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.
Speaking at the ‘Friends of Syria’ meeting in Doha, US Foreign Minister John Kerry signaled the need for talks between the regime and the opposition. “Both sides should be able to compromise. Both sides should come to the table,” he said. Kerry also said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “internationalized […]
Friday 21 June 2013 The founder of the oldest mosque in Switzerland was actually sent out to build a mosque in Germany. However, due to the complicated entry procedures in […]
CHIANG MAI : The country’s top Muslim spiritual leader has voiced support for ongoing peace talks between the National Security Council (NSC) and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), stressing the need… Please credit and share this article with others using this link:http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/356335/muslim-leader-backs-peace-drive. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © […]
50 years ago, the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Pakistan’s Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan, inaugurated the mosque in the residential district of Balgrist in Zurich. https://themuslimtimes.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mahmud-moschee.jpeg?resize=334%2C334 […]
(CNN) — The U.N. and Arab League point man on Syria praised the top U.S. and Russian diplomats Wednesday for their latest efforts to forge a solution to the Syrian […]
A rising number of food banks have been set up across the UK to help poor people cope with the soaring cost of living, but less is heard about deprived […]
OLGA KHAZANJUN 21 2013, The Atlantic At first, it causes a fever and mild cough. In a few days, full-blown pneumonia sets in and it moves on to wreak havoc […]
JONATHAN SCHANZERJUN 21 2013 The Atlantic The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is feuding with its former patron, Iran. Along with Hezbollah and Russia, Iran has stood squarely behind the Bashar […]
Security guard shoots dead Jewish man in Kotel (Original headline) Civilian security officer claims man in Western Wall Plaza public toilet yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’, pulled something from pocket. MDA forced […]
BEIJING — China’s credit crunch eased Friday after lending picked up among banks and financial institutions that had been desperately seeking cash in the bank-to-bank market. The central government made no official announcement on the situation, and it was unclear whether policy makers had intervened, but short-term interest rates fell […]
By Zubair Khan The spiritual supreme head of International Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (atba) shall be honouring the German Ahmadiyya Muslim Community with his blessed presence on the […]
(Reuters) – Home resales hit a 3-1/2-year high in May and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region rebounded this month, backing the Federal Reserve’s view that risks to the economy have diminished. While other data on Thursday showed more Americans than expected filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, […]
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – A new data analysis finds that the onset of the Arab Spring in late 2010 did not spark new freedoms for people of the region, but instead, has led to more global restrictions on religion. A Pew Research Center study finds that in the years since […]
Associated Press in Jerusalem The Guardian, Thursday 20 June 2013 Israeli police say they have questioned the country’s chief rabbi and raided his home and office over his alleged involvement […]
A 65-year-old British atheist who has lived in the US for 30 years has been denied US citizenship, unless she joins a church by Friday. During her application process to become a naturalized US citizen, Texas resident Margaret Doughty did not agree to bear arms to defend the country, claiming […]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:18pm EDT (Reuters) – Islamist rebels have cut access to a Kurdish area in northern Syria and clashed with Kurdish nationalist PKK fighters whom they accuse of backing President Bashar al-Assad, sources on both sides said on Thursday. The confrontation […]
Source: The Conservative Papers. The mainstream media in the United States have ignored comments made by President Barack Obama during his a speech in Northern Ireland this week in which he described religious education as a source of conflict. The president’s comments have sparked widespread controversy and criticism in the […]
Source: The Economist THE headline stories on one of the Polish papers on June 13th made typical reading. Four people killed when their car ploughed into a shop near Poznan; five dead after their car rolled off the tarmac and into a ditch along a rural road in the northwest. Nine […]
Source: Spiegel The economic crisis has caused the United Kingdom to drift apart, creating ever-widening rifts between rich and poor, native and immigrant, English and Scot. With the anti-Europe UKIP party on the rise, Great Britain stands at a crossroads. More:
Source: LUBP Religious minorities in Pakistan, are facing an increase in persecution at the hands of Takfiri Deobandi militants of Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASWJ-LeJ) Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its other affiliate groups who believe the country is only made for Muslims and all other religious and sectarian minorities are Kafirs and wajabul […]
