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.
by Robert Fisk, THE INDEPENDENT A pan-European digital library has collected 500,000 mementos The French embassy in Beirut held a gloomy ceremony last week to mark the killing of its 58 paratroopers in a suicide truck bombing 30 years ago. An Islamic Jihad bomb. For which, I suppose, read Iran. […]
On a recent Thursday, dozens of Latina immigrants clustered in a small, noisy second-floor office in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, waiting for one of a half-dozen loan officers to call their names and hand over a check. Children loitered in the stairwell or sprawled, calflike, over their mothers’ […]
Source: MINN Post via Wasim Sr: By Jean MacKenzie | 10/28/13 The long-running sham of US-Pakistani relations enjoyed yet another farcical episode last week. In the wake of a report by an international rights group showing the failures and dangers of Washington’s drone program, Islamabad takes its alleged ally to task, warning of dire […]
By DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press Associated Press Turkey is for the first time connecting its European and Asian sides with a railway tunnel set to open Tuesday, completing a plan […]
Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman has ordered the constitution of a committee to identify historical sites in the central area next to the Prophet’s Mosque. The committee, to be […]
RAMZY BAROUD Published — Tuesday 29 October 2013 ARABNEWS Throughout the years, Lebanon’s demographics have experienced periodic changes. But particularly in the last two years, the demographic shift has been so overwhelming due to the influx of Syrian refugees in desperate need for shelter. The situation is highly charged, if […]
Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national,racial or religious hatred that constitutes incite to discrimination, hostility or violence. Conclusions and recommendations emanating from the four regional expert workshops organised by OHCHR, in 2011, and adopted by experts in Rabat, Morocco on 5 October 2012. READ FULL […]
Xinhua | 2013-10-29 9:09:20 By Agencies UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to try its best to mend rifts between Muslim communities and stem the influence of radical groups. “The challenges of peace and security are too complex and interlinked for any […]
The spiritual leader of a worldwide Muslim community persecuted in some Islamic countries was welcomed onto the Turangawaewae marae in Ngaruawahia on Tuesday. RADIO NEW ZEALAND He is the Caliph […]
Source: press@amjinternational.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has travelled to inaugurate the Baitul Muqeet Mosque in Auckland The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrived in Auckland, New Zealand late afternoon on 28 October 13 following a successful four week tour of Australia. The Khalifa […]
World Bulletin / News Desk The website of OnIslam has claimed that Spain is planning to grant citizenship to Muslims who accept Christianity, marking a comeback of a tactic used during the Spanish inquisitions. Spanish website ETC Noticias apparantly quoted the president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (SEC) and Minister […]
Organizers think the fair will reach a total visitors number of 25 thousand by the end of tomorrow, the final day of the fair. World Bulletin / News Desk A […]
Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster addressed the Muslim Council of Wales on the topic of “The Need for Spirituality in the Modern World.” After discussing the transcendence of God and […]
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – NEW JERSEY – A Nigerian Muslim girl, whose name has been buzzing in the headlines lately as a promising talent, has reserved a place among […]
3 hours ago BBC Employers are seemingly discriminating against people because they are Muslim, a BBC Inside Out undercover investigation has revealed. The programme found apparent discrimination in the workplace when it sent two undercover reporters, one Muslim and a non-Muslim, to apply for 40 jobs. The non-Muslim applicant succeeded […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) QE3 is on track to be its largest bond-buying program yet, if it follows the path predicted by Wall Street. The Fed was expected to wind down its third round of quantitative easing, known as QE3, at the end of this year. But most predictions are now […]
Source: Dawn.Com They blamed Pakistan for allegedly sending its “troops, not just the Taliban” for attacking US soldiers in Afghanistan. They accused Pakistan of “patronising” cross-border terrorism in Afghanistan and for “sending terrorists” into India to “kill Indian civilians”. Pakistan was also blamed for nurturing Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaatud Dawa and […]
Epigraph: We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — it […]
STORY SUMMARY Germany has warned Israel to attend a periodic UN human rights review on Tuesday or face “severe diplomatic damage”, Haaretz newspaper reported on Sunday. Israel cut all ties with the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council in March 2012, after it announced it would probe how Israeli settlements may […]
As controversy continues to encircle the American surveillance program, Cryptome, the digital library host that was created by the US as a repository for secret documents and material, revealed that the CIA spied on 7.8 billion calls in Saudi Arabia. The Cryptome report said that “Saudi Arabia was the target […]