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.
“(Fasting) For A Fixed Number Of Days; But If Any Of You Is Ill, Or On A Journey, The Prescribed Number (Should Be Made Up) From Days Later. For Those Who Can Do It (With Hardship), Is A Ransom, The Feeding Of One That Is Indigent. But He That Will […]
by Michel Chossudovsky who is an award-winning author, professor of economics, founder and director of the Centre for Research on Globalization, Montreal and editor of the globalresearch.ca website. The overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian Armed forces was not carried out against US interests, it was instigated to […]
Nathan J. Brown Op-Ed July 3, 2013 New Republic The final, desperate hours of Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian president ousted by the military on Wednesday, were in one sense merciful, but also pathetic. After a brief feint that called to mind the image of Salvadore Allende picking up a gun […]
David Cronin The Electronic Intifada 1 July 2013 Why Israel? It is a question that every Palestine solidarity campaigner has probably been asked. Usually, the question is posed as a […]
Source: TOI Genuine peace is based on inner peace, because you cannot build peace on the basis of anger. For all the thoughts Click HERE
Source: TOI “The government is completely confused over the terrorism problem,” said Zahid Hussain, whose books plot the rise of militancy in Pakistan. “The government’s indecisiveness and dithering has emboldened the militants.” At least 160 people were killed in suspected militant attacks in June, according to an Associated Press count. It was the second […]
Source: ET The Arab Spring unleashed in 2011 seems to be continuing. The removal of Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi through a military intervention marks a new phase of public mobilisation in Egypt and is a step in the wrong direction. Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on state television announced that the […]
Source: ET I was to give you “far sadder stuff” from my trip to Quetta with the HRCP, in continuation of my piece of last week, wasn’t I? Well, a most sad event, yet another killing of yet more innocent Hazaras took place mid-week just as I was marshalling my thoughts […]
Story Summary Syria’s food situation will worsen in 2014: U.N. report Four million Syrians, or a fifth of the population, are unable to produce or buy enough food for their […]
July 5, 2013 – 09:20 By Alexander Dziadosz SWISSINFO.CH CAIRO (Reuters) – Some 200,000 people died in a decade of civil war in Algeria after uniformed officers rejected a popular vote for Islamists, an example some in Cairo darkly cite after the army ousted Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president on Wednesday. […]
MAKKAH: AHMAD WAHAJ SIDDIQUI ARABNEWS Friday 5 July 2013 Sermons, the distribution of Holy Qur’ans, more cleaning staff and strict security are some of the services available at the two […]
A Washington man caught a record-breaking fish that could be centuries old. By Geetika Rudra | ABC News Blogs Henry Liebman, a real estate developer from Seattle, caught the shortracker […]
Stratfor Analysis Summary Egypt’s Tamarod movement succeeded in its attempt to pressure the Egyptian military to expel former President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood-led government from office. Now the […]
The Anglo-American press reports on an internal NATO study (dated June 2013), which takes stock of Syrian public opinion [1]. The study shows that 70% of Syrians support President Bashar […]
Source: The Local Can a democratic state be racist? Of course, says Der Tagesspiegel’s Andrea Darnbach – who argues that a nation with a past like Germany’s must face up to the latent racism lying at the heart of German officialdom. More:
GREETINGS & BLESSINGS IHM BEST WORLD PEACE FIGURE-2013 MR.MALIK NASIM AHMED KHAN IHRC Ambassador At Large for …Scandinavia Countries, SPMUDA Goodwill Ambassador for International Peace, Humanitarian & Friendship Mission. Elected […]
July 4, 2013 – 07:30 By Joe Brock SAULAWA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Down a winding dirt track in this sleepy village in northern Nigeria lies a corn farm which looks much like the dozens that surround it. The difference is, this one is turning a profit. “I can barely lift […]
STORY SUMMARY By Michael Young The Daily Star In Lebanon, the mood is changing decisively against the Syrian uprising – not because of sympathy for Assad, but because there is a perception that the war next door may spread to Lebanon. Assir’s championing of the armed uprising in Syria, combined […]
CAIRO: ARAB NEWS Thursday 4 July 2013 The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has sent a cable of congratulation to Chancellor Adli Mansour, President of Egypt. On […]
AMMAN — Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada is to be flown from Britain to Jordan on Sunday, after the two governments approved a treaty paving the way for his deportation […]