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.
Jehan Sanchez Friday 5 April 2013 Al Hussain (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I asked my father how the Prophet (peace be upon him) behaved in his sittings, and he said, ‘the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) never got up or sat down without mentioning the […]
EDDAH: P. K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Thursday 11 April 2013 The Haj Ministry is currently giving final touches to a 25-year strategic plan that would bring about […]
Reuters | Apr 09, 2013 | 23:15 Updated: Apr 09, 2013 | 23:15 JORDAN TIMES DUBAI — Iraq’s Al Qaeda wing has united with a kindred Syrian group in the frontline of a struggle to oust President Bashar Assad, sharpening a dilemma for nations that back the revolt, but fear […]
by Hani Hazaimeh | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A study prepared by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which was revealed on Tuesday, showed that the highest rates of human trafficking were registered in the Middle East. The study, which was named “Tricked and Trapped: Human Trafficking in the Middle East”, […]
Rfi. France’s far-right Front National (FN) has been caught up in the fallout from the tax avoidance scandal that toppled Socialist budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac with revelations that party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen had a Swiss bank account. The news is an embarrassment for his daughter, Marine Le Pen, who […]
Courtesy: The Daily Star Thursday, April 11, 2013 Law ministry finds 6 against constitution, 7 covered by existing laws By Reaz Ahmad and Shakhawat Liton Out of the 13, […]
(Reuters) – President Barack Obamaon Wednesday revived a list of his favorite ideas for raising $580 billion in new U.S. tax revenues over 10 years from the wealthy that, while unpopular in Congress, could prove an opening gambit for a longer term tax overhaul. While certain to not move forward […]
Al Arabiya – The controversy surrounding the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, has been rekindled in France this week after the French Court of Cassation annulled the 2008 dismissal of a Muslim nurse from a private daycare center because she refused to stop wearing the hijab. The court’s decision created a […]
A Turkish shoe shiner has won a legal case against British courts after his visa application was refused by the country. Metin Ali Kalkan, 34, appealed to the British Consulate General in Istanbul a year ago to get a visa and run a business in London, where his brother lives, […]
ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency HUEEIYET DAILY NEWS The 50th anniversary of the first labor migration agreement between Turkey and Germany is the subject of a continuing documentary series. The second episode of the series will be aired on TRT tonight The second episode of a four-part documentary series, “Almanya’da […]
Source: Daily Jang Following news item appeared in daily Jang (10.04.2013) on the news pages of Europe: According to the news item more than 4000 people have moved an application in the state Hessen parliament of Germany against the approval given to Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat to conduct Islam teachings classes […]
Source: DW of Germany via Wasim Srroya: North Korea owes a great deal to Pakistan, in particular to its former nuclear chief Abdul Qadeer Khan, who, in 2004, confessed that he sold nuclear secrets to Pyongyang. Experts say that without Khan’s help, North Korea would not be able to conduct […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ashfaq Yusufzai BAJAUR AGENCY, Pakistan – “My sole motive is to serve my people, especially women who have had no role in politics so far. I feel we can make progress only by bringing in women into mainstream politics.” These are the words of Badam Zari, […]
Source: Stratfor. Actually, it is crazy … very, very crazy, but against all conventional wisdom, it acts crazy for a purpose. Pyongyang behaves like it’s looking for a fight, but it doesn’t want to start a war it knows it can’t win. It wants to appear volatile to gain concessions […]
by Harun Yahya HUFFINGTON POST The word Islam conjures up a disturbing picture in the minds of some people outside the Muslim world. It is a fact that many in the West imagine Islam to be a faith far removed from modern life, closed to science and that attaches no […]
Reuters JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist-led government has asked independent legal experts to propose amendments to the new constitution, the state news agency MENA said on Tuesday, signalling that it may be heeding concerns of the liberal and leftist opposition. Members of Egypt’s main opposition bloc, the National Salvation […]
AFP JORDAN TIMES ALEPPO, Syria — “Goal! Goal!” children scream, kicking a football around like children everywhere. But in war-ravaged Aleppo, their playground is a strip of no-man’s land near […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 April 2013 Arwa Al-Hijeili received the first definition of a trainee lawyer as a start to obtaining a license to practice law. A Justice Ministry […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 April 2013 The first phase of the expansion of mataf (circumambulation area around the Kabaa) will be ready before Ramadan when millions of pilgrims come […]
TAIF: IRFAN MOHAMMED arabnews Wednesday 10 April 2013 Taif airport may soon become a key disembarkation point for pilgrims coming in from the neighboring states. The airport has seen a 250 percent jump in air traffic in 2012, according to Khalid Al-Khaibary, spokesperson and general manager of public relations at […]