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 Daniel Khazeni-Rad – Sep 1, 2015 A new trend is occurring on Iran’s northern Caspian Sea shores – Iraqis – specifically residents of Baghdad. This uncommon sight to Mazandaran locals and Tehran natives alike has, according to residents of the area, become a growing trend over the past 4 […]
576. Commandment – The violation of a Sacred Month should be retaliated in the Sacred Month; and for all sacred things there is the law of retaliation. So, whoso transgresses against you, punish him for his transgression to the extent to which he has transgressed against you [2:195] The violation of a Sacred Month should be retaliated in the Sacred Month; […]
Hermann Bredehorst/ DER SPIEGEL Germany is experiencing an unprecedented influx of immigrants who will fundamentally change the country. They represent a burden, but also a chance to create a New […]
575. Commandment – They ask thee about fighting in the Sacred Month. Say: ‘Fighting therein is a great transgression [2:218] They ask thee about fighting in the Sacred Month. Say: ‘Fighting therein is a great transgression, but to hinder men from the way of Allah, and to be ungrateful to Him and to hinder men […]
By AFP – Aug 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Christian schools in Israel and East Jerusalem have threatened to stay closed for Tuesday’s start of the new academic year over a financing dispute with the government, an official said. Some 33,000 students attend some 45 Christian schools, which […]
Aug 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The migrant crisis arching the Middle East, Africa and Europe has been described as the worst since World War II; nearly 300,000 people from Africa and the Middle East crossed sea and land into Europe this year alone. Thousands perished during the arduous […]
“These women are what’s good and right about Mormonism.” Carol KuruvillaAssociate Religion Editor Posted: 08/28/2015 11:53 AM EDT When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dropped a bombshell statement last November confirming that founder Joseph Smith was a polygamist, one faithful follower was shocked. Leslie Peterson, a 60-year-old Mormon, […]
574. Commandment – The reckoning of months with Allah has been twelve months by Allah’s ordinance since the day when He created the heavens and the earth. Of these, four are sacred. That is the right creed. So wrong not yourselves therein. [9:36] The reckoning of months with Allah has been […]
By JORDAN TIMES – Aug 30,2015 – AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will co-chair a UN International Conference on the victims of attacks and abuses on ethnic or religious grounds in the Middle East, which will be held in […]
In this Saturday photo provided by Egypt’s state news agency MEAN, Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, third left, and his delegation meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, and an Egyptian delegation, in Cairo on Saturday. (MEAN via AP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Published — Sunday 30 August 2015 CAIRO: Italian energy […]
It’s election year in Canada – and a lot of Canadians are tired of Mr Harper’s uncritical pro-Israeli policies ROBERT FISK MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT THE INDEPENDENT Sunday 30 August 2015 Marwa Fahmy is a feisty lady. She needs to be after the shock and tears of Saturday’s Egyptian […]
Barbed wire along the Hungarian border. Barbed wire at Calais. Have we lost the one victory which we Europeans learned from the Second World War – compassion? By Robert Fisk, The Independent The Great Wall of China, the walls of Rome and every medieval city, the Siegfried Line, the Maginot […]
Haeril Halim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Fri, August 28 2015, 5:57 PM The National Meeting of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Surabaya, East Java on Thursday elected senior cleric Ma’ruf Amin as chairman of the organization for the 2015-2020 term, replacing outgoing leader Din Syamsuddin. In […]
Group claims one gold coin is worth $139 (£89) Pictures posted on social media showed a series of gold sovereigns bearing Isil inscriptions By Colin Freeman, Chief Foreign Correspondent 23 Jun 2015 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) has begun minting its own “Islamic dinar” coins, Syrian activists […]
Aug 29, 2015 Jordan Times Musa Keilani Daesh is still recruiting more Europeans, Tunisians, Saudi Arabians and Jordanians. A monthly salary of $700 for new jihadists is a tempting income for unemployed youth in areas where more than 47 per cent of the population lives under the […]
AUG 30, 2015 – 09:52 By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – As Europe grapples with its biggest wave of migration since World War Two, the Netherlands is about to toughen its asylum policy by cutting off food and shelter for people who fail to qualify as refugees. Failed asylum seekers […]
HARUN YAHYA Published — Saturday 29 August 2015 Wars have always inflicted horrendous disaster on human psyche. Some people who get terrified by the first gunshot, bomb and reports of death gradually become insensitive to human miseries. War, as well as its foul consequences, becomes a part of life. […]
People light candles in front of the police station in Eisenstadt, Austria, after the bodies of more than 70 migrants were discovered in a truck. (Ronald Zak/AP) By Anthony Faiola and Griff Witte August 29 at 8:48 AM KECSKEMET, Hungary — Pressure to change Europe’s dysfunctional asylum system grew […]
Wajid Shamsul Hassan offers regrets on his speech in Ahmadiyya Conference in UK Lahore: August 29, 2015. (PCP) As Punjab Assembly passes resolution of condemnation on comments of former High Commissioner of Pakistan in London Wajid Shamsul Hassan in Ahmadiyya Peace Conference in Alton, UK, on August 23, 2015, issues […]
572. Commandment – And fight them not in, and near, the Sacred Mosque until they fight you therein. But if they fight you, then fight them: such is the requital for the disbelievers [2:192] And kill them wherever you meet them and drive them out from where they have driven you out; for […]