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.
The grainy film captures the soldier as he shoots from his vantage point on top of the yellow stone building. By Robert Tait and Magdy Samaan, Cairo9:30PM BST 09 Jul 2013 He fires more than once and then, suddenly, turns the rifle and points toward the camera lens. The film […]
Erin Kilbride* Gulf leaders love a good revolution as long as it is someone else’s. Messages of congratulations and praise for Egypt’s armed forces have been pouring out of Gulf states since the military-led ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday, July 3. Many of these statements have incorporated […]
Blessings of Ramadan Summary of Friday Sermon delivered by the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community October 7th, 2005 (NOTE: Alislam Team takes full responsibility for any errors or miscommunication in this Synopsis of the Friday Sermon Back home from his European tour Huzuraba delivered Friday sermon at Bait ul […]
Maggie Michael, Associated Press USA TODAY CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday rejected a new timetable announced by the military-backed interim leadership that sets a fast track for amending the Islamist-drafted constitution and holding new parliamentary and presidential elections by early next year. The quick issuing of the […]
July 10, 2013 – 02:57 By Paulo Prada SWISSINFO.CH RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden will likely accept asylum in Venezuela to escape prosecution in the United States, said Glenn Greenwald, the U.S. journalist who first published the secret documents that Snowden leaked. In […]
MARIAM ALIREZA ARABNEWS Wednesday 10 July 2013 Before I begin, I would like to wish you all a blessed month of Ramadan. As this month of fasting is very special, […]
JEDDAH: DIANA AL-JASSEM | ARAB NEWS STAFF Wednesday 10 July 2013 Saudi nationals with US citizenship are set to pay a 30 percent tax on bank deposits over $ 50,000 […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 July 2013 Saudi Arabia yesterday urged the international community to play a decisive role to end the bloodbath in Syria, giving ethics priority over politics. […]
MAKKAH: AHMAD WAHAJ SIDDIQUI ARABNEWS Wednesday 10 July 2013 Three floors of the newly constructed annex of the Grand Mosque have been opened to accommodate 400,000 more worshippers this Ramadan. […]
Source: BUSINESS INSIDER by MICHAEL KELLEY JUL. 9, 2013, 11:00 AM 949 1 On July 3, as the Egyptian military prepared to oust President Mohamed Morsi, FT’s Joseph Cotterill tweeted […]
Oh people! A great month has come over you; a blessed month; a month in which a night is better than a thousand months; a month in which Allah has […]
Across the globe, followers of Islam are beginning to observe the holy month of Ramadan. Believers dedicate time to reflection and prayer, while fasting from sunrise to sunset. Many of […]
Source: Newsweek Pakistan Pasha also criticized the provincial leaderships, claiming the Punjab police had “protected those who attacked the Qadianis last year [2010].” According to the report, the former ISI chief claimed the police even directed the militants to the hospital where the wounded were being treated. “The provincial government […]
(1) O Allah, on this day make my fasts the fasts of those who fast (sincerely), and my standing up in prayer of those who stand up in prayer (obediently), awaken me in it from the sleep of the heedless, and forgive me my sins , O God of the […]
Coffee About 1,600,000,000 cups of coffee are consumed every day around the world. Billions of people rely on it as part of their daily routines. And yet, very few people […]
Activists say dozens have been killed near Aleppo in fighting between al-Qaeda’s branch and other opposition groups. Al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch has been cementing control of villages close to the Turkish border. Their presence has raised tensions with some armed opposition groups and locals. Activists say dozens have been killed, wounded […]
STORY SUMMARY In a blow to the rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, opposition Prime Minister Ghassan Hitto resigned from his post Monday, citing his inability to form […]
STORY SUMMARY Journalists for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera have been kicked out of a news conference being held by Egypt’s military on the killing of at least 40 people, most of them supporters of Egypt’s ousted president, outside an army facility. Read more: http://dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jul-08/222967-al-jazeera-kicked-out-of-egypt-news-conference.ashx#ixzz2YWvtnWu9 (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News […]
Have the Brits got a problem with “Muslims”? Not the people, but the word. Maybe it’s because I live on the Muslim side of Beirut in a majority Muslim country […]
JEDDAH: P. K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Tuesday 9 July 2013 Security forces are taking additional measures to control crowds and prevent stampedes inside the Grand Mosque in […]