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 Robert Fisk, The Independent In a few hours’ time, in Cairo, Mohamed Fahmy will hold a press conference which every reporter will want to observe. The Al Jazeera journalist, who spent 411 days in Egypt’s gruesome Tora prison on trumped-up state charges of “terrorism”, refused, even after a long […]
Ahmadiyya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “Ahmadi” redirects here. For the surname, see Ahmadi (surname). For other uses, see Ahmadi (disambiguation). The White Minaret with the Ahmadiyya Flag in Qadian, India. For Ahmadi Muslims, the two symbolise the advent of the Promised Messiah Part of a series on: Ahmadiyya Beliefs […]
INTERNATIONAL TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Over 250,000 East African refugees trapped in Yemen Many refugees and asylum-seekers from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea say they have nowhere else to go April 18, 2015 8:00AM ET by Michael Pizzi @michaelwpizzi Tens of thousands of East African refugees and asylum-seekers […]
INTERNATIONAL Pakistan’s silent partition Ahmadis, a persecuted Muslim sect, have been flocking to Sri Lanka in search of asylum. Now they’re being turned away January 27, 2015 5:00AM ET by Zehra Abid @zehra_abid4 Editor’s Note: This News item is from January 2015. Has anything changed since then? […]
Commandment – He will surely establish for them their religion – Islam [24:56] Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them; and that He will surely […]
Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press1:30 a.m. EDT May 9, 2015 In 35 days across America, Jameel Syed delivered the Islamic call to prayer and delivered the last speech of Islam’s prophet, engaging with Muslims and non-Muslims to bridge faiths and cultures (Photo: Safina Lone Mahmood) 3229CONNECT 140TWEET 23LINKEDIN 107COMMENTEMAILMORE From […]
Published time: May 10, 2015 16:17 Source: Reuters and the Russian Times A Danish court has ordered a culinary school to pay around $6,000 in damages to its Muslim […]
Ethnic Rohingya women and children whose boats were washed ashore on Sumatra Island board a military truck to be taken to a temporary shelter in Seunuddon, Aceh province, Indonesia, on Sunday. (AP Photo/S. Yulinnas) MARGIE MASON | AP Published — Sunday 10 May 2015 Last update 10 May 2015 […]
BY RULA SAMAIN, MAY 09, 2015, THE JORDAN TIMES The faithful gather to mark Saint George’s anniversary at a shrine in Mahis on Wednesday (Photo courtesy Facebook page of Jeryes Samawi) FUHEIS — The scout band played, people swayed and clapped to the sound of music, with some […]
Editorial May. 09, 2015 | 12:19 AM A lesson in democracy The Daily Star Thursday’s election in the United Kingdom – held on time and transparently – was a true display of democracy at its finest, the product of a system which allows its citizens to decide who will represent […]
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star The last-minute agreement to form a right-of-center government inIsrael headed by the Likud Party’s Benjamin Netanyahu is neither surprising nor shocking. Rather, it is consistent with the trends of the past four decades that have seen the entire Middle East region shift toward increasingly […]
462. Commandment – Exceed not the limits in your religion [4:172] O People of the Book, exceed not the limits in your religion, and say not of Allah anything but the truth. Verily, the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only a Messenger of Allah and a fulfilment of His word which He […]
Aid agencies fear mass deaths as a Sunni coalition bombs a Shia rebel stronghold May 9th 2015 | Middle East and Africa IF SAUDI Arabia expected praise when it announced a five-day ceasefire in the air campaign it is leading in Yemen, it will be disappointed. As Adel al-Jubeir, the freshly […]
A small but growing number of Muslims are abandoning their faith May 9th 2015 | From the print edition IDENTIFYING Muslims who have renounced their faith is tricky. Few are open about doing so, even in safe and secular Britain. But among the country’s Bangladeshis and Pakistanis, who overwhelmingly describe […]
Manama: When FIFA president Sepp Blatter addresses delegates at the 26th Asian Football Confederation congress on Thursday at least four men watching him are likely to be imagining themselves standing […]
MAKKAH — The Makkah Municipality is inviting tenders for the construction of smart car parks in the city’s Al-Ghazza neighborhood in front of Al-Maala Cemetery. The location has been selected to […]
PALESTINE NEWS NETWORK: Published on Thursday, 07 May 2015 13:59 PNN/ Ramallah/ Chief Palestinian negotiator and PLO member Dr. Saeb Erekat said, in his first official comment on the new Israeli government formed by Netanyahu, said that it was just another one of war and extremism. In an interview with […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Saturday 9 May 2015 Social media networks including Facebook and WhatsApp are playing a big role in increasing the number of divorce cases in Saudi Arabia. According to one report, more than 30,000 divorces take place in the Kingdom every year and 82 […]
Commandment – Prohibition of division into sects [30:32] Set your face to God, turning to Him in repentance, and fear Him, and observe Prayer, and be not of those who associate partners with God — [30:33] Of those who split up their religion and have become divided into sects; every party rejoicing in […]
What will religion and spirituality look like in the future? We asked 10 millennials to envisioned the future of their tradition or area of interest. We didn’t ask them to predict, but rather to share their hopes for the direction spirituality might take and inspire us to imagine a world […]