beatle turned a chaotic night in New York – and the years of financial haggling that followed – […]
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it has found safety problems at some of the factories in Bangladesh with which it does business, and that most of those factories have since made improvements. The U.S. retail group tested the safety of more than 200 factories, a company spokesman said in […]
US Representative and Subcommittee Chairman Steve Chabot said the growing escalation of violence might cause a rise of extremism in Bangladesh and that it would have a negative impact on regional security. He made the statement while addressing a hearing titled “Bangladesh in Turmoil: A Nation on the Brink?” […]
Story Summary The news that Carlos Slim, one of the richest people on the planet, is focusing efforts on investing some of his vast fortune in Israel should come as […]
The National Society for Human Rights has called upon the government to abolish the sponsorship system and recruit foreign workers under a Labor Ministry agency to protect the rights of […]
by Julie McCarthy December 01, 2013 Think Taj Mahal and then try to imagine what came before it. What was the inspiration for that masterpiece? Archaeologists and architects say a […]
In Indonesia, the Nahdlatul Ulama preaches the spirit of brotherhood to maintain peaceful coexistence among the country’s Muslim-majority, diverse ethnic society. THE Global Peace Festival (GPF) Malaysia recently interviewed Dr […]
Source: jamiat.org.za The Arabic word Jannah means simply “Garden” and it refers to the blissful paradise that awaits believers after death. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught that […]
During the 1770s Jefferson purchased a number of Arabic texts, which might have given him the desire to learn the Arabic language and could have significantly reinforced his commitment to […]
Source: LUBP To save the army and to save Pakistan, the only course of action is to come out openly against the Taliban and their LeJ-ASWJ partners. We know that PTI, PML-N, JI and JUI openly sympathize with the mass murderers of our civilians and army soldiers. We know that […]
Source: LUBP On Friday (29 Nov 2013), DAWN TV reported that Takfiri Deobandi terrorists of Sipah Sahaba Taliban (ASWJ-TTP) beheaded a retired Pakistan Navy officer Saleem Raza alia Fauji in Buffer Zone Karachi. Later, they drilled his head and hung it with a rope on Sohrab Goth bridge with a […]
Source: CNN.Com Paris (CNN) — This is a country which says races don’t exist: there is only the human race, to which we all belong. This is a country which, unlike the U.S. and Britain, has purposefully limited freedom of speech in order to criminalize verbal violence and incitement to hatred […]
Source: TOI LONDON: Humans are actually hybrids, who emerged as an offspring of a male pig and a female chimpanzee, according to one of the world’s leading geneticist. Turning the theory of human ancestry on its head, Dr Eugene McCarthy — one of the world’s leading authorities on hybridization in animals from the University of Georgia has suggested that humans […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Friday, 29 November 2013 00:00 The president was speaking during a Thursday’s visit to Munster University’s Islamic Theology Center. MUNSTER – German President Joachim Gauck has […]
Source: Jehad Watch Last night on my weekly appearance on Michael Coren’s Sun TV show, Michael and I discussed the Pope’s recent remarks about authentic Islam being peaceful, the ex-Muslim poet in Denmark whose life has been threatened for criticizing Islam, and the schoolchildren in the U.K. who were threatened with being labeled “racists” if […]
THE greatest danger to Israel is not the putative Iranian nuclear bomb. The greatest danger is the stupidity of our leaders. This is not a uniquely Israeli phenomenon. A great many of the world’s leaders are plain stupid, and always have been. Enough to look at what happened in Europe […]
JAKARTA POST The situation in Singkut district, Sarolangun regency, has returned to normal following the ousting of two Ahmadiyah families, namely the Rukamanas and the Madjids, from the area by local residents and the village administration on Sunday. Despite the improved situation, Sarolangun Police Precinct chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Ridho […]