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.
Petra | Jan 03, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) office in the Kingdom on Thursday received $1 million donated by the Muslim community in Australia to support Syrian refugees in Jordan. According to an IRW statement, an Australian delegation presented the financial assistance to […]
By Associated Press, WASHINGTON POST BAGHDAD — Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reached out to Iraq’s religious minorities Friday, visiting a Baghdad church desecrated in a deadly 2010 attack and a […]
Source: The Hindu The Government could plan for 50,000 e-bikes with solar charging stations over two years in educational, business and public sector campuses. E-bikes and e-scooters, battery-powered and charged by solar energy, can transform transportation in India, making it fuel independent, environmentally friendly and affordable. Now is the time […]
By SARAH EL DEEB 01/03/13 01:55 PM ET EST CAIRO — A leading Muslim Brotherhood member and adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi created a stir in Egypt when he called on Egyptian Jews in Israel to return home because Egypt is now a democracy and because the Jewish state […]
How a New Year’s celebration reveals France’s divided society BY RICHARD PALMER Fireworks are the most traditional way to celebrate the New Year. But there are other traditions. In Japan, Buddhist monks hit a gong 108 times. In Spain, people eat 12 grapes. And in certain French cities, they burn […]
by: Paul Strand CBN News Washington Sr. Correspondent As senior correspondent in CBN’s Washington, D.C., bureau, Paul Strand has covered a variety of political and social issues, with an emphasis on defense, justice, and Congress. Follow Paul on Twitter @PaulStrandCBN and “like” him at Facebook.com/PaulStrandCBN. WASHINGTON – Decades ago, Time […]
Source: All Africa. Com The Youth Wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at The Gambia, known as Khuddamul Ahmadiyya, recently held its 29th annual convention also known as (Ijtema). The convention took place at the Nasir Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior Secondary School in Basse in the Upper River Region. The ceremony was […]
Source: Stratfor. By George Friedman The end of the year always prompts questions about what the most important issue of the next year may be. It’s a simplistic question, since every year sees many things happen and for each of us a different one might be important. But it is […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 4 January 2013 Works on mataf (circumambulation area around the Kabaa) expansion is being stepped up, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported. The second floor of the eastern side […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABPRESS Friday 4 January 2013 Childhood toys lost in a war-torn field have inspired an odd-looking invention like a giant dandelion seed head which its young Dutch […]
Source and written by Yasmeen Ali Honourable Justice (Retd.) Mr. Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Your Honor, As a concerned Pakistani citizen,also a lawyer by profession I feel, our ballot paper do not allow the masses to exercise the right to vote in its true spirit.We see […]
By Zubair Khan Hard work and devotion to any cause is always rewarded by Allah Almighty. Some times the Blessings are showered early while some times these are bestowed bit late. Mr. Ijaz Ahmad an extremely hard working and devotee member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hamburg, since many years, is […]
Science News How Some Medieval Cultures Adapted to Rise of Islam Jan. 2, 2013 — Medieval Afghanistan, Iran and the one-time Soviet Central Asian states were frontiers in flux as the Islamic Caliphate spread beyond the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh through 10th centuries. As such, different groups, such as the new Arab […]
Source: ET KOLKATA: Team green sealed their victory by winning their second match by 85 runs in the One-Day International (ODI) series against India in Kolkata, their first win against India in a bilateral series since April 2005. Pakistan earlier intensified its bowling attack and sent five batsmen back to the […]
Source: BJ Psych. We analysed data collected from interviews with 7403 people who participated in the third National Psychiatric Morbidity Study in England. Some Details.
Source: All Africa. Com Violence is expensive. Countries not only pay a lot of money to build, supply and maintain military and police forces, but also to investigate and punish criminal activity. Worldwide, at least $9 trillion is spent each year in response to violence and the threat of violence. […]
Source: CNN CNN iReporter Abe Blair, a professional photographer, http://www.blindmanphotos.com shot pictures of the Perseid meteor shower over Crater Lake, Oregon for six to seven hours in August 2012. (CNN)— Skywatchers will be setting their alarm clocks for the early morning hours Thursday when the annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaks.This […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to avert the fiscal cliff, a day after the House and Senate approved the much-debated legislation. Obama, who returned to his family vacation in Hawaii after Tuesday’s House vote, signed the bill via autopen on Wednesday. But […]
Source: The Local The 30.4 percent drop-out rate is an increase on a year ago when the rate was 27 percent. Defence Ministry figures released on Wednesday showed that 11,150 people completed a voluntary military service which lasts on average 13 months. Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziére set a target […]
OYEM, Gabon — This lush country, often called a “forest republic,” used to stand proudly apart from its shaky neighbors, like the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African […]