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: ET Tahirul Qadri’s Long March has ended and it is not immediately clear whether it was with a fizzle or a bang. Last week saw days of high drama as Qadri and his supporters camped outside parliament and the Supreme Court ordered the prime minister’s arrest. Then, on January […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Monday 21 January 2013 Saudi Arabia yesterday announced a contribution of $ 1.88 million toward UNHCR’s humanitarian program in Myanmar providing shelter to Rohingyas in Rakhine state. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed by Yousef Al-Bassam of the Saudi Fund for Development and Imran […]
GAZA, January 20, 2013 (WAFA) – Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, is scheduled to spend few hours in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to sources. He will be the first non-Arab ranking official leader to visit the besieged Gaza Strip. Razak, who will be accompanied by his wife […]
Switzerland continues to support mediation between the Mali government and rebel Tuareg groups despite an escalation of the conflict following the French military intervention, Swiss diplomats told Sunday newspapers. “The mediation continues. Switzerland is staying on the ground in Mali with its own people and supports mediation efforts,” said Yves […]
Source: Dawn.Com. ISLAMABAD: Negotiations with Dr Tahirul Qadri were long and tedious but those who conducted them were firm on what they would concede and where they would adopt a tough stance. Background interviews with the participants of Thursday’s talks reveal that the leaders of government-allied political parties had ensured […]
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) to treat people who have converted to Islam in the Backward Classes (Muslims) category during appointments.The order was passed on a PIL filed in the court alleging that converts to Islam were being treated as “other castes” […]
Dealers In Truffles Display Their Stuff In The Market And Attribute The Abundance Of Truffles To The Heavy Rains This Year. (KUNA) 4,815 People Embrace Islam In 2012Over 100 Preachers Participated In Campaign KUWAIT CITY, Jan 18: A total of 4,815 people of different nationalities embraced Islam in 2012 through […]
Source: onislam.net “Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.” “Say, [O Muhammad], “Travel through the land and observe how He […]
Source: Bangkok Post A huge procession of Thai people turned out to deliver food, cash and necessities to help Rohingya migrants confined in various shelters yesterday. Muhammad Sabare, 14, weeps in gratitude as he represents Rohingya youngsters who gathered to give thanks to people who donated food and other necessities […]
Source: Science Daily Jan. 14, 2013 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboration with the Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, Ill., have proposed a novel triple-junction solar cell with the potential to break the 50 percent conversion efficiency barrier, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), Dr Tahirul Qadri, has decided to challenge in a Canadian […]
We are outraged not by the massacre of the innocents, but because the hostages killed were largely white, blue-eyed chaps rather than darker, brown-eyed chaps by Robert Fisk, The Independent, […]
By Paula J. Owen TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Here we can say Asalaam and blessings of God. There you would be punished in prison. — Farida Mehmud, WIFE OF […]
Factors such as income, education and family structure vary greatly among Swiss people, Swiss-born foreigners and those born outside the country, according to new figures aimed at measuring the integration […]
Source: The Economist. FOR half a year African governments in the region and various ones in the West, especially in France and the United States, had been fretting over Mali, where rebel groups tied to al-Qaeda had taken over the northern half of the country. Earlier this year matters dramatically […]
Source: Economist. DAVID CAMERON did not give a speech this morning in Amsterdam about British relations with the European Union. The developing mess in Algeria might have made it seem inappropriate: should the prime minister really be going on about the EU when Britons have been killed? But let’s review […]
Source: LUBP Author: Dr. Zulfiqar Ali CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry continued harassment and abusing of NAB officials led to Kamran Faisal’s suicide. We demand thatCJ Chaudhry be prosecuted for causing unbearable stress to Kamran Faisal leading to his suicide. Right-wing pro-establishment media too contributed to Kamran Faisa’s death. Let me explain. […]
Source: The Boston Globe Massachusetts recorded its largest number of new solar power installations in 2012, as hundreds of homeowners and large institutions and businesses, such as schools and big box stores, took advantage of government-backed incentives for renewable resources. The surge in installations more than doubled the amount of […]
The Supreme Court today issued notice and stayed Magistrate’s order closing Zakia Jafri’s right to file a Protest Petition. Smt Zakia Jafri had, on 8.6.2006 filed a complaint alleging a sinister and wide level conspiracy to allow violence, deliberately subvert the strict directions to maintain order that led tot he […]
Source: LUBP Over the past 5 days during the long march of Tahir-ul-Qadri or “Chabi wala baba” as his known amongst his critics, I have come across comments and analysis from many of my twitter and social network friends which forced me to pen this article. I am surprised at […]