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.
REFUGEE CRISIS Switzerland to welcome 3,000 Syrian refugees By swissinfo.ch MAR 6, 2015 – 16:18 Over 3.8 million Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries since the conflict began (Keystone) The Swiss cabinet agreed in principle on Friday to welcome an additional 3,000 Syrian refugees to Switzerland over the course of […]
Israel, Iran tight-lipped on decades-old arbitration with pressure in Israel to remove secrecy World Bulletin / News Desk As Israel loudly and publicly denounces Iran and its nuclear programme this week, the two countries are quietly tussling in a decades-old dispute over a secretive oil pipeline company that could be worth billions […]
Source: Patheos March 5, 2015 by Qasim Rashid By now it’s painfully obvious mainstream media loves a juicy terrorism story involving Muslims – but comparatively ignores the vast majority of the world’s Muslims […]
Nicky Morgan said the school showed ‘no imminent prospect of improvement’ JAMIE CAMPBELL Monday 02 March 2015 Pupils at Durham Free School were taught creationism during science lessons, according to newspaper Schools Week. The school, which has already been ordered to close by the Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, has been accused […]
398. Commandment – Regarding Talaq (Divorce) and their conditions [65:2] O Prophet! when you divorce women, divorce them for the prescribed period, and reckon the period; and fear Allah. Turn them not out of their houses, nor should they themselves leave unless they commit an act which is manifestly foul. And these are the […]
SYDNEY — A man who jumped off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to try to take his own life and was kept afloat by a sea lion said Wednesday suicide […]
397. Commandment – Regarding Khula (Divorce) and their conditions [2:230] Such divorce may be pronounced twice; then, either retain them in a becoming manner or send them away with kindness. And it is not lawful for you that you take anything of what you have given them (your wives) unless both fear that they cannot observe the […]
News / USA Carolyn Presutti October 18, 2014 1:17 PM MIAMI—Latinos are one of the fastest growing groups in the Muslim religion.According to the organization whyIslam.org, about 6 percent of American Muslims are Latino.And according to Latino American Dawah Organization(LADO), a group that promotes Latino conversions, a little more than […]
Published on Wednesday, 04 March 2015 12:21 https://apis.google.com/u/0/se/0/_/+1/sharebutton?plusShare=true&usegapi=1&action=share&annotation=bubble&height=20&hl=en-GB&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.pnn.ps&url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.pnn.ps%2Findex.php%2Finternational%2F9285&gsrc=3p&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en.GQDd1SP-LBc.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Ft%3Dzcms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCNMIHrpq1uc2iapjlMAjte3JDYN8A#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh&id=I0_1425544481086&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.pnn.ps&pfname=&rpctoken=27309655 PNN/ Bethlehem/ A United Nations envoy Tuesday called on Israel to investigate the killing of about 1563 Palestinian civilians, one third of them children, during the 2014 offensive on Gaza, and to make the findings public. Makarim Wibisono, a former Indonesian ambassador, […]
Movies & Films Hip Hop Hijabis By Women’s Voices Now, 10:42 am Wednesday, 25th February 2015 SHARE TWEET PIN IT A film directed by Mette Reitzel (A Faction Films’ Production for Witness, Al Jazeera English), Muslim converts Sukina and Muneera of Hip Hop duo ‘Poetic Pilgrimage’ goes on a quest […]
MAR 5, 2015 – 09:11 By Dasha Afanasieva and Sylvia Westall ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Hazzm movement was once central to a covert CIA operation to arm Syrian rebels, but the group’s collapse last week underlines the failure of efforts to unify Arab and Western support for mainstream insurgents fighting […]
Summary by David Ignatius, The Daily Star, Lebanon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied powerfully against a nuclear agreement with Iran in a well-crafted speech to Congress Tuesday. Playing for huge stakes two weeks ahead of the Israeli elections, Netanyahu gave what may prove to be the defining speech of […]
by Jordan Times | Mar 04, 2015 | 22:49 AMMAN – Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Wednesday said that nearly over 3.4 million people from Arab countries reside in Jordan, which he described as safe haven for all Arabs. They live alongside around 6.5 million Jordanians, according to the latest […]
Source: JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Al Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious centre of learning, called on Wednesday for fighting militants from the Daesh terrorist group, citing their threat to the stability of Islamic nations. In a statement, published by Egypt’s Youm 7 news outlets, the Cairo-based authority described Daesh insurgents as […]
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday addressed the nation, stressing that despite all threats and challenges, the country remains strong and resilient. “I assure you all that Jordan […]
SUMMARY BY RAMI G. KHOURI, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON The intense debate taking place across the world in recent months about the precise nature of and motivating forces behind ISIS is impressive and useful, but still incomplete. What remains unclear is the lack of evidence that any serious efforts […]
396. Commandment – If you fear a breach between them, then appoint an arbiter from his folk and an arbiter from her folk. If they (the arbiters) desire reconciliation, Allah will effect it between them. Surely, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware [4:36] And if you fear a breach between them, then appoint […]
395. Commandment – If a woman fear ill treatment or indifference on the part of her husband, it shall be no sin on them that they be suitably reconciled to each other; and reconciliation is best [4:129] And if a woman fear ill treatment or indifference on the part of her […]
Does money make you mean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ8Kq1wucsk I want you to, for a moment, think about playing a game of Monopoly, except in this game, that combination of skill, talent and luck that help earn you success in games, as in life,has been rendered irrelevant, because this game’s been rigged, and you’ve got the upper hand. You’ve got […]
TERRORISM Human rights under threat, says foreign minister By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAR 2, 2015 – 12:01 Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter urged the international community to root out terrorism (Keystone) The fight against terrorism was the focus of the opening speech by Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter at the […]