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.
Official refers ex-president’s trial to another court after previous judgment prompted concerns he is a Mubarak sympathiser Patrick Kingsley in Cairo guardian.co.uk, Saturday 13 April 2013 11.34 BST The retrial […]
The legislative effort being pushed by AIPAC would allow visa-free entry for Israelis, but the government is unable or unwilling to reciprocate, insisting on the right to refuse entry to certain U.S. citizens due to security concerns. By JTA | Apr.13, 2013 | HAARETZ ISRAEL A legislative effort led by […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune April 13, 2013 Posted byZaid Ahmed Abro The day Pakistanis unite and truly sacrifice for Pakistan, only then will they have Quaid’s Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS Today, my country, Pakistan is more divided than the subcontinent was in the 1960s amongst Hindus and Muslims. […]
April 12, 2013 – 19:24 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that attempts to “delegitimise” the Syrian leadership would have disastrous consequences, and hit out against those trying to […]
Associated Press ARABNEWS Thursday 11 April 2013 L BIRZEIT, West Bank: The Palestinians have started construction in the West Bank of what organizers say will be the world’s largest museum […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 13 April 2013 A boy from Madinah has won the top prize in the Kingdom-wide Crown Prince Salman Prize for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an […]
Source: ET LAHORE: (In additon to What Chief Editor posted in Urdu) Islampura police on Friday registered a case against six Ahmedis on blasphemy and terrorism charges and arrested four of them including a hawker and editor and printer of an Ahmedi publication, The Express Tribune has learnt. Police registered […]
(Reuters) – Retail sales contracted in March for the second time in three months and consumer confidence tumbled in April, a sign tax hikes early this year stole momentum from the economy. Sales fell 0.4 percent in March, missing analysts’ expectations for a flat reading, Commerce Department data showed on […]
By Gibbi Sallah, 11 April 2013 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, established in the Gambia in the early 1960’s, recently installed 10 solar energy panels in 10 villages across the Gambia. This was disclosed at a press briefing held at the Ahmadiyya Hospital in Tallinding. Speaking at a press briefing, Muhammed […]
Source: LUBP In order to perceptively comprehend some of the dynamics behind the latter day Shia Killings in Pakistan, it is pertinent to read the very insightful report convened by the Government of Pakistan for the yesteryear Ahmadiya killings in 1953, titled: The Ahrar-Ahmadiya controversy Munir Report of the Court of Inquiry 1954. […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Inside one of the many busy open markets in Kampala, rows of hanged trousers and dresses swing in midair, casting a shadow over the colorful stacks of unsorted clothes sitting on rickety wooden stalls. Amidst the hustle and bustle, bargain-hunting shoppers rummage through the large piles […]
Source: Daily The Beast: Egypt’s economy is in sharp decline, thanks in large part to its never-ending political unrest. In Washington, these dire economic straits have added new weight to a practice long favored by politicians looking to pressure the Egyptian government: the threat to cut off aid. Egypt receives […]
Source: The Local: A university in the eastern Germany state of Saxony has become the first to raise tuition fees drastically for non-EU foreign students. The fee hike from €220 to €3,600 each year could set a nationwide precedent. More:
Source: The Local: “The discussions will focus on current questions related to European policy as well as international issues such as the situation in Syria and the upcoming G8 summit under the British presidency,” the statement said. Cameron alarmed fellow EU leaders in January when he set out plans to […]
Source: All Africa via Wasim Srroya: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, established in the Gambia in the early 1960’s, recently installed 10 solar energy panels in 10 villages across the Gambia. This was disclosed at a press briefing held at the Ahmadiyya Hospital in Tallinding. Speaking at a press briefing, Muhammed […]
Source: A Times: By Ron Synovitz Violence is rising again in parts of Iraq that are dominated by the country’s Sunni minority. But whereas disputes between Sunnis and Iraq’s Shi’ite majority were the underlying cause in years past, experts are attributing the latest violence to a power struggle within the […]
Source: A Times: The problem with North Korea and the Kim dynasty is that both will continue to exist as long as major regional or global powers, including China, the United States, Russia and Japan, find geopolitical use for them. North Korea is in an awkward way a necessary evil […]
by Raed Omari JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Arabs’ indulgence in politics instead of focusing on science and mathematics is the main reason behind the region’s low productivity, weak competitiveness and poor scientific research, HRH Prince Hassan said Thursday. Speaking at a ceremony to honour winners of the 2013 El Hassan […]
by Rosabeth Moss Kanter | 9:00 AM April 10, 2013 Harvard Business Review Lurking behind the question of jobs — whether there are enough of them, how hard we should work at them, and what kind the future will bring — is a major problem of job engagement. Too many […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 12 April 2013 US Embassy press attaché Mofid Deak has said that the “Trusted Traveler” agreement signed recently by Interior Minister Prince Muhammad bin Naif with the United States will take effect in June 2014. The agreement will allow Saudi citizens who frequently visit the US […]