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.
Source: http://www.ahmadiyya.de By the grace of Almighty Allah, after putting efforts for more than a decade, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Germany (AMJ) has been granted the status of a religious […]
By Joseph BAMAT France’s former prime minister François Fillon said Thursday that there were too many immigrants in the country. “France is currently unable to welcome, in decent conditions, all those who want to come and live here,” Fillon said. “We must therefore reduce the number of immigrants.” Asked if there […]
By Tony Cross In the aftermath of the death of anti-fascist activist Clément Méri, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls says that some far-right groups will “without doubt” be banned. So who are the French far right? A look at some of the many groups accused of following in the footsteps of […]
At the Herrbrugg School in the Canton of St. Gall wearing of headscarves is not allowed. Now two Somali girls were sent home because they did not adhere to the […]
PNN G4S’ involvement in the detention of Palestinian children in Israeli jails dominated the company’s Annual General Meeting On Thursday 6th June, overshadowing all other business, including last year’s Olympic […]
June 7, 2013 – 00:22 By Crispian Balmer BEIRUT (Reuters) – Austria said on Thursday it would pull out of a U.N. force on the Golan Heights after battles between […]
Karen Armstrong talked about her book Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, published by HarperCollins in the Eminent Lives series. She described Muhammad, the prophet and founder of Islam, as a […]
Israel is not only one of the world’s most negatively viewed countries, but its reputation is deteriorating, according to the BBC World Service’s latest global survey. The US is now the only Western country that holds favorable views of Israel and in some European countries, including Germany, positive views of […]
How would you like to be an Israeli strategist today? Now even Turkey is in turmoil as its people push back on their increasingly autocratic leader. I mean, there goes the neighborhood. The good news for Israel is that in the near term its near neighbors are too internally consumed […]
BY DREW DESILVER 1.6billion There are about 1.6 billion Muslims, or 23% of the world’s population, making Islam the second-largest religion. An estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world are […]
Source: The Conservative papers. If al Qaeda fighters want to murder Hezbollah fighters and Hezbollah fighters want to return the favor, who in their right mind would want to stand in the way? . . . If one branch of Islam wants to be at war with another branch for […]
Source: TOI Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and his wife Lyudmila (R) walk after an inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 7, 2012.(File Photo) MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced their divorce on Thursday after nearly 30 years of marriage. The Putins […]
Source: Asia Times: There’s absolutely no way Qusayr can be spun in the West as yet another “tactical withdrawal” by the FSA. The rebels insist they “withdrew”. Nonsense. It was a rout. This, in a nutshell, is how it happened. Qusayr had been under control of the Homs-based al-Farouk brigade, […]
Source: LUBP One more time, Pakistan seems to have come under the full control of the ruling Saudi elite. As an arm of the U.S defense establishment, the brutal and repressive Saudi elites have been a major cause of instability in Pakistan, particularly during the past three decades. Saudi Arabia is an […]
Source: LUBP According to a pro-Saudi technical advisor of PML-N namely Miftah Ismail, the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project would mean multiplication of circular debt by additional billions of rupees if the average present tariff of five dollars per mmcfd remains in place in contrast with the Iranian gas import costing […]
Islamic hardliners vowed on Thursday to stop the “immoral” Miss World beauty pageant taking place in Indonesia even after organisers agreed this year’s contestants would not wear bikinis. The Hizb […]
On Twitter by Shahzad Raza: Persecution of Ahmedis, Shias and other religious minorities has killed the true essence of secularist ideology of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who never envisioned creating a […]
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 2:51 pm SCOOP.world Press Release: US Government USGov: Testimony of Deputy Asst Secy Baer At Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing Deputy Assistant Secretary Baer at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing on Indonesia, May 23, 2013 Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, […]
On board the cruise ship, the Palestinian boys who murdered a wheelchair-bound American pensioner had seen a lifestyle they knew nothing of, according to new research The was an Italian […]
STORY SUMMARY Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged Syrians to unite to bring down President Bashar al-Assad and thwart what he said were U.S. plans to set up a client […]