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.
Qasim Rashid Become a fan Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies Posted: 08/27/2015 In central Syria, Daesh (“ISIS”) recently destroyed an ancient monastery and a church. This, after abducting several Christians, in what has become the group’s long scourge on humanity. While global […]
Dresden riots: Protesters in Germany attack refugee buses shouting ‘foreigners out’ At least 31 officers were hurt in violent scuffles SHEHAB KHAN Saturday 22 August 2015 Up to 1,000 protesters have clashed with police in eastern Germany in riots reportedly sparked by the arrival of 250 migrants. Police said protesters […]
566. Commandment – Excepting those of the idolaters with whom you have entered into a treaty and who have not subsequently failed you in anything nor aided anyone against you. So fulfil to these the treaty you have made with them till their term [9:4] Excepting those of the idolaters with whom you have entered […]
568. Commandment – And be not like those who came forth from their homes boastfully, and to be seen of men, and who turn men away from the path of Allah [8:48] And be not like those who came forth from their homes boastfully, and to be seen of men, and who turn men away […]
569. Commandment – And say not of those who are killed in the cause of Allah that they are dead; nay, they are living; only you perceive not [2:155] And say not of those who are killed in the cause of Allah that they are dead; nay, they are living; […]
570. Commandment – Treatment of prisoner of war [47:5] And when you meet in regular battle those who disbelieve, smite their necks; and, when you have overcome them, bind fast the fetters — then afterwards either release them as a favour or by taking ransom — until the war lays down its burdens. That is the ordinance. And if Allah […]
LOOKING AHEAD Asylum requests expected to rise in 2016 AUG 23, 2015 – (Keystone) The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) has announced that requests for asylum in Switzerland will likely increase in 2016. In a letter to cantonal officials last week, SEM Director Mario Gattiker explained that around 30,000 applications […]
Aug 24,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In his Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, Lords of Finance, the economist Liaquat Ahamed tells the story of how four central bankers, driven by staunch adherence to the gold standard, “broke the world” and triggered the Great Depression. Today’s central bankers largely share a new conventional wisdom — […]
By AFP – Aug 24,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Protesters chant in support for the Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, in the poster, during a demonstration in Basra, 550 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday (AP photo) BAGHDAD — As Iraq attempts to curb rampant corruption […]
“The Iran deal will pass, the world is running to Iran to do business and open embassies, and no one is listening to Israel.” Source: The Jerusalem Post Prime Minister […]
By AFP – Aug 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian Christian worshippers and priests arrive for an open-air mass to protest against the building of Israel’s controversial barrier in the Cremisan Valley, which lies between the sprawling settlement of Gilo in occupied East Jerusalem, and the West Bank settlement of Har […]
By Reuters – Aug 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A migrant tries to pass a fence near the town of Idomeni, on the border between former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece, on Saturday (AFP photo) BERLIN — Germany’s interior minister led calls on Sunday for a crackdown on right-wing militants and […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Looking at the obscene photograph of old archeologist Khaled al-Asaad’s headless corpse tied to a lamp-post in Palmyra – another image for the library of pornography that Isis produces weekly – I was struck by how deeply the “Islamic Caliphate” has stabbed the world of […]
Aug 22,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Musa Keilani Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has been targeted by many times in attempts to destroy it in order to build the Third Temple on the same site. This week marks the 46th anniversary of the first attempt to burn the mosque, on August […]
567. Commandment – Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you be kind to them and act equitably towards them; surely Allah loves those who are equitable [60:9] Allah forbids you not, […]
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
By Robert Fisk, The Independent After a month, the militants realised that Khaled al-Asaad knew nothing – or would say nothing – and so they decapitated the old man and […]
565. Commandment – let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice [5:9] O ye who believe! be steadfast in the cause of Allah, bearing witness in equity; and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice. Be always just, that is nearer to […]
Gov. Tom Wolf, left, talks with Qasim Rashid, the national spokesperson of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA.— SUBMITTED PHOTO Posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 12:00 am Tribune Staff Report | HARRISBURG […]