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.
BY MICHAEL LIPKA345 COMMENTS People at Djemaa el-Fna Square, late afternoon sun Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world. The growth and regional migration of Muslims, combined with the ongoing impact of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and other extremist groups that commit acts […]
BY JYNNAH RADFORD AND PHILLIP CONNOR1 COMMENT More than 1,800 refugees from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen have resettled in the U.S. since a federal court judge suspended key parts of an executive order President Donald Trump signed on Jan. 27 that restricted travel from these seven […]
“Compromised robots can be used to physically damage something or even kill someone,” say researchers exposing the flaws. BY ANTHONY CUTHBERTSON ON 3/1/17 Leaked video shows Boston Dynamics’ new ‘nightmare inducing’ wheeled robot Robots built by leading manufacturers are at “critical risk” of being hacked and posing a serious threat […]
Book written by Hakan Erten – a Turkish Swiss businessman and author Book Review: The complete book is at the moment available only in Turkish, English translation to follow, Inshallah […]
APP The National Accountability Bureau arrested a former police constable and his son, also a police constable, from Hyderabad and seized cash, gold and property documents worth billions. NAB conducted the raids within jurisdiction of Latifabad police station and arrested Mohammad Yousuf and his son, Arif Yousuf on February 25 […]
Source: Independent Pakistan’s constitution doesn’t recognise Ahmadis as Muslims By Christopher Hooton @christophhooton The first Oscar win for a Muslim actor – Mahershala Ali for Moonlight – was applauded around […]
The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says: “No problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from.” In both the US and EU, the focus is increasingly on the problem of immigration. President […]
AP, Reuters | Published — Wednesday 1 March 2017 Indonesian President Joko Widodo upon arrival at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday. (SPA Saudi King Salman steps out of his plane upon arrival at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Saudi King Salman […]
Feb 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jorge Moreira da Silva The Syrian refugee crisis has focused attention on the need to improve management of refugee flows during times of crisis. One issue is particularly worrying: poor countries may be paying a large indirect price for rich countries’ efforts. Data shows that […]
Feb 28,2017 -JORDAN TIMES = Hasan Abu Nimah Amman will host the annual Arab leaders’ summit on March 29, 2017. On the agenda will be myriad of very difficult issues, probably topped by the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since the Arab League was created seven decades ago, this issue has been a regular […]
Esra Alhamal isn’t letting prejudice stop her from exploring the world Kashmira Gander @kashmiragander The Independent Travel Esra Alhamal, pictured here in Morocco, has travelled to dozens of countries “When you wear a scarf you are a visual representation of Islam,” says Saudi travel blogger Esra Alhamal, who wears the […]
Epigraph (Verses advising the Muslims to defend Synagogues): Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged — and Allah indeed has […]
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN By News Desk Published: February 28, 2017 Saudi Arabia’s King Salman inspects an honour guard at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 26, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud kick-started his first official royal tour of Asia […]
Syrians in camps fear work permits may come at the cost of aid as sector insiders call for awareness By Mohammad Ghazal – Feb 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Free-of-charge work permits granted to Syrian refugees have made life better for many, but awareness of benefits still lacking (File photo) AMMAN […]
Eli Berzlon | Reuters |Published — Tuesday 28 February 2017 Israeli police evicts settlers from the West Bank settlement of Ofra, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Israeli forces began evacuating nine homes in the settlement following a Supreme Court decision that ruled they were built on private Palestinian land. (AP Photo/Oded […]
Chris Doyle | Published — Monday 27 February 2017 The UK has educated a monarch, president or prime minister from a quarter of the world’s countries. It is 10 times more likely to educate a world leader than the US, producing one leader per 50,000 graduates. That must rank as […]
Source: Reuters Reporting by Saad Sayeed; Editing by Robert Birsel In the first episode of the program on Sunday, the former general appeared live from Dubai and responded to questions […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DPA Photo The Council of Europe has identified deficiencies in the statistical recording of hate crimes in Germany. A report published by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) said that the German police relied on an “excessively restrictive definition of hate crimes” when registering them. […]
Source: https://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2017-02-24.html Sermon Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This video is available in the below languages, click to watch: Urdu English Albanian Arabic […]
The Hanbali Revival The Hanbali Madhab After the death of Imam Ahmad, his students traveled across the Muslim world along with the responsa (Masa’il) of Ahmad concerning theology, jurisprudence and traditions. From the foremost of his students are: his two sons, Salih and Abdullah, Hanbal ibn Ishaq, al-Marrudhi, al-Kawsaj, Ibn […]