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: TOI AMMAN, Jordan: A Jordanian military court will start on Tuesday to hear the trial of a radical Muslim preacher deported from Britain to face terrorism charges at home, a court official said. Prosecutors have charged the cleric, Abu Qatada, 53, with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against […]
MUSCAT: Oman opposes upgrading the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to a union of six nations, Muscat’s foreign minister said on Saturday. The union issue is on the agenda of the […]
Ati Nurbaiti, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Commentary | Fri, December 06 2013, 9:05 AM We recklessly trample on each other’s rights as wantonly as we litter, or speed into the busway lane. How else to explain the endless testimonies on torture, rape, forced eviction and generations of loss and […]
THE STAR ONLINE KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Constitution should be amended to clarify that Muslims in Malaysia are those who adhere to the practice of the Sunnah Wal Jamaah, the […]
syria news Anti- #Syria foreign militants use #Turkey ‘safe houses’ A report has revealed that al-Qaeda-linked groups are using “safe houses” in southern Turkey to send foreign militants to neighboring Syria to take part in the war against its government. In a report published on Saturday, the state-run BBC said […]
Source/Credit: The Telegraph and Argus By Chris Tate | December 7, 2013 A Keighley mosque found itself yesterday at the centre of a Government programme to counter people’s stereotypical views […]
The Obama administration and the governing media hope to draw a distinction between the “good” anti-Assad rebels in Syria and the ones who are affiliated with Al Qaeda. But Robert […]
December 7, 2013 finance expert: Asia, GCC, Africa real areas of econmic growth –> | By Nawab Khan BRUSSELS , Dec 7 (KUNA) — An European financial expert is advising economic and financial professionals and advisors in the West to “put your Islamic spectacles on” as most of the emerging […]
Each of the deaths in question occurred after the 2003 invasion which toppled dictator Saddam Hussein British soldiers who fought in Iraq are facing 11 investigations over their “conduct”, it […]
Source: Spiegel via Edeela Mahmood In the third place , it managed the photographer Benjamin Kilb with his series of paintings “ray of light and shadow stature – the Ahmadiyya in Germany.” The photo gallery provides this “Islamic Reform congregation” in the center, which is in Germany for 90 years. […]
Source: Spiegel: French society is under threat, argues philosopher Alain Finkielkraut in a controversial new book. The conservative spoke to SPIEGEL about what he sees as the failure of multiculturalism and the need for better integration of Muslim immigrants. More:
Have you visited the AL ISLAM ONLINE BOOK STORE? Please check out: http://store.alislam.org/index.html The following categories of book can be chosen from: – The Holy Quran – English books – […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the third time in 24 hours on Friday for talks understood to be focused on security. […]
Hawkish US congressman, Duncan Hunter, must have been “on narcotics” when he called for a nuclear attack on Iran, a political analyst tells Press TV. “My analysis of what he has had to say – and I cannot go anywhere else – [is that] he is either on narcotics or […]
In today’s world where many societies are plagued by extremism, terrorism, violence, and conflicts; heavenly religions can play an important role in promoting peace and friendship. Effort to unite these religions and find their common points is among the main tasks of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization in Iran. […]
The 193-member UN General Assembly elected Jordan to the UN Security Council on Friday to replace Saudi Arabia, which rejected its two-year term in protest at the council’s failure to end the Syria war and act on other Middle East issues. Saudi Arabia was elected in October to join the […]
Source: Jihad Watch COUNTER-terrorism officers have charged a figurehead of last year’s Muslim riots and infamous Sharia “whipping” case over an attempted ATM ram-raid in Sydney’s north. Wassim Fayad, 46, one of two head spokesmen during the riots, was arrested at 7.30am last Friday at Auburn and charged over the […]
The UAE President on Wednesday accepted an invitation to visit Iran. The official WAM news agency said the date for the visit would be announced at a later stage. Iran […]
swissinfo.ch and agencies December 5, 2013 – 14:22 Swiss experts have defended their conclusions that Yasser Arafat was possibly poisoned with polonium, contradicting analysis by French scientists that suggests other […]
COPENHAGEN: A new wave of Europeans is heading to Syria, their ranks soaring in the past six months as tales of easy living and glorious martyrdom draw them to the rebellion against Bashar Assad. The Western Europe-based rebels, mostly young men, are being recruited by new networks that arrange travel […]