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: Local Guardian This year marks 100 years since the first Ahmadiyya Muslims made the journey from India to settle in the UK.Over the weekend members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held a series of events inviting everybody to celebrate their history.On Sunday a family picnic took place in Figges […]
Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post | Headlines | Sat, June 01 2013, 11:58 AM Strident protests did not deter President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from accepting the World Statesmen Award from New York-based interfaith organization the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) as he vowed to maintain harmony […]
June 3, 2013 – SWISSINFO.CH The Swiss foreign ministry has said it is “extremely concerned” about the situation in Syria, particularly the intense fighting in the city of Qusair, and […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Mohammed Nour is the spokesperson for the Northern Storm Brigade, accused of kidnapping 11 Lebanese pilgrims in Syria “Hezbollah suspects Hamas has been teaching Sunni […]
Source: The Economist. WHO knows what Pakistan’s two most powerful men spent three hours talking about when the army chief travelled to Lahore to pay a visit to Nawaz Sharif, the country’s incoming prime minister? But if they discussed schemes for taking on the group known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), […]
Source: LUBP It is amazing to think how the word Madrassa has been degraded by the modern Muslim experience and conduct. Madrassa is an Arabic word for school, which refers to any type of educational institution, secular or religious, and for all levels such as primary grades through post-graduate school. […]
Source: The Economist. WHEN it comes to lethal drone strikes against foreign targets, America’s government and Congress should be aware that “what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander”, says John Bellinger, for eight years a government lawyer charged with explaining George W. Bush’s global war on […]
Source:TOI DUBAI: Al-Qaida’s military chief in Yemen warned Americans in an audio message posted online on Sunday that the Boston bombings revealed fragile security as he urged Muslims to defend their religion.Qassim al-Rimi, the military chief of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, said making bombs such as the ones used […]
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: While most Americans say religion is losing influence in the country, 75 per cent say American society would be better off if more Americans were devout.According to a new Gallup survey, over three-quarters of Americans (77 per cent) say religion is losing its influence on American life, […]
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egypt’s supreme constitutional court ruled as illegal the law by which the upper house of parliament was elected but said that the chamber would not be dissolved until a new parliament is in place, judicial sources said. More:
The tiny, honey-coloured Al-Shuwaibiya Mosque is the oldest in Aleppo and one of the few that remains undamaged. Unlike many, its low minaret is protected by surrounding buildings and still […]
Source: The Local: Twenty years ago, two women of Turkish descent and three young girls were killed in their home during a far-right arson attack in Solingen, North-Rhine Westphalia. Three days earlier, on May 26th 1993, Germany’s asylum laws were drastically tightened. It appeared at the time as a bleak […]
Source: The News via Wasim Sr. The outlawed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) has backed out on its earlier offer to engage in peace negotiations with the government of Pakistan, following a missile attack by a US pilotless plane in the country’s tribal region in North Waziristan a couple of days back, […]
June 01, 2013 After almost two years of renovation, the Red Cross and Red Crescent museum has reopened in Geneva with a new permanent exhibition. Visitors embark on a journey […]
Story Summary By Kishore Mahbubani The Daily Star However, too many American leaders are shirking this responsibility. Last year, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, two U.S. senators, one member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and a deputy national security adviser participated in a forum on the future […]
Source: Detroit Free Press BERKELEY, CALIF. — Abass Darab closes his eyes, unwraps the prayer beads from around his wrist and clutches them in his lap. A half-minute or so […]
Story Summary Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has called on Sunni Muslims to join the rebels fighting the Syrian regime, as he lashed out at Shiite group Hezbollah for sending […]
Clinging to a dangerous oxymoron, Israel claims to be both a democracy and at the same time belong to “world Jewry.’ The consequences of this fallacy are severe. By Shlomo […]
Rod Such The Electronic Intifada 28 May 2013 130528-pretending-democracy.jpg Pretending Democracy: Israel, an Ethnocratic State is a collection of essays by Israeli, Palestinian and South African intellectuals dissecting the nature […]
After 5-days intensive session MEST concludes Science and Technology Workshop By: SEM on May 30, 2013. It is no secret that there has been poor performance and less attention paid […]