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.
MANILA (AFP) – The majority-Catholic Philippines told Muslim teachers Tuesday to remove their veils inside classrooms, in part to promote better relationships between teachers and pupils. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the move was part of reforms to make schools more sensitive to religion. Muslim schoolgirls will still be allowed […]
Source: The Local A man has died after being attacked by a neo-Nazi in one of two violent attacks on foreigners in Germany over the past few days. The second incident involved members of the Bundeswehr throwing fireworks at a home for refugees. More:
Source: ET GHAZNI: A suicide bomber rode a donkey Tuesday into an Afghan and Nato military convoy, killing three Western soldiers and their Afghan interpreter, officials said. Nato’s International Security Assistance Force confirmed three casualties in a bombing in eastern Afghanistan but gave no details. Afghan authorities said the attack happened […]
Source: ET MULTAN: Jahanian police are looking for a 25-year-old woman, who married three men in three months only to leave them, allegedly decamping with their cash and valuables. She was set to marry the fourth time when the groom turned out to be a distant relative of the first, who […]
Source: Asia Times: So what’s next? It’s not far-fetched to imagine the EU totally forgetting about a pipeline that will ultimately benefit its citizens and issuing – under US pressure – a directive branding Iran-Iraq-Syria as a terrorist axis; lobbying for a no-fly zone applying to all; and recruiting jihadis […]
Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang | Mon, 07/22/2013 8:57 PM | Archipelago A group of Muslim clerics from various regions in Central Java have condemned a series of sweeps conducted by the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in several regions, such as those in Sukorharjo and Kendal regencies last week that […]
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Source: TOI TRAPPES (France): The French government on Tuesday condemned as “unacceptable” weekend violence in a Paris suburb triggered by the country’s ban on full-face veils and strongly defended the controversial law. Two senior members of the government, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and interior minister Manuel Valls, spoke following the […]
Source: TOI RIO DE JANEIRO: Pope Francis got a rapturous welcome from tens of thousands of pilgrims on Monday as he arrived in Brazil on his first foreign trip as pontiff, but violent protests later swept the streets. The 76-year-old Argentine rode in a open-top jeep through the center of […]
AFP | Jul 22, 2013 | 22:26 Updated: Jul 22, 2013 | 22:26 NAIROBI — On Somalia’s pirate coast, more than 50 sailors are being held for ransom in grim conditions, many abandoned by their ship’s owner whose willingness to pay to free them sank with their boat. Almost all […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 23 July 2013 The Health Ministry announced on Monday that no cases or other contagious diseases have been detected among pilgrims during this Umrah season. “The […]
Source: The News via Wasim Sr: KARACHI: In a report released last week by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Pakistan was pinpointed as “one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, not far from being classified, ‘water-scarce’.” As water demand exceeds supply in the South Asian country, […]
By Hugh Schofield. BBC News, Paris. Every year thousands of bodies are being repatriated from France to the Maghreb, as Muslim families return their loved ones to the soil of […]
By Kareem Raheem and Ziad al-Sinjary BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq | Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:51pm EDT (Reuters) – Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday. The deadly raid on […]
Source: Daily Star Op Ed By Syed Badrul Ahsan THE wheels of justice do not always turn. But when they turn, they do so with the clear message that the perpetrators of ancient crimes always get their comeuppance at a point in historical time. The judgement delivered in the matter […]
by Chris Woods The Bureau of Investigative Journalism The Bureau is publishing in full a leaked internal document – titled Details of Attacks by NATO Forces/Predators in FATA – which […]
By: Mohammad Abu Rumman for Al-Monitor Posted on July 19. There was a discrepancy between the reaction of the Muslim Brotherhood and that of the government in Jordan regarding the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The independent Jordanian Al-Ghad daily saw Morsi’s removal, as mentioned in its headlines, as […]
Source: BBC A woman has been fined for taking her horse into a McDonald’s restaurant in Greater Manchester. Police said the woman, who has not been named, was in the saddle when she was initially turned away from the drive-through kiosk on Bury New Road. The woman then led the […]
Source: BBC Fighting raged for several hours after the jails – Abu Ghraib to the west of the capital and Taji to the north – came under attack. Mortar fire and suicide bombs were used to gain access to the jails, whose inmates include al-Qaeda prisoners. At least 20 members […]
Source:Examinor.COM Under the “Meet Your Neighbor, An Interfaith Adventure” program organized by the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta (FAMA), the Congregation Or Hadash opened their doors to a group of about thirty guests belonging to different local Christian and Muslim denominations to their Sabaath Service in Sandy Springs on July 20. The Ahmadiyya Muslim […]