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.
BROADER PROTECTION? Court clears way for collective asylum for Syrians MAR 19, 2015 – 15:14 The Swiss cabinet has the power to grant Syrian refugees temporary protection collectively instead of on an individual basis, according to a ruling announced on Thursday by the Federal Administrative Court in St Gallen. The […]
Abbas and Co. have several diplomatic options now that the prime minister has retracted Bar-Ilan speech. Source: Haaretz.com By Zvi Bar’el | Mar. 20, 2015 By Khaled Diab | Mar. […]
Summary BY DAVID IGNATIUS, DAILY TIMES, LEBANON The language of the Cold War has returned with a vengeance, with renewed talk of nuclear alerts, alleged testing of medium-range nuclear […]
HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 20 March 2015 Last update 19 March 2015 10:15 pm Every person has moments in life that may be called difficult. Most people, who live away from the moral values of the Qur’an, experience these moments with feelings like discomfort, sadness and boredom. In such […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Because of the ferocious reputation of Isis – created by the “Islamic Caliphate” but assiduously cultivated in the West – we forget thatWednesday’s attack is a mere copy of the far more ruthless assault on foreign tourists launched by Egyptian Islamists during the Mubarak era. […]
Kerala | TP Sreenivasan, The New York Times | Updated: January 30, 2012 13:18 IST A committee appointed by the Supreme Court of India will return to the vaults of […]
408. Commandment – those of you who die and leave wives behind, these (wives) shall wait concerning themselves four months and ten days. And when they have reached the end of their period, no sin shall lie on you in anything that they do with regard to themselves according to what […]
409. Commandment – make not a contract with them in secret, except that you say a fair word [2:236] And there shall be no blame on you in throwing out a hint regarding a proposal of marriage to these women or in keeping the desire hidden in your minds. Allah knows that you will think […]
410. Commandment – Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones [66:7] O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are appointed angels, stern and severe, who disobey not Allah in what He commands them […]
411. Commandment – Kindness, forgiveness and pardon to close family members [64:15] O ye who believe! surely among your wives and your children are some that are really your enemies, so beware of them. And if you overlook and forgive and pardon, then surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.
Your Local Guardian: Photograph of the Author by Louisa Clarence-Smith, Reporter – Wimbledon An international Muslim leader condemned terrorist group ISIS at a peace symposium attended by more than 1,000 people on Saturday. His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community spoke of the increased […]
19 MARCH 2015 | BY URSULA KING Ursula King on a profile of the many faces of Islam in one country Muslims feature daily in news headlines in the West. […]
By Satria Sambijantoro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government will waive visa requirements for 30 countries as early as next month to boost the country’s foreign exchange income from the […]
RIYADH: SAUD AL-AMMARI Published — Thursday 19 March 2015 Last update 19 March 2015 2:26 am After receiving a kind invitation from Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, the Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom, I attended the Global Law Summit in London as part of the Saudi delegation. The summit attracted […]
A victim is being evacuated by rescue workers outside the Bardo museum in Tunis, on Wednesday in Tunis, Tunisia. (AP) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Wednesday 18 March 2015 CAIRO: Gunmen in Tunisia took a group of tourists hostage at a museum and at least 22 people were reportedly killed […]
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star When historians look back on the Middle East decades from now, they might find that trends in the region after 2015 were determined by the outcome of four seminal issues and battles that are in play this month. The most important one is the […]
Summary Michael Young| The Daily Star Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israel’s general elections means that any hope of serious negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians – never particularly high in the first place – is now virtually nil. But more uncertain, and interesting, is what it will do to relations […]
Female members of Shoura Council during a meeting. RIYADH: MOHAMMED AL-JATHLANI Published — Wednesday 18 March 2015 Last update 18 March 2015 1:56 am | | A A Centuries before the International Declaration of Human Rights was formulated, our Prophet (peace be upon him), spoke about the true and […]
Posted 2 hours ago by Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) in news Babies who are breastfed are more intelligent, stay longer in full-time education and ultimately earn more money as well, a three-decade study has concluded. Brazilian researchers interviewed 3,500 adults out of 6,000 babies who entered the study in 1982. They found that people […]
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE Published — Tuesday 17 March 2015 Last update 17 March 2015 1:30 am The Labor Ministry will publish a blacklist of employers and recruitment offices accused of […]