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: The LUBP. Ba Shazia Najmi. Last week when the Human Rights Watch report pointed out Pakistan Army’s complicity in the assassination campaigns against the Shias, the Baloch political activists, and religious minorities such as the Ahmadis, the Christians, and the Hindus, it was apparent that the insane and bloodthirsty […]
Source: Munir Munawwar of Austria. (sorry it is only for Urdu Readers) السٹریشن — جمیل خان –. (شاعروں سے معذرت کے ساتھ. لیکن یہ معذرت جینوئن شاعروں کے لیے نہیں، کہ یہاں اُن کا ذکر خیر نہیں ہے) ہم کراچی میں دیکھتے ہیں کہ جس کے پاس کوئی کام نہ […]
Source: Ahmadiyya Press Desk London. Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says that Annual Convention is going ahead despite attack The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has strongly condemned an attack perpetrated by thousands of extremists Muslims against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in […]
Swiss chocolate makers were left with a bittersweet taste in their mouths last year as a strong Swiss franc melted away the appetite for their products, the top industry body […]
The United States economy most likely expanded slightly in the fourth quarter, instead of contracting, according to trade data released Friday that suggested a surprise drop in gross domestic product reported last week may have been overstated. The country’s trade deficit narrowed to $38.5 billion in December, its lowest reading […]
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Source: Dawn Pakistani youth leader Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi has a plan to counter the relentless message of violence spewed forth by extremist groups in his country — and he […]
Khalifatul Masih V, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Synopsis of Friday Sermon (8-Feb-13) prepared by Sister Shermeen Butt Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih continued with the theme of relating incidents of companions of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) who were guided by true […]
Source: ET Politicians need to have a thick skin and no spine to survive and thrive anywhere in the world. I pity the lot we suffer in this country. Most of them have begun behaving oversensitive regarding their image these days. During off the record meetings, they take no time […]
Democracy and Islam can exist in harmony, says Maldives President President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik at the 12th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Cairo. PHOTO/ PRESIDENT’S OFFICE President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik has said that the Maldivian democratization […]
Are female converts to Islam part of a new wave of feminism? By Hasnet Lais (Getty Images) You’d think after watching BBC Three’s Make me a Muslim documentary, being a female convert to Islam is so riddled with fault lines. Not really. My recent interviews with Muslim converts offered a rare glimpse into […]
ON RELIGION On TV, an Everyday Muslim as Everyday American T. Lynne Pixley for The New York Times Mujahid Abdul-Rashid, a Muslim from the Bay Area, appears as himself in a commercial for retirement financial products. By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Published: February 8, 2013 On a Sunday afternoon several months ago, […]
STORY SUMMARY The chief of the Netherlands’ top intelligence agency is warning that dozens of Dutch citizens are fighting with rebels in Syria and could return home battle-hardened, traumatized and even further radicalized. Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Feb-08/205629-spy-chief-dutch-citizens-are-fighting-in-syria.ashx#ixzz2KP53NiMR (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
David Ignatius Opinion Writer WASHINGTON POST Something startling is happening in the Muslim world — and no, I don’t mean the Arab Spring or the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. According to a leading demographer, a “sea change” is producing a sharp decline in Muslim fertility rates and a “flight from […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 9 February 2013 Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar will start meeting today with Haj officials of various countries to discuss arrangement for this year’s Haj pilgrimage. Over the next three months, Hajjar will meet with officials of 70 Haj offices from different parts of the world. While […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY For anyone who wonders why so many people around the world criticize American and Israeli foreign policy and militarism, this has been a valuable learning week. I refer to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to […]
STORY SUMMARY Rebels block off key Damascus highway Rebels pushed forward in their battle with the Syrian army in Damascus Friday, clashing with regime soldiers in contested neighborhoods in the northeast and shutting down a key highway out of the capital with a row of burning tires, activist said. Meanwhile […]
Source: The Economist. Buddy, can you spare a dime? A very, very large one? THERE is no lack of world-beating records in Bangladesh. It starts as the world’s most densely populated country (not counting city-states and the like). Its capital, Dhaka, merely an undistinguished district headquarters at time of […]
Source: The Economist. EVEN the French say so: David Cameron played a near-perfect match. “He is a real negotiator; very, very tenacious,” declared a senior French official amid the brutal bargaining over the EU’s seven-yearly budget that dragged on for a whole night and a day. When it was all […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has decided to take up a petition that questions how the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan were chosen. The petition filed by the Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Thursday requested the court to immediately reconstitute the commission just weeks […]