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: LUBP The future of the Taliban is bright in Pakistan. They will not take over Islamabad from where they can deal with the world. No. This will not suit them.The very abbreviation TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the concept behind it are bogus. The concept is that there are ‘good’ […]
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egypt could close the strategic Suez Canal to ships from countries like China that are helping Ethiopia build a controversial dam that threatens supply of Nile water to the country, a top opposition leader has said. “The state is capable of holding talks with the countries financing […]
Source: TOI The asteroid that is going to zip past the Earth at nearly 6 million kilometers away tonight is not travelling alone. Nasa scientists tracking the asteroid with the giant Deep Space Network antenna in California have discovered that the asteroid has a small satellite or moon. The asteroid […]
Source: Asia Times: Khomeini’s rebel grandchildren rock the vote Outspoken demands by Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini that former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s candidacy in next month’s presidential vote be restored highlight how, on issues ranging from democracy to women’s rights, several grandchildren of the late revolutionary leader are challenging the […]
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar This is a version of a paper presented this week at the annual conference of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore. SINGAPORE – Ask Western elites – oh, those were the days, in the 17th century, when the rise of […]
Source: The Local More than 1,000 people took part in multiple anti-capitalist demonstrations in Frankfurt on Friday, targeting among others the European Central Bank and banking giant Deutsche Bank, organisers and police said. More:
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Kamran Yousaf Published: May 31, 2013 ISLAMABAD:Prime minister in-waiting Nawaz Sharif has said that a solution to the controversial drone campaign […]
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has warned that Europe is in danger of being torn apart should it fail to defeat the growing unemployment among youth. “We need to be more successful in our fight against youth unemployment, otherwise we will lose the battle for Europe’s unity,” Schaeuble told a […]
STORY SUMMARY An international “peace” conference to tackle the crisis in Syria is taking shape for next month, but as the preparations for the event are ramping up, so is the level of pessimism. The conference has been preceded by the setting of a number of conditions, by both sides. […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch May 28, 2013 US anti-tax evasion legislation known as FATCA – the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – has caused upheaval among the American expat community and dual Swiss-US nationals living in Switzerland where it was agreed in February. “People are very angry and upset but […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Friday 31 May 2013 DUBAI: Bahrain has urged its citizens not to travel to Syria to fight alongside fighters ranged against government forces after a Bahraini youth was killed there in battle, local press reported yesterday. “Supporting the right of the Syrian people to self defense […]
REUTERS Friday 31 May 2013 BEIRUT: Syria’s opposition fighters said yesterday they should be granted half the seats in the opposition Syrian National Coalition, warning that without strong representation of […]
HARUN YAHYA ARABNEWS Friday 31 May 2013 Some people never consider the great blessings they enjoy throughout their lives. Yet starting the day in good health every morning, being able […]
DUBAI // About 58,000 pupils in 309 primary schools in Comoros have benefited from a four-year programme funded by a UAE charity. Dubai Cares said its Dh9.4 million initiative was […]
By ANNE BARNARD THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Bashar al-Assad of Syria said in a television interview to be broadcast on Thursday that Russia has delivered S-300 […]
By sending help to Syria’s warring factions, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are struggling to gain influence in the Middle East. The conflict between Sunnis and Shiites has become a proxy war over strategic regional goals. At the moment, several conflicts are being fought simultaneously in Syria. The civil war […]
by Barbara Surk AP BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s main Western-backed opposition group says it will not participate in U.S.-Russian sponsored peace talks while the regime is carrying out massacres in Syria. Thursday’s announcement came at the end of weeklong opposition talks in Istanbul to try and forge a united view […]
FORTUNE — A disastrous share offering in Madrid earlier this week portends continued economic trouble for Spain and, quite possibly, for the European Union. Shares of Bankia, the nationalized Spanish lender, fell by as much as 21% Tuesday as the bank issued 11.5 billion new shares in a bid to […]
Source: LUBP While the world is being wrecked by terrorist acts of Wahhabi-Deobandi extremists right from Boston to Woolwich and Madrid to Kabul, a concerted effort is being made to hide the central role of the supremacist, totalitarian ideology that is being spread by Saudi Arabia. More:
Source: LUBP The Majlis-e-Shoora will soon meet in Islamabad, the seat of the caliphate. Its first act will be to pass the twenty first amendment to the constitution, so that your brother is recognised as the Commander of the Faithful, the Caliph of Islam and Chief Zookeeper of Jati Umra. […]