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: CNN (CNN) — It would not be surprising for an associate pastor to pray with his parishioners. But Jorge Juan Castro wound up preying on them instead, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Friday. He is accused of raping more than 20 women, many of whom are Spanish-speaking, undocumented […]
Source: Gulf News Manama: A court in Al Qateef in eastern Saudi Arabia has sentenced a husband to 20 lashes after he allegedly hit his wife on her shoulder. The case was filed one month ago by the wife who presented a medical report supporting her claim. More:
Source: Gulf News Image Credit: MCT Saudi princess Meshael Alayban (right) listens to Arabic interpreter Ahmed Mekhemar during her appearance in Santa Ana, California court on July 11, 2013. Santa Ana: A human-trafficking case against a Saudi princess in the US has been dismissed. The surprise announcement came on Friday […]
Source: Moroco World News. DIJON, France — An appeals court in France convicted a woman on Friday for sending her son, named “Jihad,” to nursery school with a shirt that read “I am a bomb.” He arrived at school in another shirt reading “Jihad: Born on Sept. 11.” The child was, […]
Source: Spiegel Several recent controversies in Germany — from the treatment of refugees to the obstacles faced by immigrants in the job market — have thrown the issue of racial discrimination into the limelight. SPIEGEL spoke to 15 people of foreign descent to find out how racism affects their daily […]
Source: Dawn.Com ISLAMABAD: Pakistan released its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee, Abdul Ghani Baradar on Saturday, a senior official of the interior ministry told AFP. “Yes Baradar has been released,” Omar Hamid, a spokesman for interior ministry told AFP, without elaborating. In order to further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process, […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden. Note by Editor: A must watch video on Mullahs wishes Pakistan to follow which path. Click HERE for video.
AFP, Geneva Christian leaders from Syria and beyond are planning a summit involving Muslim representatives in a drive to use faith to spur peace efforts, the World Council of Churches […]
THE CHRISTIAN couple at the centre of controversy after refusing to let a gay couple stay in a double room at their guesthouse say it is forcing them to sell […]
Outgoing Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has challenged Siv Jensen, leader of the anti-immigration Progress Party, to publicly apologise for using the term “sneak-islamization”. “If the deputy chairperson is able to regret it in English, I assume that the party leader Siv Jensen can regret it in Norwegian,” Stoltenberg said […]
As the MIGs raced over Damascus this morning, two traffic cops – sweltering in white helmets on this hot autumn day – were issuing tickets on double parked cars near the Barada River. More than 100,000 dead – give or take a few thousand, if you believe the statistics – […]
Dr. Bilal Philips Published — Friday 20 September 2013 ARABNEWS Haj and its rites were first ordained by Allah in the time of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him). However, […]
Source: physicsworld By: Ned Stafford On Sunday millions of Germans will cast their votes in a federal election that will determine Germany’s chancellor for the next four years. First elected […]
Source: CNN Author: Saima Mohsin & Sophia Saifi Rehan and his team at Eyedeus Labs has created“Groopic,” a new smartphone app that lets you take a group picture — and put yourself in it. This way, the photographer will also be included in the picture. It’s easy to use and it’s […]
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Source: NY Times: Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy, said that the Roman Catholic church had grown “obsessed” with preaching about abortion, gay marriage and contraception, and that he has chosen not to speak of those issues despite recriminations from some critics. More:
Source: The Local Germany sold tonnes of chemicals to Syria which were capable of being put to military use. A question from the Left Party to the government showed that the chemicals were exported to Syria from 2002 to 2006, the Süddeutsche newspaper reported on Wednesday. The chemicals were […]
The latest shooting spree at the US Navy Yard Complex in Washington DC is one of the many terror attacks witnessed on the soil of the world superpower during the last two decades, where non-Muslim Native Americans have either been found involved or have been suspected of their involvement. In […]
JAKARTA: A Nigerian woman tearfully prayed and recited Qur’anic verses as she won a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women in the Indonesian capital Wednesday, a riposte to the Miss […]
Dispatch from Damascus: The killing fields remain, and truth is as rare as hope by Robert Fisk, The Independent And so the war goes on. Missile alerts may be over […]