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: CNN (CNN) — A Syrian rebel carves the heart out of a dead man and bites it. His comrades nearby cheer: “God is great.” This is from a video that is circulating on the Internet. The appalling footage has all the world asking: What kind of people could do […]
Source:ET Seven million children have not even received any form of primary education. PHOTO: APP/ FILE ISLAMABAD: While the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) is finalising the make-up of its government, an array of challenges is staring the party in the face, with the most crucial one being the education emergency in […]
Source: Munir Munawwar of Austira Click HERE for details. Soryy for only Urdu Readers.
Source: AMJ Press Desk London:UK RESS RELEASE THOUSANDS ATTEND OPENING OF NEW AHMADIYYA MOSQUE IN VANCOUVER Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad inaugurates the Baitur Rahman Mosque with Friday Sermon The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad inaugurated the Baitur Rahman […]
ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM ARABNEWS Saturday 18 May 2013 In mid-April, an unusual exhibition was held in London, showcasing pictures of Muslims who saved Jews during the Holocaust. During the exhibition people saw love and harmony between people from different faiths, mainly Muslims and Jews. One month later, on May 15 the […]
STORY SUMMARY Washington blunders yet again in Syria It is not reassuring that we know next to nothing about the details of the international conference on Syria that has been endorsed by the United States and Russia. For the Obama administration, a conference would help initiate negotiations between the Syrian […]
By Amira Hass HAARETZ ISRAEL Approximately 22 senior members of Fatah have signed a document calling to resuscitate the Palestinian strategy for a one-state solution, according to a report by Amira Hass in Haaretz [Hebrew]. According to Hass, the document was the product of two years of work (including meetings […]
May 17th 2013, 14:03 by Economist.com A guide to the key rebel forces in Syria AS THE civil war in Syria has dragged on, the rebels have become more Islamist […]
ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Friday 17 May 2013 Shamsuddin Mohammed, “Ibn Battuta”, the great Muslim adventurer of Morocco, was born on 17th of Rajab 703 AH (corresponding to Feb. 24, […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 18 May 2013 Most Twitters users in Saudi Arabia are interested in local issues, particularly corruption cases, according to a study conducted last year. The study […]
WARSAW: ARAB NEWS Saturday 18 May 2013 A Saudi preacher is among 14 Muslim scholars from across the globe who will visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland next week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide program, organizers said yesterday. “This is an opportunity for […]
Source: The Economist Muslim converts – Changing my religion A British strand of Islam is emerging as more people become converts MUSLIM converts have an image problem. A handful, like Richard Dart, a Dorset native jailed last month, have been implicated in terrorism. Samantha Lewthwaite, who was married to Germaine Lindsay, […]
Source: BDNews 24 DHAKA:Bangladesh registered a current account balance surplus of over $2.8 billion in the first nine months (July-March) of the current fiscal (2012-13). This is seen as a comfortable zone for the country with no need to borrow money for regular transactions. In case of debts, a government […]
By BEN CASPIT, LIOR NOVIK Senior defense official: Israel thought Assad would fall sooner. Syrian President Bashar Assad heading a cabinet meeting in Damascus, February 12, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/SANA/Handout The debate over the situation in Syria and President Bashar Assad’s chances for survival has sharpened recently within the Israeli defense […]
Source: CNN By Hussein Rashid, Special to CNN Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bomb suspects, reportedly wrote that “an attack against one Muslim is an attack against all” on the wall of the boat in which he was hiding from police last month. Variations of this refrain seem to […]
Source: ET According to documents available with The Express Tribune, Minister for Information and Technology, Education and Trainings and Science and Technology Dr Sania Nishtar informed Caretaker Premier Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso and her cabinet colleagues that Pakistan was the only country in the world without a clear […]
Source: RT Germany via Wasim Sr. Click HERE to watch the video in Youtube.
Source: The Conservative Papers by Peter Paton Prime Minister David Cameron should dissolve Parliament and call an early election later this year on taking Britain out of the EU. Summary of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 The Bill fixes the date of the next General Election at 7 May 2015, […]
Source: The daily Beast All successful political leaders have one or two very simple fundamental beliefs upon which they build both their popularity and their policies.For Ronald Reagan, it was limited government and more freedom. For Barack Obama, it is the unshakeable conviction that government can and must be a […]
Source: The Economist FOR young people of Muslim heritage, the internet can either be a deadly temptation or a breath of fresh air. At worst, for some frustrated kids with time on their hands, it opens a window into a world of extremism where all moderating influences from real life (parents, […]