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: ET KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan, a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), resigned from his post, Express News reported Saturday. He has faxed his resignation to the Presidency and Governor House. He abruptly departed for Dubai on late Friday night and intends to stay there for the next […]
Source: LA Times: Note by Editor: Comment on the post, reproduced from LA Times. It further spreads the link for the living messeage giving by head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as well publicity for alislam.org and the muslimtimes.org. WASHINGTON — In a sign of its weak hand in the Syria […]
Source: The Independcnce BY MICHAEL DAY, THE INDEPENDENT In comments likely to enhance his progressive reputation, Pope Francis has written a long, open letter to the founder of La Repubblica […]
STORY SUMMARY This is getting serious now, as the United States and Russia negotiate in Geneva on disposing of Syria’s chemical weapons, and generally responsible media report that U.S. President Barack Obama has exchanged letters with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The negotiations in Geneva between U.S. Secretary of State John […]
RIYADH: RASHID HASSAN Published — Saturday 14 September 2013 The Kingdom plans to send Saudi managers from leading companies for training at IMD, a top Swiss business school. Dominique Turpin, […]
URI AVNERY Published — Saturday 14 September 2013 Here is another Jewish joke: A hungry young Jew sees an announcement outside a local circus: Anyone who climbs to the top of a 50 meter pole and jumps onto a tarpaulin below will win a prize of a thousand rubles. […]
Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Araby said on Thursday that the Syrian crisis is the priority concern of the league.Any military intervention in Syria only deepens the tragedy that has passed the limit, he said.Addressing the Economic and Social Council, Araby said the league is closely mointoring the Russian initiative […]
HAMBURG, N.Y. — A Muslim advocacy group is asking Wal-Mart to rehire a New York worker who posted derogatory comments about Muslim customers on Facebook and was fired last week. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Friday that employee Terry Earsing has offered a sincere apology. Earsing was the assistant […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organization, Ghana, has held its 34th annual national rally at Agona Swedru in the Central Region with a call on Muslim youth to be the embodiment of Islam in order to attract non-believers. The three-day event, which was attended by about 3,196 youth from various parts […]
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar When Kathleen Trola McFarland, the familiar Fox News national security analyst who served in national security posts in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan […]
Source: Asia Times: Hopes that former Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will win moderate Taliban over to President Hamid Karzai’s grand plan have led many Afghans to view his release this week by Pakistan as presenting a unique opportunity for peace. Others feel Baradar can no longer muster enough […]
Source: Asia Times: Regardless of diplomatic attempts to delay an attack on Syria, the United States’ objective has nothing to do with chemical weapons and everything to do with wiping out the last independent states in the Middle East. Barack Obama accepted the war crimes of the Pentagon of his […]
On the 12th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, American people are questioning the government’s version of the tragic event. In New York City, where […]
20 years after the Oslo Accords between the Israelis and the Palestinians, a Palestinian state seems ever more remote Dina Ezzat, Thursday 12 Sep 2013 Two decades have passed since […]
SALMAN AL-OADAH ARABNEWS Published — Friday 13 September 2013 The Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) provides the means to achieve the noble purpose for which God created the human being. I remember meeting a young man in the sacred mosque of Makkah once during the month of […]
A new electronic crowd management system adopted by the Ministry of Haj has been instrumental in drastically reducing the number of pilgrims overstaying their Umrah visas this year, Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has said. “Most of the 5.13 million pilgrims who came for Umrah this year have left the Kingdom. […]
Source: CBC An Ontario hospital is trying to lure Quebec-trained health care workers by tapping into the controversy surrounding Quebec’s values charter. Lakeridge Health is planning to run the ad, which features a woman wearing a headscarf, in a McGill University student newspaper. The […]
Source: Gulf News. London: Awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar may well have been “a mistake”, Fifa president Sepp Blatter said for the first time on Monday. Staging the tournament in the Middle East has caused much controversy because, if it is held over its traditional dates in the […]
A store that sells new husbands has opened in London, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as […]