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.
JOHN KERRY, the American secretary of state, has been in Pakistan over the past couple of days, on a tough assignment. He had to show the proper degree of sympathy over last month’s terrible massacre of schoolchildren by the Pakistani Taliban, and urge his hosts to draw the logical conclusion: […]
Photo Illustration by Emil Lendof/The Daily Beast Jamie Dettmer 01.14.15 The Widow of a Paris Terrorist and Other Real Wives of Islamic State The high-profile spouses of […]
What percentage of terror attacks in the United States and Europe are committed by Muslims? Guess. Nope. Guess again. And again… “Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.” How many times have you heard that one? Sure, we heard Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade say it, but to […]
CLIMATE OF FEAR: People attend funeral for French police officer Ahmed Merabet, who was killed during attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Muslims across Europe fear backlash after the incident. (AFP) AGENCIES Published — Wednesday 14 January 2015 PARIS: Firebombs and pig heads thrown into mosques. Veiled women […]
352. Commandment – And if thou hast to turn away from them while seeking thy Lord’s mercy for which thou hopest, even then speak to them a gentle word [17:29] And if thou hast to turn away from them while seeking thy Lord’s mercy for which thou hopest, even then […]
By Bloomberg on 09:20 pm Jan 13, 2015 The financial debacle that has befallen Russia as the price of Brent crude dropped 50 percent in the last four months has […]
Geopolitical Weekly JANUARY 13, 2015 | 09:00 GMT Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman The murders of cartoonists who made fun of Islam and of Jews shopping for their Sabbath meals by Islamists in Paris last week have galvanized the world. A galvanized world is always dangerous. Galvanized people can […]
351. Commandment – Love each other like a kinship [42:24] This it is whereof Allah gives the glad tidings to His servants who believe and do good works. Say: ‘I ask of you no reward for it, except that I am inviting you to God because of love of kinship.’ And whoso […]
This is truly a remarkable and newsworthy item. For the first time in history, a Te Reo Mauri version of the Holy Qur’an, now known in Maori as Karanu Tapu, […]
CREDIT: REUTERS/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday Islam “belongs to Germany“, in a clear repudiation of anti-immigration protesters gathering in Dresden and other cities. A […]
350. Commandment – kindness to blood relations [33:7] The Prophet is nearer to the believers than their own selves, and his wives are as mothers to them. And blood relations are nearer to one another, according to the Book of Allah, than the rest of the believers from among the Helpers as well as the Emigrants, […]
Merkel to join German Muslim rally for tolerance By Frank Zeller for Business Insider . Berlin (AFP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to join a Muslim community rally Tuesday […]
When are we going to give up our infantile “terrorist” lists? The IRA were “terrorists”. So was the Irgun. So was EOKA. So was the Mau-Mau. And their leaders – every bloody one of them – met Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Think Begin, Makarios, Kenyatta. How long, […]
Muslims attend the Friday prayer at the Sehitlik mosque in Berlin, Germany, Friday. Believers in the mosque commemorated the victims of the terror attack at the Paris offices of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ALI KHALIL | AFP Published — Friday 9 January 2015 Last update 10 […]
JIM EDWARDS JAN. 9, 2015, 7:20 AM The police officer executed by gunmen in a street outside the office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris was a Muslim. His name was […]
Algeria. Long before the identity of the murder suspects was revealed by the French police – even before I heard the names of Cherif and Said Kouachi – I muttered the word “Algeria” to myself. As soon as I heard the names and saw the faces, I said the word […]
349. Commandment – We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents; but if they strive to make thee associate that with Me of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not [29:9] And We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents; but if they strive to make thee […]
Source: Open Salon By Muhammad Zafrullah JANUARY 10, 2015 10:08PM Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo offices during an editorial meeting on January 7, 2015. They killed the magazine’s editor and his police bodyguard and several others, injuring quite a few. The total number killed came to be […]
347. Commandment – Give thanks to thy parents [31:15] And We have enjoined on man concerning his parents — his mother bears him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning takes two years — ‘Give thanks to Me and to thy parents. Unto Me is the final return. [46:16] And We have enjoined on […]
348. Commandment – They ask thee what they shall spend. Say: ‘Whatever of good and abundant wealth you spend should be for parents [2:216] They ask thee what they shall spend. Say: ‘Whatever of good and abundant wealth you spend should be for parents and near relatives and orphans and the […]