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.
LeJ must stop terrorism in the name of Islam: Imran DAWN.COM | 2 hours ago A strongest contender for Pakistan’s top position in the next elections, Superstar Imran Khan, leader of Tahrik-e-Insaf in a recent Indian TV interview told the female host that his stop priority will be establishing “the rule […]
Source: TOI QUETTA: Thousands of Pakistani Shias furious over a sectarian bombing that killed 89 people protested on Monday, demanding that security forces protect them from hardline Sunni groups. The attack, near a street market in the southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday, highlighted the government’s failure to crack down […]
Epigraph: “Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Source: Asia Times: By Francesco Sisci ROME – With a gesture that breaks with thousands of years of tradition, the Pope, usually considered a bulwark of conservatism in the world, has projected the Catholic Church into the third millennium and presented Western culture with a challenge. The West has been […]
Gas prices have risen for 32 days straight, according to AAA. That means that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has increased more than 13% over that period to $3.73. It’s hitting wallets right in the middle of winter, when people are already looking at large […]
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Monday 18 February 2013 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has paid blood money on behalf of an Indian driver convicted of killing nine people […]
Edited by Penny Johnson and Raja Shehadeh US: Olive Branch Press/Interlink Publishing Pp. 202 It is significant that this book is entitled “Seeking Palestine”, not “Remembering Palestine”, for there is little nostalgia here. Instead, fourteen talented Palestinian writers explore the meaning of exile, belonging and identity, focusing on the present. […]
DUBAI — Days before his overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a senior visitor from the United Arab Emirates, one of several Gulf monarchies long supportive of the most Arab populous country and its veteran strongman. What transpired between Mubarak and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahayan is […]
AMMAN – Automatic spending cuts set to go into effect in the US early next month may affect Washington’s military and humanitarian assistance to Jordan. As across-the-board cuts in US government spending, set to begin on March 1, would reduce the budget for the State Department and the US Agency […]
Source: BD News 24. The Awami League and its allies on Sunday pushed through Parliament a law incorporating the provision for trying political parties and organisations alongside individuals for 1971 war crimes. The amended 1973 International Crimes Tribunal Act also arms the government with the right, equal to defendants, […]
Source: IDSA/ Euroasiaview. By IDSA — (February 15, 2013) By Smruti S. Pattanaik The verdict against Abdul Quadir Molla by the War Crime Tribunal 2, which sentenced him to life, came as a surprise to many given the graveness of his crime. The tribunal found him guilty on five counts […]
How cute is the sea otter! They are a marine mammal which can be found on the coasts of the Northern Pacific Ocean and are the largest member of the […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Reuters / AFP / Web Desk Published: February 17, 2013 QUETTA: The death toll from a bombing in Quetta has climbed to 80, a senior security […]
This summer on the South Side of Chicago, thousands are expected to gather for an outdoor festival sponsored by the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, or IMAN. The festival, Takin’ It […]
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay meets an increasingly influential group which says jihad is spreading and will not stop at Syria. By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent The number of Jihadist groups flooding […]
By Giles Hewitt The Daily Star, Lebanon STORY SUMMARY Thousands of Unification Church members got married in a mass wedding in South Korea Sunday — the first since the death […]
KHURRAM MURAD ARABNEWS Friday 15 February 2013 Muslims believe that the Qur’an is God’s words that were revealed to Prophet Muhammad through Angel Gabriel (peace be upon them). The Qur’an […]
BDUL RAHMAN AL-RASHED ARABNEWS Sunday 17 February 2013 We are usually highly critical of Arab governments, accusing them of being outdated. We also blame them for having rigid commitment to policies of suppression and silence. But then we witness a country, such as Israel, displaying traits that are just as […]
Source: The Economist: AS THEY mull over the details of his papacy—the gaffes, the cerebral pronouncements, the deepening scandals—some Vatican-watchers will struggle to position Pope Benedict XVI in the broad sweep of Catholic history. Does he mark the end of an era? The start of something new? Or was he […]
URI AVNERY ARABBEWS Sunday 17 February 2013 The sole contribution of Ya’ir Lapid to Israeli folklore so far is his saying that he would not join a move to block Benjamin Netanyahu, since this would mean joining forces with “the Zuabis.” This needs explanation to a foreign audience. The Zuabi […]