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Rafiq A. Tschannen
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.
Pakistani Taliban’s New Leader
Source: NY Times: LONDON — In a surprise choice, the Pakistani Taliban said Thursday that it had appointed as its new leader the commander responsible for last year’s attack on Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani education activist. More:
Top 10 creepiest spots in Europe
Source: Gulf News: The Sedlec Ossuary, or Bone Church, in the town of Kutna Hora, less than an hour east of Prague, will strike you as a rather measly affair from the outside, but venture inside this gothic chapel and you will be greeted by an astonishing sight the skeletons […]
I don’t know if Obama gets it
Source: Gulf News: Who made the decision to turn down the UN Security Council seat? It is always in the end the king who makes the decision. But it wasn’t a whimsical decision. Nor was it, as some newspapers here have described it, done in a fit of pique. It […]
THOUSANDS OF BRITISH MUSLIMS HONOR THE FALLEN: PR NEWSIRE
See more news releases in Religion | Not For Profit Thousands of British Muslims Honour the Fallen LONDON, November 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — More than ten thousand Ahmadi Muslims will this week stand united with the country in remembering the brave members of the Armed Forces who sacrificed their lives for Great Britain. Thousands of worshippers […]
To shed blood, to smash skulls, and to sever limbs for the sake of Allah and in defense of His religion, is, undoubtedly, an honor for the believer?
Source: Jihad Watch: What’s the big deal? The British government recently admitted Saudi Sheikh Mohammed al-Arefe into the country. Al-Arefe has said: “Devotion to jihad for the sake of Allah, and the desire to shed blood, to smash skulls, and to sever limbs for the sake of Allah and in defense of His […]
Parents protest pro-Islam in Florida school text book: The Washington Times
Parents slam pro-Islam slant in Florida school textbook By Cheryl K. Chumley – The Washington Times Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Hundreds of parents, angry at what they say is a biased student textbook with a decided pro-Islam slant, have launched a campaign demanding equal religious representation and planned […]
Islamic Development Bank approves $5 billion in spending for 2014
The Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), has approved $ 5,061 million for the bank’s operations plan for the year 1435H (November 2013 –November 2014), the bank’s largest annual budget ever and a 10 per cent increase on the previous year. This new operations plan coming […]
Economists expect new era in KSA labor market
EDDAH: KHALIL HANWARE Published — Thursday 7 November 2013 Top businessmen and economists in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are unanimous in their opinion that the crackdown against illegal workers following the end of the amnesty period would only benefit the Saudi economy in the long run though short-term obstacles […]
OIC asks member states to sever ties with Israel
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID & HABIB SHAIKH Published — Thursday 7 November 2013 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will ask member states to sever diplomatic relations with states that recognize Israel’s annexation of Jerusalem or move their embassies to the historic city during the upcoming Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) […]
Why Won’t the West Defend Middle Eastern Christians?
by Diarmaid MacCulloch Oct 27, 2013 5:45 AM EDT Why has the suffering of the Middle Eastern Christian communities not ignited outrage and support from Western Christians? The answer has […]
Marvel Introduces Muslim Teen Superhero, Destroys Bad Guys And Stereotypes
Marvel Comics is bringing back Ms. Marvel as Kamala Khan, the 16-year-old daughter of Pakistani immigrants living in Jersey City, and the first-ever Muslim title character from Marvel Comics. Khan, […]
GLOBAL ISLAMIC LEADER ARRIVES IN JAPAN
Source: press@amjinternational.org. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, arrived safely in Japan on 5 November 2013. His Holiness flew into Tokyo Narita International Airport from Auckland, New Zealand and arrived at 5pm local time. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad spent his first […]
Killing Arafat – Swiss study: Polonium found in Arafat’s bones Scientists find at least 18 times the normal levels of radioactive element in late Palestinian leader’s remains.
Paris, France – Swiss scientists who conducted tests on samples taken from Yasser Arafat’s body have found at least 18 times the normal levels of radioactive polonium in his remains. The scientists said that they were confident up to an 83 percent level that the late Palestinian leader was poisoned […]
‘Bin Laden has won, they confiscated my honey’: Outspoken academic Richard Dawkins in airline security Twitter row over jar of honey. – Academic wrote: ‘Bin Laden has won, in airports of the world every day
World famous English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and unrelenting critic of religion and the religious, Richard Dawkins, has turned his anger on airport security rules after he had a jar of […]
Is The Hague making a mockery of justice so the CIA and MI6 can save face?
Robert Fisk investigates an alleged double standard over two prominent Libyans accused of crimes against humanity There’s a spot of skulduggery going on in the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague. Not to put too fine a point upon it, a lot of questions are being asked about why […]
Muslims remember Imam Hussain with promotional campaign
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 – The American Muslim by Rahat Husain WASHINGTON, November 5, 2013 — An international campaign is garnering attention with an effort centered around the slogan “Who […]
Israel orders more demolitions of Palestinian flats in Jerusalem
Move to demolish hundreds of Arab apartments ‘destroying every chance of peace’, says Fatah Ben Lynfield Jerusalem Israel is planning to destroy hundreds of Palestinian apartments in occupied East Jerusalem […]
Saudis round up thousands of illegal immigrants
Reuters | 06-Nov-2013 08:34 AM Dubai: Saudi authorities rounded up thousands of illegal foreign workers at the start of a nationwide crackdown ultimately aimed at creating more jobs for locals, media reported on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of workers have already left the kingdom following a grace period of seven […]
PA receives results of Arafat’s death probe
A Swiss laboratory investigating the death of Yasser Arafat, the late leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, has submitted the results to the Palestinian Authority (PA). On Tuesday, the Swiss […]