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.
HONG KONG — Hewlett-Packard, one of the world’s largest makers of computers and other electronics, is imposing new limits on the employment of students and temporary agency workers at factories across China. The move, following recent efforts by Apple to increase scrutiny of student workers, reflects a significant shift in […]
AFP | Feb 07, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES NEW YORK — A New York car thief drove off in an SUV, only to discover there was a witness to the crime: a baby in the backseat. Maybe he had a conscience, or just didn’t want to have to change diapers, […]
By AFP NAIROBI Once his reputation was of a feared fighter, an American-born extremist who left small town of Alabama to wage war alongside Al-Qaeda-linked Somali Islamists and who called […]
Swissinfo.ch: An emergency shelter especially for European migrants is being reopened this weekend to accommodate people who would otherwise be forced to sleep rough. EU citizens from states in crisis […]
Robots park your car for Dh5 an hour at world’s biggest automated parking facility which has made it to the Guinness World Records By Jay B. Hilotin, Chief Reporter, Gulf […]
Report highlights extent of global programme in US war on terror By Mick O’Reilly Senior Associate Editor GULF NEWS Dubai: Some were picked up as they travelled through airports, others […]
CAIRO — Leaders of Muslim nations on Thursday praised Jordan’s continuous efforts in safeguarding Jerusalem’s identity and hosting Syrian refugees, according to the closing statement of an Islamic summit held […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Blood spattered on Tunisia’s supposedly gentle “Jasmine Revolution” yesterday when Shokri Belaid became its most important martyr, shot down outside his home in Tunis and […]
सौजन्य : जागरण मजलिस खुदाम उल्ल अहमदिया द्वारा प्लेटिनम जुबली बड़ी धूमधाम से मनाई गई। चार फरवरी 1938 को उस समय के मुस्लिम जमाते अहमदिया के दूसरे रुहानी खलीफा हजरत मिर्जा बशीर उद्दीन अहमूद अहमद ने मजलिस खुदाम उल्ल अहमदिया नामक संस्था अस्तित्व में आई थी। इस मजलिस को 75 […]
February 07, 2013 Coursera is currently the most advanced platform for the latest studying trend, MOOCs – or Massive Open Online Courses. It was created to unite the world’s most […]
A mob, which witnesses said numbered around 20,000, attacked the venue at Kaliakoir, near Dhaka, late Wednesday where members of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat were due to mark 100 years since the movement began operating in what is now Bangladesh. “They attacked the venue from all corners, shouting Allahu Akbar (God […]
(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week and a trend reading hit a near five-year low, a sign the grinding recovery in the labor market remains on track. Other data on Thursday showed a sharp drop in productivity in the fourth quarter […]
Source: The Daily Star. By Syed Badrul Ahsan Mohammad Ali Jinnah visited East Pakistan from March 19 to March 28, 1948. The visit was a disaster, seeing that instead of reassuring the Bangla-speaking people of his country on the language issue he ended up making them angrier than they were […]
Assalmao Allaikum Wa Rahmatulla! This was sent my by good friend Iftekher Hai, president of United Muslims of American (interfaith wing, San Francisco Bay Area). LOVE FOR ALL, HATRED FOR NONE ( H. Koya) Why America’s Middle East Policy is Doomed By Chuck SpinneyJan. 30, 2013 The U.S. […]
Mr. Aslam Nasir (ex-Pakistani, now Australian, currently living and working in Tanzania) sent to me his ‘home treatment for Malaria and Food Poisoning’. Worth trying! Malaria: Every time you feel that your fever is rising drink one liter of water immediately and within 5 to 10 minutes you should sweat […]
Ministers will no longer have the power to decide appeals in extradition cases, under plans unveiled by Theresa May. The home secretary is seeking to change the law so that judges decide whether appeals on human rights grounds should be approved. Judges’ decisions on whether to extradite a suspect or […]
“Unlike in the rest of the world, employees in a tiny nation on Africa’s west coast can now enjoy an extended weekend of three days, beginning Friday. The reform introduced in the public-sector by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh came into force on February 1 ignoring Opposition protest”
by Daniel Burke, Religion News Service (RNS) Muslim and Christian views of the Apocalypse are remarkably similar, albeit with a different ending. As in the Bible’s Book of Revelation, Islamic tradition speaks of signs — unnatural disasters, wars and moral decay — that will portend the Last Days. And like […]
One day Molla fell seriously ill. His wife became very frightened and, thinking Molla might die, ran for the doctor. “Oh, Doctor, my husband is gravely ill. We’re very poor […]
By Jeremy Grant in Singapore When Tina Ward, a Singaporean mother of two, and her British husband realised they were outgrowing their cramped, government-built apartment in Singapore, they took a […]