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.
JPMorgan Chase disclosed on Wednesday that it faced a criminal and civil investigation into whether it sold shoddy mortgage securities to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis, the latest legal threat to the nation’s biggest bank. JPMorgan acknowledged for the first time the existence of the investigation — […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s gurdwara management committee president Manjeet Singh GK and other members of a Sikh delegation were not cleared to board a flight from Rome after they refused to […]
August 8, 2013 – 13:59 By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said on Thursday they targeted President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade heading to a Damascus mosque to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, but state television showed him unharmed and the government denied he had been attacked. […]
by Stefania Summermatter, swissinfo.ch August 8, 2013 – 11:00 Over the last ten years, Switzerland has given more than 43,000 asylum seekers the provisional right to remain. But many cannot […]
Aug 07, 2013 | 23:38 JORDAN TIMES Jordan, a country with limited resources, has become the main refuge for Syrians fleeing the violence in their country, with thousands entering the Kingdom on a daily basis at one point. Recent studies indicate that there will be one Syrian for every six […]
Petra | Aug 07, 2013 | 23:40 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs-of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey will pay an official visit to Jordan in coming few days, during which he is scheduled to meet several officials. Dempsey will also meet Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff […]
Today is the first day of Eid Al-Fitr in Saudi Arabia as the Supreme Court yesterday confirmed the sighting of Shawwal crescent by reliable witnesses, the Royal Court announced. The Supreme Court, meanwhile, congratulated Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, Crown Prince Salman, other members of the royal […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Thursday 8 August 2013 Source: Arabnews http://arabnews.com/news/460618 There is an urgent need to spread the divine message of Qur’an in the modern world, which […]
Source: Gulf News: Manama: Police in the northwestern city of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia were reportedly baffled by a claim that a thief stole only 28,000 riyals (Dh27,412) from a bag that contained 2 million riyals. An expatriate reported that someone had broken into his car parked in front of […]
Source: Gulf News: Ras Al Khaimah: An unknown number of residents in Ras Al Khaimah will have to fast an extra day following a TV station blunder that aired the Maghreb adhan on Friday about 20 minutes earlier than the actual timing. RAK television, widely followed by residents here especially […]
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: A senior lawmaker from President Barack Obama’s Democratic party has compared US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden with Mahatma Gandhi, saying the controversial whistleblower was engaged in a “non-violent” act of “civil disobedience”. John Lewis, one of America’s most revered civil rights leaders, says Snowden, who has come […]
Source: ET QUETTA: DIG Operations and 28 other officials were killed, while 42 others were injured in a suicide blast at Police Lines, Quetta, on Thursday, Express News reported. The blast took place just before the funeral prayers of SHO City Mohib Ullah commenced at the Police Lines mosque. Around 300 […]
Source: Spiegel: The Church of England has made a former oil industry executive its new leader. He now aims to defuse the conflicts between religion and the financial world.The working meal in mid-July wasn’t exactly exemplary for a “church for the poor.” The menu consisted of swordfish carpaccio, pasta with […]
Source: Dawn.Com IT is said that Hazrat Aisha was six years old when her nikah was performed with Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Makkah, and nine years old when she moved in to live with her husband in Madina after Hijra. This piece of misinformation has led to the wrong view […]
Source: Asia Times: By Emad Mekay Egypt’s coup leader General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi displays the megalomaniac traits of Libyan despot Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (replete with the medals and identical shades); a newspaper columnist says she is willing to be his “sex slave”. Welcome to part of the world for the […]
Source: ET PESHAWAR: Pakistani businessman Malik Amir Mohammad Khan Afridi has been kidnapped, threatened with death, forcibly displaced and lives apart from his family: all because of his enormous moustache. Impeccably […]
Source: TOI MARYLAND(US): Prosecutors of Bradley Manning trial have approached experts on militant Islam for showing Manning damaged US interests by disclosing classified information through WikiLeaks. Navy Cmdr. Youssef Aboul-Enein is set to testify on Thursday at Manning’s sentencing hearing at Fort Meade, near Baltimore. More:
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: Delhi’s gurdwara management committee president Manjeet Singh GK and other members of a Sikh delegation were not cleared to board a flight from Rome after they refused to take off their turbans at the airport security check on Tuesday. More:
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: The resumption of the composite dialogue process with Pakistan could now be put on hold after defence minister A K Antony told Parliament on Thursday that the killing of five Indian soldiers “will have consequences on our behaviour on the line of control and for our […]
Introduction Hadrat Sahibzada Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928-2003), the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jama‘at) from 1982-2003, began a series of lectures in Urdu at Jalsah Salanah (the Annual Convention of the Community) in Rabwah, Pakistan, in 1982, the year in which he was elected Khalifatul Masih, on the […]