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Rafiq A. Tschannen
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.
Vladimir Putin is the one who really deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar When Kathleen Trola McFarland, the familiar Fox News national security analyst who served in national security posts in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan […]
Freed Taliban may hold key to peace
Source: Asia Times: Hopes that former Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will win moderate Taliban over to President Hamid Karzai’s grand plan have led many Afghans to view his release this week by Pakistan as presenting a unique opportunity for peace. Others feel Baradar can no longer muster enough […]
Enemy whose name we dare not speak
Source: Asia Times: Regardless of diplomatic attempts to delay an attack on Syria, the United States’ objective has nothing to do with chemical weapons and everything to do with wiping out the last independent states in the Middle East. Barack Obama accepted the war crimes of the Pentagon of his […]
Americans question US version of 9/11
On the 12th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, American people are questioning the government’s version of the tragic event. In New York City, where […]
Two decades after the Oslo Accords, few prospects for peace
20 years after the Oslo Accords between the Israelis and the Palestinians, a Palestinian state seems ever more remote Dina Ezzat, Thursday 12 Sep 2013 Two decades have passed since […]
Allah sent all Prophets with mission to guide humanity
SALMAN AL-OADAH ARABNEWS Published — Friday 13 September 2013 The Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) provides the means to achieve the noble purpose for which God created the human being. I remember meeting a young man in the sacred mosque of Makkah once during the month of […]
Electronic system helps stem tide of Umrah overstayers
A new electronic crowd management system adopted by the Ministry of Haj has been instrumental in drastically reducing the number of pilgrims overstaying their Umrah visas this year, Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has said. “Most of the 5.13 million pilgrims who came for Umrah this year have left the Kingdom. […]
“We Don’t Care What’s On Your Head”
Source: CBC An Ontario hospital is trying to lure Quebec-trained health care workers by tapping into the controversy surrounding Quebec’s values charter. Lakeridge Health is planning to run the ad, which features a woman wearing a headscarf, in a McGill University student newspaper. The […]
Qatar World Cup ‘may be a mistake’
Source: Gulf News. London: Awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar may well have been “a mistake”, Fifa president Sepp Blatter said for the first time on Monday. Staging the tournament in the Middle East has caused much controversy because, if it is held over its traditional dates in the […]
Store that sells new husbands
A store that sells new husbands has opened in London, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as […]
Diner annuel pour la fête de l’Eid 2013
La djamaate de l’île Maurice a organisé son diner annuel pour la fête de l’Eid à la mosquée Nusrat à Quatre- Bornes. Parmi les 140 invités dont 90 non-ahmadis, on pouvait constater la présence de : L’invité d’honneur : Le vice premier ministre, ministre de l’Infrastructure publique, NDU, du sol et […]
Burkini Case! Is it really break through?
Source: The Local: Note by the Editor: Met with head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany. He opined up to 3rd class in primary schools he sees no problem with swimming classes. However […]
Burqini Ruling: Court Says Schools Can Require Co-Ed Swims
Source: Spiegel International Germany’s top federal administrative court has ruled that schools can require Muslim girls to participate in co-ed swimming classes. The judges argue they can wear a […]
US a player in Muslim wars
By Dr Paridah Abd Samad CONFLICTS: It’s been waging 3-decade war in Mideast NO single figure has had such a profound impact on world events as Saudi-born Osama bin Laden since World War 2. It has been claimed that Osama had ties with the Central Intelligence Bureau during the Afghan […]
Muslim world offers more aid than UN: Malaysian scholar
9th International Conference on Islamic Economies and Finance continues in Istanbul World Bulletin/News Desk Prof. M. Aslam Haneef said, “The total amount of charities and gifts that are coming from […]
Israel’s Undisputed Role In Training Middle East Terrorists
With the recent controversy surrounding decisions by the “secret Congress” and White House to openly arm, train, and assist the death squads wreaking havoc across Syria (commonly known as the […]
Abercrombie wrong in firing Muslim woman
Source: CNN Money NEW YORK (CNNMoney) A federal judge in California ruled that Abercrombie & Fitch violated the law in firing a Muslim employee for refusing to take off her religious head scarf at work. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2011, accused Abercrombie of discriminating against Umme-Hani Khan. Abercrombie […]
Al-Qaeda’s air force still on stand-by
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar It was 12 years ago today. Historians will register that, according to the official narrative, 19 Arabs armed with box cutters and minimal flying skills pledged to a transnational Terror Inc turned jets into missiles to attack the US homeland, fooling the most elaborate […]