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: Asia Times: By Tom Engelhardt Chalmers Johnson’s book Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire was published in March 2000 – and just about no one noticed. Until then, blowback had been an obscure term of CIA tradecraft, which Johnson defined as ”the unintended consequences of policies that […]
Source: Spiegel. After last week’s terror attacks in Boston, Americans themselves seem to have been surprised by their measured response. The more they get to know about the Tsarnaev brothers, though, the more it will become clear that they will now have to get used to a new breed of […]
Source: The Local Most Germans love to show how well they speak English, but they often misuse or even make up their own English vocabulary. We gathered up the worst offenders for this week’s The Local List. Click HERE for these words.
By Lynsay Williams | The Daily Tar Heel A little more than a week after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Muslims in the Triangle came together Tuesday to promote Islam as a peaceful religion. The event, held in the Frank Porter Student Union and attended by about 60, was […]
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Source:RT.Com via Wasim Sr. Video footage allegedly showing Kindergarten-aged children firing an arsenal of heavy firepower at a terrorist training camp in Pakistan’s tribal area has surfaced online. Young children garbed in shalwar kameez can be seen lined up in neat rows, straining under the recoil as they fire semi-automatic […]
JEDDAH: JASSIM ABUZAID ARABNEWS Wednesday 24 April 2013 The office of the Ministry of Islamic and Endowment Affairs in Makkah has barred non-Saudis from being imams and muezzins. Abdullah Al-Nasser, head of the ministry’s office in Makkah, said there will be no exception to the ruling, a local newspaper reported. […]
AFP | Apr 23, 2013 | 23:31 JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH — An Israeli-held Palestinian prisoner on a life-threatening hunger strike has agreed to end his fast in return for his early release, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Under terms of the deal, Samer Issawi, who has intermittently refused food since […]
AMMAN — Jordan’s security and stability is not a coincidence, but it is the result of the hard work and determination of the Jordanian people, His Majesty King Abdullah said […]
Please click on here to access the library of Questions and Answers provided by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul-Masih IV. (may Allah be pleased with him). http://www.alislam.org/v/c-17.html
For terrorists, the prison experience can be harrowing, especially in other countries where civil rights aren’t a thing. However, in Saudi Arabia, prison for terrorists is eerily like a resort […]
King urges swift, effective solution to escalating Syria crisis AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday emphasised the important role US Arab and Islamic organisations can play in communicating […]
Cecily Hilleary April 22, 2013 Health workers in northern Syria have reported a dramatic rise in cases of Leishmaniasis–locally dubbed “Aleppo Button Disease” for the sores it produces–and are calling […]
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Source: Libertarian News By michaelsuede Update: The US government must be shooting for an Oscar nomination with this stunt. For those of you who are not interested in reading this entire article, here’s a little re-cap of the things we know so far: – Craft International (private military contractor) was at […]
Online news: A group of minority Ahmadiyah Muslims have been holed up in an Indonesian mosque since authorities shuttered it earlier this month, in a stand-off that starkly illustrates the […]
Source: ET Pakistan is approaching the 10th general elections. It is, therefore, pertinent to ask who rules this country. There is no brief and single answer to this question. If we focus on the elections, we can argue that the people are the ultimate rulers of Pakistan. From another angle, […]
Source: ET LAHORE: The Ahmadiya community will not cast votes in the May 11 elections because of the “attitude of the State”, Jamaat-i-Ahmadiya Pakistan Spokesperson Saleemudin told The Express Tribuneon Sunday. Ahmadis are unable to register as Muslim voters. The election commission used the NADRA data to register Ahmadis in a […]
Source: The Local Psychiatrists in Germany are debating a new diagnostic manual due to be published in the United States in May. Some critics are warning that too many new illnesses are being identified and that over-diagnosing ailments could lead to the “medicalization of society’s problems.” More:
Source: The Local The German government has carried out video surveillance on 962 suspected Islamists since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday. According to […]