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.
Khalil Hanoun, left, with Abdul Salam Tasluq MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Published — Monday 20 April 2015 Last update 20 April 2015 12:37 am As convoys of pilgrims flock from around the world to perform Umrah in Madinah, the journey for some can be more difficult than others. Palestinian pilgrim, Khalil […]
Agence France Presse LUXEMBOURG: EU foreign ministers will be joined Monday by their interior minister colleagues to discuss the latest migrant disaster in the Mediterranean which may have cost 700 lives, an EU official said. The foreign ministers were originally due to meet on their own but the agenda had […]
Summary Cairo is to be replaced as Egypt’s capital by a vast, hypermodern city situated in the eastern desert at the halfway point to the Suez Canal hub – a military-led mega-development featuring an enlarged, two-channel canal that began last year. Work on the new capital will start at the […]
442. Commandment – Some more commandments about Prophet’s wives [33:29] O Prophet! say to thy wives, ‘If you desire the life of this world and its adornment, come then, I will provide for you and send you away in a handsome manner. [33:30] ‘But if you desire Allah and His Messenger and […]
One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 441. Commandment – There is no blame on them (Prophet’s wives) in this respect (Pardah) Amjad Tariq Sydney 441. Commandment – There is no blame on them (Prophet’s wives) in this respect (Pardah) [33:56] There is no blame on them in this respect with regard to their fathers […]
440. Commandment – And when you ask them (the wives of the Prophet) for anything, ask them from behind a curtain. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts [33:54] O ye who believe! enter not the houses of the Prophet unless leave is granted to you for a meal […]
DEANA NASSAR The Qur’an says: “We have sent down the Book to you which manifests the truth about all things and as guidance and mercy and good news for […]
A.S. HALAWANI Published — Friday 17 April 2015 When you pass away, do not worry about your dead body as fellow Muslims will take good care of it; they will take off your clothes, wash your body up, and wrap it in a clean white shroud; they will take […]
The Daily Star The release of a report this week on conditions in the Middle East is unlikely to gain much attention from global media outlets – probably because the words “extremism” or “ISIS” aren’t in the title. But the announcement by UNICEF and UNESCO that 21 million children in […]
By Islah Bakhat APR 17, 2015 – 11:00 1959: A year after the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown, Samir (still a little boy, the second from the right) and his family picnic outside Baghdad with some friends. An image from a revolutionary era (Dschoint Ventschr) In Iraqi Odyssey, film director Samir […]
439. Commandment – And it behoves you not to cause inconvenience to the Messenger of Allah, nor that you should ever marry his wives after him [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. […]
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It was a mild, crystal clear desert evening on November 15, 2004, when Jennifer Longdon and her fiance, David Rueckert, closed up his martial-arts studio and headed out to grab […]
Fareed Zakaria| The Daily Star At the heart of the concerns surrounding the deal with Iran is a simple question: Is Iran rational? The answer for many critics of the deal is self-evident. The Iranians are “apocalyptic,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has often said, warning that you can’t “bet […]
| The Daily Star Joschka Fischer The “new” Middle East is now on daily display. Unlike the old Middle East, whose fate was determined by the dominant Western powers (the United Kingdom and France after World War I, and the United States from the 1940s until recently), the new one […]
Agence France Presse BEIRUT: More than 12 million children in the Middle East are not being educated despite advances in efforts to expand schooling, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said […]
Posted by Matthew Champion in news Posters celebrating immigrants’ contribution to life in the UK are being put up across the country after a successful crowd-funding appeal. The “I am an immigrant” campaign was launched by Movement Against Xenophobia, part of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, and features 15 […]
436. Commandment – As to elderly women, who have no desire for marriage — there is no blame on them if they lay aside their outer clothing without displaying their beauty [24:61] As to elderly women, who have no desire for marriage — there is no blame on them if […]
437. Commandment – Lawful women for a Prophet (O Prophet, We have made lawful to thee) [33:51] O Prophet, We have made lawful to thee thy wives whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesses from among those whom Allah has given thee as gains […]
Gregor Zielke In an interview, the heads of Germany’s Protestant and Jewish communities discuss Martin Luther’s anti-Semitism, growing fears after the Paris attacks and whether Islam truly belongs to the country. SPIEGEL: Mr. Bedford-Strohm, Mr. Schuster, when you took over your posts at the end of last year, Europe was […]