UK Election results: Conservatives on course for majority
David Cameron says he hopes to govern for all of the UK as a BBC forecast gives the Tories 329 seats – enough to form a slender majority in the […]
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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.
WorldViews : U.S. Holocaust museum says this Muslim minority could face genocide
By Ishaan Tharoor May 7 at 5:00 AM THE WASHINGTON POST The official American institution memorializing the Holocaust sounded the alarm this week of the threat of a new genocide facing the beleaguered Rohingya of Burma, one of the world’s most neglected communities. A report published by the Simon-Skjodt […]
460. Commandment – Start every task with the name of Allah
Commandment – Start every task with the name of Allah [27:30] The Queen said, “Ye chiefs, there has been delivered to me a noble letter. [27:31] “It is from Solomon, and it is: ‘In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful; [27:32] ‘Behave not proudly towards me, but come to me in […]
PALESTINE: The month in pictures: April 2015
The Electronic Intifada 6 May 2015 150414-yarmouk-boys.jpg Children walk inside a school in Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus on 14 April. (Moayad Zaghmout / Reuters) Israeli forces shot and killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during the month of April. The first Palestinian child to be killed by […]
Germany's Dilemma: Critics Want Tougher Berlin Stance Against Israel
By Nicola Abé, Christiane Hoffmann, Horand Knaup, René Pfister and Christoph Schult AFP Relations between Germany and Israel are at a crossroads. Is it possible for the German government to continue to steadfastly support the country even as Jerusalem continues to refuse to allow the Palestinians to establish their own […]
4 arrested in German raids on anti-Muslim terror group
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere speaks during a press conference to present politically-motivated crime rate in Germany on Wednesday in Berlin. German police arrested four people Wednesday accused of belonging to a far-right “terror” organization that acquired explosives for attacks on Muslims and refugee homes. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN […]
Rule of lawlessness makes Arabs rise up
Summary by Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon It is tempting but difficult to identify a single dynamic at the level of state and society that explains the many different conflicts across the Arab world. Shiite-Sunni and Iranian-Saudi confrontations? These are all elements of the many complex political, social […]
Switzerland: Increase in illegal immigrants crossing Italian border
REFUGEE CRISIS Increase in illegal immigrants crossing Italian border By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAY 6, 2015 – 21:45 Last week 240 people tried to cross the Italian border into Switzerland illegally, with 120 migrants reaching Switzerland over the weekend alone. Ten additional guards have been sent to the Ticino border. […]
456. Commandment – Keep on exhorting; for verily, exhortation benefits those who would believe
Commandment – Keep on exhorting; for verily, exhortation benefits those who would believe [51:56] And keep on exhorting; for verily, exhortation benefits those who would believe. [88:22] Admonish, therefore, for thou art but an admonisher; [88:23] Thou hast no authority to compel them. [87:10] So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. [87:11] He who fears […]
455. Commandment – Divines and those learned in the Law prohibit them from uttering falsehood and eating things forbidden
Commandment – Divines and those learned in the Law prohibit them from uttering falsehood and eating things forbidden [5:64] Why do not the divines and those learned in the Law prohibit them from uttering falsehood and eating things forbidden? Evil indeed is that which they do. [21:74] And We made them […]
452. Commandment – Etiquettes and Manners for visiting Prophet’s house
Commandment – Etiquettes and Manners for visiting Prophet’s house [33:54] O ye who believe! enter not the houses of the Prophet unless leave is granted to you for a meal without waiting for its appointed time. But enter when you are invited, and when you have finished eating, disperse, without seeking to […]
451. Commandment – if they had waited patiently until thou came out to them, it would be better for them.
Commandment – if they had waited patiently until thou came out to them, it would be better for them. [49:6] And if they had waited patiently until thou came out to them, it would be better for them. But Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.
459. Commandment – Ask not too many questions
Commandment – Ask not too many questions [5:102] O ye who believe! ask not about things which, if revealed to you, would cause you trouble; though if you ask about them while the Qur’an is being sent down, they will be revealed to you. Allah has left them out. And […]
The Calgary mother fighting radicalisation in Syria
Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent 5 May 2015 From the sectionMagazine Christianne Boudreau: Searching for answers Canada is thousands of miles away from the war zone in Syria and Iraq – yet the self-styled Islamic State has recruited young fighters to join its cause. Can the lessons from the death of […]
Damascus restarts popular train service
1 May 2015 Dozens of people – many with Syrian flags – gathered for the relaunch ceremony A narrow-gauge train has begun operating again in Damascus – in a reminder of better days in the war-torn Syrian capital. The Rabwah steam train was very popular with city residents, taking them […]
Mullah Nasrudin: more wisdom …
Man Demands Justice One day, a man ran into Judge Nasrudin’s room and said, “I was just robbed at the border of this village! It must have been someone from here, and I demand justice! The robber took everything from me—my shoes, my pants, my shirt, my coat, my necklace, […]
Thoraya Obaid: First woman to head Shoura rights panel (in Saudi Arabia)
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Wednesday 6 May 2015 Thoraya Obaid has become the first woman to be appointed as the head of the human rights committee at the Shoura […]
Muslim graves vandalised in Lausanne (Switzerland)
DESECRATED TOMBS Muslim graves vandalised in Lausanne MAY 4, 2015 – 14:29 The designation of a special zone for Muslim tombs was announced on March 25 (Keystone) Thirteen graves with tombstones bearing Arabic- or North African-sounding names have been vandalised at the Bois-de-Vaux cemetery in Lausanne. The cemetery is scheduled […]
How does Switzerland matter for the British elections?
OPINION How does Switzerland matter for the British elections? By Pieter Cleppe, Open Europe MAY 4, 2015 – 14:57 With EU relations a campaign issue, the UK could learn a few things from non-EU member Switzerland, writes Pieter Cleppe of the Brussels think tank, Open Europe. By Pieter Cleppe Pieter […]
Amr Darrag: Ex-Muslim Brotherhood minister in exile still believes Egypt's military regime can be replaced with 'moderate' Islamic rule
‘This is the battle of young Egypt for the future of Egypt,’ the US-educated professor of engineering tells Robert Fisk in Istanbul ROBERT FISK ISTANBUL Tuesday 05 May 2015 Amr Darrag’s message is both gloomy and optimistic, a little cynical for a former Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian Minister of Planning perhaps, […]