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: ET LAHORE: The biases and prejudices in school textbooks are one of the main reasons for the radicalisation of young people and poor quality of education in Pakistan, said academics and civil society activists at a conference here on Wednesday. “These are not textbooks as much as propaganda brochures which […]
By Zubair Khan Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has been blessed with the holy presence of its supreme spiritual leader Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Allah may strengthen his hands). He arrived in Germany on 22nd of June 2013. Since his arrival is busy in various programs including inauguration ceremonies of mosques as […]
Source: TOI VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has set up a special commission to review the activities of the scandal-plagued Vatican bank to ensure that it operated in “harmony” with the mission of the Catholic Church, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The appointment of the five-member panel, which includes four prelates and a woman Harvard professor, is the […]
Source: Asia Times. Western corporate media is head over heels with the Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, 61, as he magnanimously chose to depose himself to the benefit of his son, the former heir apparent Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, 33. In a positively Kennedy-esque speech on national television, the outgoing […]
Source: The Local Police in the northern German city of Bremen have been left baffled by the theft of a famous 12th century “bishop’s ring” from the cathedral museum. More:
Source: BBC News Two prominent US bloggers have been banned from entering the UK, the Home Office has said. Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer co-founded anti-Muslim group Stop Islamization of […]
Source: LUBP Justice Baqar is also a Shia – a death sentence in Pakistan today. The ASWJ-TTP terrorists who attacked him share the same ideology – Takfiri Deobandi which is closely linked with global Salafist-Wabahist movements. As global events have clearly shown, this mindset cannot tolerate the Other. This mindset […]
Source: Dawn.com WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a significant victory to gay rights advocates by ruling that married gay men and women are eligible for federal benefits and paving the way for same-sex marriage in California. The court, however, fell short of a landmark ruling endorsing a […]
Source: ET The June 23 incident at the western base camp of Nanga Parbat, in which nine foreign tourists and their local guide were gratuitously killed, raises many questions. Reports indicate the area has been cordoned off and search parties are scouring all possible approaches to and away from the base camp. […]
Reuters VOICE OF AMERICA June 19, 2013 LONDON — Western government sanctions against Iran suffered a big setback on Wednesday when Britain’s top court ruled that the government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on the biggest Iranian private bank over alleged links to Tehran’s nuclear program. The Bank Mellat […]
by Matthew Allen in Zurich, swissinfo.ch June 26, 2013 – 11:38 Marc Rich, the billionaire oil trader who set up Swiss commodities giant Glencore Xstrata, has died at the age […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Wednesday 26 June 2013 GENEVA: A widely anticipated peace conference for Syria will probably not take place next month as hoped, UN peace envoy to Syria […]
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times AMMAN/MAFRAQ — Nearly 9,000 Syrian refugees left the Kingdom for home this month, bringing the number of returnees to more than 68,000 in the past […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 26 June 2013 The 56-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation has backed Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut the number of foreign pilgrims by 20 percent during this […]
Credit: PakistanToday Wednesday, 26 Jun 2013 2:22 am KASHIF ABBASI KASHIF ABBASI ISLAMABAD – Former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, who is already facing treason case in the Supreme Court, […]
Source: Asia Times: While the attention of the world community is almost entirely on the travel itinerary of the ex-CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden, there is a far more important side to the affair — what he has been doing with his spare time in China and Russia, who he’s been […]
Source: Asia Times: Is Egypt on the verge of civil war? General Fua’d Al’lam, a general in the Egyptian Security Services and former Director of Security in Port Said, believes that it is. In an interview entitled, “Civil War on the Doorstep Followed by the Revolution of the Hungry,” General […]
Taliban has launched an attack in central Kabul, targeting the presidential palace, the CIA and ISAF headquarters, the Ministry of Defense, as well as an international hotel. All the assailants have been killed in the 90-minute showdown. Local journalist Courtney Body told RT the attack started with a blast and […]
Source: Spiegel German officials on Tuesday targeted two men suspected of planning to carry out terrorist attacks using remote-controlled model airplanes. The pair is thought to be influenced by radical Islam, but are not considered to be members of a terror group. More:
Source: ET PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday strongly condemned the killing of foreign trekkers, claiming it was against Sharia and the country’s culture to kill guests. Addressing media personnel at the JUI-F office, Fazl said the brutal killings orchestrated by the Taliban at Nanga Parbat base […]