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: The Economist. “YOU see: the more persecution, the more the church grows,” said Pastor Samuel Lamb in 1993. Before he was jailed for 20 years in 1958, fewer than 400 worshippers attended his underground church, Damazhan. When he returned to his pulpit, the congregation grew to 900. It swelled […]
Source: NY Times: Our genes may have a more elevated moral sense than our minds do, according to a new study of the genetic effects of happiness. They can, it seems, reward us with healthy gene activity when we’re unselfish — and chastise us, at a microscopic level, when we […]
Source: NY Times: If the U.S. goes in and attacks another country without a U.N. mandate and without clear evidence that can be presented, then there are questions in terms of whether international law supports it, do we have the coalition to make it work?” Mr. Obama said on Friday […]
Source: Dawn.Com ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT: The Pentagon is moving forces into place in case President Barack Obama opts for military action against Syria, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel suggested Friday. Amid calls for military intervention after the Syrian regime carried out an alleged chemical weapons attack this week, […]
Source: ET On Friday, rival members confronted each other before an intermittent exchange of fire ensued. The firing killed three people on the spot, while two more died as they were being shifted to the hospital. Another died while under treatment at the hospital. More:
by Scott Capper, swissinfo.ch August 23, 2013 – 16:13 An alleged chemical bombing outside the Syrian capital Damascus, with potentially hundreds of civilian victims, has left the international community horrified. […]
Source: The World via Wasim Sr. A group of young boys wearing tight, crocheted caps rock back and forth as they recite verses from the Quran. Their voices–some loud, some hushed–resound through the domed mosque in a cacophony of swirling melodies.Recent reports have pointed to Pakistan’s Islamic, religious schools like […]
Source: RT via Wasim Sr. A non-Arab state, like Turkey, can’t rule the Arab World, Egypt’s interim foreign minister, Nabil Fahmy, told RT Arabic in an exclusive interview, calling Ankara’s ambitions to restore the Ottoman Empire groundless due to failed relations with neighbors. Egypt’s interim government has only nine months […]
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: FOUZIA KHAN Published — Saturday 24 August 2013 A four-day international Islamic conference focusing on the de-radicalization of Muslim youths concluded this week with a vow against extremism. […]
MADINAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 24 August 2013 The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Prophet’s Mosque has organized an exhibition on the mosque’s history and expansion works […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 24 August 2013 The Grand Mufti Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh has stressed the need to adhere to the teachings of the Qur’an and Sunnah to unify […]
By davidswanson – Posted on 20 August 2013 By Inder Comar SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., (Aug. 20, 2013) — In court papers filed today (PDF), the United States Department of Justice requested that George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz be granted procedural immunity […]
by Raj Baddhan 23rd August 2013 11:31 bizAsia @RajBaddhan raj@bizasialive.com UK broadcaster Takbeer TV has been fined £25,000 for airing material that subjected members of the Ahmadi community and their beliefs to abusive treatment in June/July last year. The channel, which targets the Sunni Muslim community in the UK and […]
By C. J. CHIVERS Published: August 22, 2013 Matthew Schrier was helpless. An American photographer held in a rebel-controlled prison in the Syrian city of Aleppo, he and a fellow […]
(Reuters) – The rout in emerging markets eased on Friday and world shares headed for a second day of gains, as data suggesting the global economyis improving took the edge off concerns about a cut in U.S. monetary stimulus. Wall Street was expected to open little changed with the focus […]
The right direction for Israel to take is clear, and the prime minister understands it. Israel must set borders within which it has a Jewish majority and move to integrate its Arab citizens. Haaretz Editorial | Aug. 23, 2013 | 8:32 AM The only way Israel can exist as a […]
NIALL O’CONNOR – 23 AUGUST 2013 A MUSLIM woman who was told to stop praying in a park fears other Muslims in Dublin have suffered similar “hurtful abuse”. The woman, […]
By Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel 4:20 am, August 23, 2013 More than 100 Egyptian-Americans and their supporters gathered Thursday night in sympathy with Coptic Christians and in opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood. Speakers maintained that the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was justified because of widespread displeasure with his […]
STORY SUMMARY Watching Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Gulf states line up behind the bloody counter-revolution in Egypt, you can’t help suspect that these conservative monarchies are ready to fight to the last Egyptian against the Muslim Brotherhood – waging what amounts to a proxy war against the regional threat […]
Data-gathering operation is part of a £1bn web project still being assembled by GCHQ DUNCAN CAMPBELL , OLIVER WRIGHT , JAMES CUSICK , KIM SENGUPTA FRIDAY 23 AUGUST 2013 Britain runs a secret internet-monitoring station in the Middle East to intercept and process vast quantities of emails, telephone calls and […]