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 Press Release, Coptic Solidarity, Crossmap On August 17, 2013 Coptic Solidarity is gravely concerned that continued Western support for the Muslim Brotherhood is directly responsible for the violent tactics […]
A SELFLESS young woman will be jetting off to Bangladesh to help farmers create a more sustainable lifestyle and learn their agricultural rights. Jessica Davies, of Kidderminster, is giving up her spare time to spend three months in the south Asian country in a bid to make a difference to […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian-born leader of al Qaeda, has seen this movie before: An Islamist party does well at the polling booth only to be overthrown by a military coup that then plunges the country into chaos. This is what happened in Algeria in 1991. Tens of […]
Source: CNN A Romanian princess and her husband are scheduled to appear in court Friday after they were arrested in an alleged cockfighting ring in Oregon. John Wesley Walker and his wife, Princess Irina Walker, the third daughter of Romania’s exiled King Michael I, are among six people charged with […]
Source: TOI PESHAWAR (Pakistan): Gunmen shot dead a secular female politician from Pakistan’s troubled northwest after breaking into her home at night, police said on Saturday. Najma Hanif, 35, was a senior member of the Awami National Pary (ANP) which is known for its outspoken views against the Taliban and backed military operations against the insurgents while it […]
Source: TOI KOCHI: The Kerala government has got the go-ahead from the Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) to launch a financial institution following the principles of Islamic finance. Cheraman Financial Services Limited (CFSL) will be floated by Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation to function as a non-banking finance company (NBFC). More:
Source: Gulf News Ras Al Khaimah: We all worry at one time or another about the odd traffic fine or two. But one female driver in the UAE is staring down an almost unthinkable amount of traffic violations, which by last count have surpassed Dh1 million in fines that have […]
Source: Morocco World News: The Egyptian government is considering a decision to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood, a cabinet spokesman said Saturday. Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi has proposed to Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed al-Borie to issue a decision dissolving the group, spokesman Sherif Shawqi told a press conference. More:
Source: Dawn.Com “O Lord, my girlfriend does not wear a burqa, she tells me, the faithful never look at a woman’s body with evil eyes … only the lechers and unfaithful shout for burqa, let Allah put a black blindfold on their impure sight.” A Bangladeshi poet, Farhad Mazhar, not […]
Source: Dawn Com PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elementary and secondary education minister Atif Khan on Friday said his government would rectify the mistake of removing Quranic verses on jihad from the curriculum. He was speaking during a meeting at the Textbook Board of Peshawar offices, where Zakat and Usher minister Habibur […]
LONDON: FOUZIA KHAN Published — Saturday 17 August 2013 ARABNEWS The London branch of the Muslim World League on Thursday organized a seminar on the role of Islamic centers in […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Jordan on Friday threw their support behind Egypt as it sought to restore law and order, with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah calling […]
By Zachary Norman, Reporter Five Muslim protesters have appeared in court accused of attacking members of a rival Islamic sect during a demonstration. Mirza Ali, 38, of Lambkins Mews, Walthamstow, […]
By Zachary Norman, Reporter Mosque leaders denied a popular mini-cab driver a proper funeral, according to his friends The body of Khalid Mahmood, who died of a heart attack last […]
Source: Daily Jang via Wasim Sr: Click HERE for the detailed news in Urdu. A mockery made on the name of religion by British Muslims. What a sad state.
By Henry Austin, NBC News contributor The political wing of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood denied that their members were attacking churches after scores of the buildings were reportedly burned down in […]
A full 62.9 percent of respondents said they would rather the government announced a freeze on Jewish settlement construction than release prisoners AFP , Friday 16 Aug 2013 Almost 80 percent of Israeli Jews believe a peace deal with the Palestinians is impossible, an opinion poll found on Friday, two […]
Source: CNN Editor’s note: Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among his recent books are Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, Power Systems, Occupy, and Hopes and Prospects. His web site is http://www.chomsky.info. (CNN) — The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks […]
A Karachi based Islamist tabloid ‘Daily Ummat’— through one of its most dishonest reports— has squarely levelled the residents of Gilgit-Baltistan with some serious blows of allegations that, if unattended, would bump the genuine efforts to relinquish the terror factor in the region. The news report was widely relayed by […]
Recently, we’ve been hearing that fewer and fewer Americans are tying the knot, with the U.S. marriage rate at its lowest point in more than a century. Now, a new study looks at why one group of Americans — the working class — is putting off or forgoing marriage altogether. […]