Sura Al-Ikhlas – English with short commentary
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Rafiq A. Tschannen
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.
US embassy move to Jerusalem will hurt peace: Jordan
Jordan’s King Abdullah II makes assertion during talks with Trump administration officials 01.02.2017 Mahmoud Barakat Jordan By Laith Junaidi AMMAN, Jordan The relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would undermine Middle East peacemaking efforts, Jordan’s King Abdullah II has warned. The […]
Extremist who murdered Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah releases chilling message from jail
Extremist who murdered Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah releases chilling message from jail David Leask, Chief Reporter Extremist killer Tanveer Ahmed has sent a new message to his supporters from behind bars. The 32-year-old is serving life for murdering Asad Shah last year because he believed theGlasgow shopkeeper was a “false […]
Morocco’s king hails ‘return home’ to AU after 33 years
Morocco’s king hails ‘return home’ to African Union after 33 years By AFP – Jan 31,2017 – Moroccan King Mohammed VI delivers a speech to the assembly of the African Union heads of state and government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Tuesday (Anadolu agency photo) ADDIS ABABA — […]
Afghan government controls less than 60 percent of country – watchdog
Reuters International FEB 1, 2017 – An Afghan policeman keeps watch in front of shipping containers that blocked streets leading to Kabul’s government and diplomatic area in Kabul, Afghanistan May 16 , 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (reuters_tickers) By Josh Smith KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan government controls less than 60 percent […]
Talk radio, intolerance in focus as Quebec seeks answers after shooting
Reuters International FEB 1, 2017 – Azzedine Najd (R) and his wife Fadwa Achmaoui look at the memorial near the site of a fatal shooting at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City, Canada January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger (reuters_tickers) By Kevin Dougherty QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) – In […]
Indonesian Islamic council to issue fatwa against fake news
Reuters International FEB 1, 2017 – JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council is to issue an edict, or fatwa, declaring the spreading of fake news un-Islamic, the organisation’s chairman said on Wednesday. Indonesia has one of the world’s highest number of Facebook and Twitter users, and the biggest […]
Imam: 99% of radicalisation happens outside mosques
NOUREDDINE FERJANI By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli FEB 1, 2017 “The role of mosques is to call to reason, to guarantee social cohesion and to call the faithful to set an example in society,” says imam Noureddine Ferjani. (Keystone) A recent opinion survey revealed that two-thirds of the Swiss refuse to recognise […]
Trump’s frightening first week is not the result of his inexperience, it’s an expression of his racist bigotry
The Prime Minister’s approach to international affairs is becoming increasingly clear: she wants to cosy up to the US, sell arms to despotic regimes, and cast us away from Europe Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas Yesterday afternoon, just before the Government made a statement in the House of Commons about Donald Trump’s barbaric […]
Nigeria: Buhari Death Rumour – Who Has Bewitched Nigerians?
Photo: The Guardian President Muhammadu Buhari. OPINIONBy Israel Ebije The extent to which Nigerians have fragmented along ethno-religious components can only be measured in the direction of wish list drafted along unfortunate cleavage based perspectives. The nation is balkanised, serially polarised and dangerously fired up with hate agenda […]
Ikea to sell rugs made by Syrian refugees in 2019
by Alanna Petroff @AlannaPetroff January 31, 2017: 5 stunning stats about IKEA Ikea plans to roll out a new range of rugs and textiles made by Syrian refugees in 2019. The initiative is expected to create jobs for about 200 Syrian refugees living in Jordan, most of them women. “The […]
And: nothing has changed: 2011, the Year the Two-State Solution Died
12/30/2011 08:50 am ET | Updated Feb 29, 2012 Carlo StrengerProfessor of Psychology and Philosophy, Tel Aviv University It is time to have a clear-headed, hard look at reality: the two-state solution is dead. Early in this fateful year 2011, leading Palestinian intellectual and President of Al Kuds University Sari […]
France’s Fillon hit with new allegations over wife’s employment
Reuters International JAN 31, 2017 – 17:59 FILE PHOTO: Francois Fillon, former French prime minister and member of Les Republicains political party, delivers his speech after partial results in the second round for the French center-right presidential primary election in Paris, France, November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo (reuters_tickers) PARIS […]
Holy Quran on Praying Regularly Five Times a Day
Holy Quran on Praying Regularly Five Times a Day The Ahmadiyya Gazette, September/October 1996 “Verily, Prayer is enjoined on the believers to be performed at fixed hours.” (4:104) Commentary A Muslim should start praying when he is seven years old. At the age of ten, prayer becomes obligatory. Anyone who […]
The Philosophy of Islamic Prayer
Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as Ahmadiyya Gazette, Acceptance of prayer is proved by valid instances as part of the law of nature and God sets up living models in every age. That is why He has taught the prayer: Guide us along the straight path, the path of those […]
US made ‘special concessions’ to Pakistan and other countries with ‘secret bases’
DAWN.COM — UPDATED Jan 26, 2017# The following is an excerpt from a declassified document released online by America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as part of a searchable database on its website Reading Room. Declassified documents were previously only available to the public at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. […]
Clamoring for Israeli approval: Trump’s election promises will haunt him
JAN. 31, 2017 (AFP/File) By: Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud is an internationally-syndicated columnist, author, and the founder of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story. US President Donald Trump promises to be pro-Israel in every aspect. “I’m the best thing that could ever […]
‘Muslim societies that flourished were pluralistic’
SHAZIA HASAN KARACHI: “’Sacred violence’ in America is defined by the Americans as ‘violence by Muslims’. They ask me why we Muslims are so violent. And I ask them instead ‘when did they stop beating their wives’,” said Prof Dr Amjad Hussain pointing to the absurdity of their asking him […]
Kabul sought Pakistan-Afghanistan merger in 1954
January 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD: In 1954, the Afghanistan government had approached the United States seeking the merger of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The recently-declassified CIA documents reveal that Pakistan was approached over Kabul’s urge for Pakistan-Afghanistan merger but it was suspicious of this plan. A document dated 14 October 1954 reads […]
Donald Trump fires acting Attorney General for defying executive order banning refugees
The White House accuses Sally Yates of betraying the Justice Department Feliks Garcia New York @feliksjose Accusing her of betrayal and insubordination, Donald Trump fired acting US Attorney General Sally Yates after she publicly questioned whether his controversial refugee and immigration ban was constitutional and refused to defend it in court. The dramatic […]