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.
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 8 September 2013 Authorities are weighing the prospects of canceling a key condition stipulating that the grandfather of a Saudi mother should be Saudi for granting citizenship to her children, a high-level source has said. Mohammed Al-Jasser, a spokesman from the Civil Affairs Department, […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Not many years ago, a Russian President held a late-night meeting with his special representative and asked him to fly at once to meet with an Arab dictator – to give him a personal warning on an impending American attack. If the Arab autocrat would […]
Al Arabiya Syria’s religious authority has urged its people to fast and pray on Monday to face the anticipated U.S. congressional vote, which could authorize President Barak Obama to execute […]
By ‘going all out’ in favor of a U.S. attack on Assad, AIPAC and other Jewish groups run the risk of sustaining long term damage to their own ‘power of […]
Pro-Israel lobby says 250 activists will meet with their senators and representatives in Washington in a bid to win support Congressional support for military action in Syria. The influential pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee will deploy hundreds of activists next week to win support in Congress for military action […]
INDONESIA says the final of Miss World later this month will take place on the Hindu-majority holiday island of Bali instead of near the capital, after days of Muslim hardline […]
My name is Dr Samira Alaani and I am a pediatrician working in Fallujah General Hospital. In the years since US forces attacked our city my colleagues and I have recorded a horrifying increase in the numbers of babies born with congenital defects: spina bifida, heart abnormalities and defects that […]
Say (O Muhammad): ‘Disbelieve ye verily in Him, Who created the earth in Two Days, and ascribe to Him rivals? He Is the Lord of the worlds’.” “He placed therein […]
PARIS — “I am French”, explains the young man in the YouTube video carrying a Kalashnikov and wearing a kufiya cotton headdress as he sits in front of a waving […]
Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has instructed his officials to provide extra space to foreign pilgrims at Mina and other holy sites by allotting them 50 percent of tent space dedicated […]
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP – NEW STATEMENT Syria Statement Assuming the U.S. Congress authorises them, Washington (together with some allies) soon will launch military strikes against Syrian regime targets. If so, it will have taken such action for reasons largely divorced from the interests of the Syrian people. The administration has […]
Source: Qantara.de Author: Canan Topçu Germany’s Muslim bloggers offer alternative opinions and perspectives on Muslim life. In so doing, they correct the image of Muslims that is portrayed in traditional media. […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Rabia Ahmed Published: September 2, 2013 Pakistan’s fertility rate is likely to drop if women […]
Source: Asia Times: Suppose we gave a war … and only a People’s Republic of China maritime surveillance vessel showed up? That is the first of many conundrums facing the US military as it considers the megaboondoggle known as ”Air-Sea Battle”. More:
Source: Dawn.Com TOBA TEK SINGH: Some eight months ago, happily married Nagina Akram had not even imagined one day she would be running a tyre shop at a bus stand as a young man, Usman Akram. Usman was born as a girl to a family living in Ghaziabad. His father […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — “Let Allah sort it out.” That is Sarah Palin’s succinct argument against U.S. intervention into Syria. And I have to be honest: I’m impressed with Palin on this one. Not with her horribly callous recommendation, made via Facebook late last week, but because she appears to […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — As they contemplate military action against Syria, one of many considerations members of Congress and Obama administration officials have to weigh is how a U.S. strike against the regime of Bashar al-Assad might effect the already complicated, even poisonous, state of Sunni-Shia relations in the region. […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Not many years ago, a Russian President held a late-night meeting with his special representative and asked him to fly at once to meet with an Arab dictator – to give him a personal warning on an impending American attack. If the Arab autocrat would […]
Source: CNN (CNN) – Pope Francis on Thursday wrote to the G-20 leaders, saying that military intervention in Syria would be “futile” and urging them to seek a diplomatic solution instead. “To the leaders present, to each and every one,” Francis wrote in a public letter, “I make a heartfelt […]
Source: CNN.Com Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday the United States — which, in addition to being one of his country’s chief adversaries, has led the push to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government over chemical weapons — has no right to make “humanitarian claims (given) their track record” in […]