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.
Judge: Town’s speeding cameras are ‘3 Card Monty’ scam AP Photo: Rick Bowmer. Traffic cameras: A pair of traffic cameras in Elmwood Place, Ohio. IMAGE An Ohio judge says Elmwood Place’s automated speed-traffic cameras are “a scam” that cheats drivers out of $105 a pop. If you happen to drive […]
Islam compatible with universal human norms, Muslim scholars say NEW YORK, March 7 (APP): A conference of leading Muslim scholars from across the world, held in Istanbul earlier this week, adopted a strongly worded resolution that reaffirmed Islam’s compatibility with universal human norms and called on religious institutions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and neighbouring countries […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Friday 8 March 2013 JAIPUR, India: The spiritual head of a revered Muslim shrine in India where Pakistan’s premier Raja Pervez Ashraf is set to visit […]
Reuters | Mar 07, 2013 | 22:32 JORDAN TIMES MOSCOW — A Soviet war veteran reported missing in action during fighting in Afghanistan 33 years ago has been found living […]
Mar 8, 2013 – 18:35 swissinfo.ch Thirty-seven refugees fleeing violence in Syria have arrived in Switzerland as part of a United Nations resettlement programme. This is the second such group […]
On Friday 8th March, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat condemned Canada’s warning to cut off its aid if Palestinians takes Israel to the International Criminal Court. Referring to the Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird’s warning to cut off its aid, Saeb Erkat questioned why Canada is being so hostile towards […]
GAZA CITY (IPS) – “In Gaza we don’t lead normal lives, we just cope, and adapt to our abnormal lives under siege and occupation,” said Dr. Mona El-Farra, a physician and a long-time women’s rights activist in the Gaza Strip. On International Women’s Day, when many of the world’s women […]
Source: Times of India AHMEDABAD: Minority march in higher education is getting stronger in the state. The 61st convocation of the Gujarat University in fact saw maximum number so far of Muslim students excelling in their streams and winning gold medals. This year 211 medals were given to 118 students […]
Assalamualaikum Below please find the synopsis of Friday Sermon delivered by Hadrat Khalifatul-Masih V (may Allah be his support) on 8 March 2013. Synopsis of Friday Sermon (8-Mar-13) prepared by Sister Shermeen Butt Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih recited the following Qur’anic verses, which are both prayers, at the start of his […]
by Samina Ali, Huffington Post As the curator for the International Museum of Women’s new global exhibition, Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art & Voices, the one question I’m repeatedly asked is, […]
By Daniel Ten Kate & Barry Porter – Mar 6, 2013 BLOOMBERG Malaysian security forces searched door-to-door in the eastern state of Sabah after attacking an armed Muslim clan from […]
Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s release of $250 million in economic aid to Egypt added fuel to a fiery debate in Washington over whether the U.S. should be helping […]
By Harvey Stein The Jewish Daily FORWARD Published March 04, 2013. Menachem Froman, Backed Coexistence With Muslim Fundamentalists, Dies at 68 Rabbi Menachem Froman, who died Monday at age 68, […]
Myth Index: ■murdered Jews ■permitted to lie ■marriage to A’isha ■terrorism and Jihad ■apostasy and blasphemy ■Caravan raids ■idol worship ■Idolaters’ annihilation ■Reconciliation rejection ■Abu Talib’s Protection For answers to these ‘myths’ please click on this website: http://www.muhammadfactcheck.org/
Mar 7, 2013 – 18:42 By Mark Hosenball and Daniel Trotta WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden on Thursday that charged him with conspiracy to kill Americans, after U.S. government sources said he was arrested overseas and brought to New […]
Epigraph: “Indeed, we have granted thee (Muhammad) a clear victory, That Allah may cover up for thee thy shortcomings, past and future, and that He may complete His favor upon […]
OF THE 99 beautiful names of Allah, it is Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim that we use most frequently in our prayers and du’aa. Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim are both derived from the same Arabic root word, rahma, meaning “mercy, compassion.” Pickthall translates Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim as “the Beneficent, the Merciful,” and Yusuf Ali […]
Britons and other Westerns increasingly converting to Islam Over time, the Priest may allow saying prayers the Islamic way in the Church and it may become socially acceptable. This all depends on the manners and behaviour of a person after he or she had further improved and developed his or […]
It took over a century for the main stream Muslims – as seen here- to catch up with the true meaning of Jihad. The first to expound the true meaning was the 20th Century Imam Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. The Muslims are slowly coming together on the true meaning as […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: wluml.org Source: PI Online “A controversy erupted this week in Saudi Arabia when some scholars suggested that the top religious organization in the Kingdom, […]