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: Friday Times: On April 11, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) took responsibility for killing Fakhrul Islam, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate for the National Assembly and Sindh Assembly. Islam was shot in Hyderabad by two armed men riding a motorbike. The ubiquitous TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan called a newspaper […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com 11 hours ago PML-N leader Senator Ishaq Dar addresses a press conference. – File Photo by Online ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling for a trial of former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dunya Daily column PK.com
(Reuters) – Finance leaders of the G20 economies gathered on Friday to debate how best to rein in debt levels and the potential dangers from the latest round of aggressive easing of monetary policy from the world’s biggest central banks. They were also poised to demand swifter resolution to setting […]
Source: BBC A rare blue diamond has been unearthed at a mine in South Africa. The 25.5-carat stone was recovered by Petra Diamonds at its Cullinan mine and is expected to bring large profits. Experts say it could be worth more than $10m (£6m), and the find gave a boost […]
Source: LUBP One of the funniest question asked on Facebook the other day, not by a common man living somewhere in remote village of Dera Ghazi Khan, but by a very informed blogger, social activist and highly educated person living in United states. is , “Does anyone know if Pakistani constitution […]
Source: LUBP Two Dagestani brothers nembers of Chechen Wahhabi cell identified as responsible for Boston terror DEBKAfile Special Report April 19, 2013 http://debka.com/article/22911/Two-Dagestani-brothers-nembers-of-Chechen-Wahhabi-cell-identified-as-responsible-for-Boston-terror Parts of Boston, Watertown and other outlying towns were placed under curfew and public transport suspended Friday, April 19, as police huntedr one of the the Boston […]
Source: CNN The discovery of an old tomb in China has repercussions beyond the history books and academic debates of scholars — it also means tourists to an existing tomb in the same area have been unintentionally duped. A tomb recently unearthed at a construction site in Yangzhou, China, is […]
Source: CNN Ads lie. Or they did. The golf vacation commercials are the worst. All those beaming glad-I-came-here faces. After a shank off the first and a round of 118? Not counting 11 lost balls? It’s impossible for any real golfer to look that happy. Beach holiday ads are no […]
Source: Jakarta Globe: Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posted links to Islamic websites and others calling for Chechen independence on what appears to be his page on a Russian language social networking site. Abusive comments in Russian and English were flooding onto Tsarnaev’s page on VK, a Russian-language social media […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was shifted to the police headquarters in Islamabad from his farmhouse residence at Chak Shahzad on Friday, hours after […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Despite a short reprieve during the recession, the number of jobs moving to the nation’s suburbs grew over the last decade, potentially clogging roadways and reducing job access for the poor. Jobs within 3 miles of a city center fell from 24.5% of overall positions in 2000 […]
Source: The Economist: LIKE a heavyweight boxer who has gone too many rounds, Nigeria sometimes seems punch-drunk. One minute it acts like a champion by virtue of the size of its girth and the smile on its face, the next it could be flat on its back, groaning in anguish. […]
Source: The Local The Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, rejected the motion, which called for a 40-percent binding quota for women in supervisory and management boards of large companies within a decade. After an emotional debate, 320 lawmakers voted ‘no’, while 277 voted in favour, with one abstention. Five […]
Source: The Local. Women with facial hair used to be relegated to carnival sideshows, but one bearded lady is fighting for her right to remain unshaven. Mariam is The Local’s German of the Week. More:
Source: The Local Authorities in the Bavarian town of Ansbach came under fire on Thursday for tearing apart a refugee family while the traumatised and heavily-pregnant mother lay in hospital – a move described as “inhumane” and “unconstitutional.” More:
Source: The Local Customs officials on Wednesday said they had confiscated seven kilos of crystal meth – the largest haul of the drug ever found in Germany. The dangerous stimulant was stashed in a delivery of wooden carvings from Nigeria. Read More:
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: In a day of high drama, former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf fled from the Islamabad high court on Thursday after it had ordered his arrest in a 2007 case and remained closeted in his farmhouse with police blocking access to it. The Islamabad high court dismissed […]
By Phil Stewart REUTERS WASHINGTON | Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:27pm EDT (Reuters) – The United States is dispatching Army planners to Jordan as neighboring Syria’s conflict worsens, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday, but he signaled deep misgivings about direct American military intervention in the Syrian civil […]
AFP | Apr 18, 2013 JORDAN TIMES DAMASCUS – President Bashar Assad on Wednesday threatened the crisis in Syria could spill over into Jordan, in an hour-long interview with official Al-Ikhbariya channel. “The fire will not stop at our borders; all the world knows Jordan is just as exposed (to […]