ISIS closes in on Syria Kurdish town
Summary ISIS jihadists were closing in on Syria’s third largest Kurdish town Sunday after their capture of surrounding villages sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming into Turkey, an activist […]
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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.
Afghan presidential rivals set to sign unity deal
Summary by Emal Haidary| Agence France Presse Afghanistan’s two presidential rivals are due to sign a power-sharing deal Sunday, officials said, ending a prolonged stand-off over disputed election results at […]
Haj shows Muslim unity
Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims declare that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger; they pray, they […]
Ex-fighter exposes IS lies
A Saudi citizen who recently returned from Syria after fighting with the “Islamic” State (IS) terror organization has posted an online video urging fellow youth not to fall victim to the group’s rhetoric. Fahad Al-Zaidi stressed that he had been brainwashed and deluded into thinking this was a legitimate form […]
Sick pilgrims coming with wish to die in KSA criticized
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Published — Saturday 20 September 2014 Saudi Arabia has expressed concern over the increasing number of pilgrims arriving with chronic or serious health problems. Such pilgrims are […]
U.S. boots are already on the ground against ISIS
by David Ignatius Summary How can President Barack Obama provide limited military support on the ground to help “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS without formally violating his pledge not to […]
Why are born and new converts Muslims attracted by Jihadi communities and enter them?
By Zubair Khan According to media reports many youngsters who are Muslims by birth and youngsters who recently entered Islam are being attracted by views of Jihadi groups in the western civilized world and are making their way to Syria and Iraq. The majority amongst them is boys but also […]
Pakistan world's worst in religious freedom.
Source:US government commission via Wasim Ahmad. Washington: Expressing concern over the deteriorating religious freedom in Pakistan, including attacks on minorities like Hindus and Christians, an independent, bipartisan US government commission has told lawmakers that Pakistan represents the worst situation in the world for religious freedom. In her testimony before the Committee on […]
Turkey lets in Syria Kurds fleeing 'Islamic State'
Thousands of Kurds fleeing the “Islamic State” have crossed into Turkey. The militant group has seized Kurdish villages in northern Syria over the past two days. On Friday, Turkey opened […]
Qur'an lesson for today: Commandment to speak to men kindly
239. Commandment to speak to men kindly [2:84] And remember the time when We took a covenant from the children of Israel: ‘You shall worship nothing but Allah and show kindness to parents and to kindred and orphans and the poor, and speak to men kindly and observe Prayer, and […]
Qur'an lesson for today: 240. Commandment to lower thy wing of mercy to the believers who follow thee.
240. Commandment to lower thy wing of mercy to the believers who follow thee. [26:216] And lower thy wing of mercy to the believers who follow thee. [9:128] Surely, a Messenger has come unto you from among yourselves; grievous to him is that you should fall into trouble; he is […]
Israel Supreme Court upholds racist law allowing communities to deny housing based on ethnicity, religion or race
PNN/ Bethlehem A panel of the Israeli Supreme Court dismissed, on Wednesday, a petition against the “Admissions Committees Law” that allows Israeli Jewish communities to exclude Palestinian citizens. Adalah, the legal center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, filed the petition against the “Admissions Committees Law” three years ago. Citing […]
Islamic State: Germany Struggles to Deal with Returning Fighters
The players at TuS Makkabit Frankfurt remember Kreshnik B. as a reliable defender. As a member of the Jewish football club’s youth B-team, he kept opposing players away from his goal and even shot a few of his own. Kreshnik B., who is Muslim, happily wore the blue jersey of […]
Follow the 53rd annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mauritius live
Follow the Jalsah of Mauritius live as from now – http://ahmadiyya.mu/live/ (19,20 and 21st September) — It will be 24/7 streaming during the three days. Visit us on http://www.ahmadiyya.mu and Jalsah Mubarak.
Islamic State in Iraq: 'They Know Exactly What They Are Doing'
Interview conducted by Dieter Bednarz SPIEGEL: Mr. Chalabi, how close have fighters from Islamic State come to Baghdad? Chalabi: They are 26 kilometers away. That is menacingly close, but the situation is calm at the moment and Islamic State has not made any more advances on Baghdad. Thank God. SPIEGEL: […]
Dean of KU Islamic Studies department shot dead
By Asim Khan Updated about an hour ago KARACHI: Dean of Islamic Studies Faculty at the University of Karachi Dr Shakeel Auj was shot dead by unknown assailants on Thursday. […]
Social Justice through Citizenship? The Politics of Muslim Integration in Germany and Great Britain, by Aleksandra Lewicki
Sarah Hackett on a timely study that merits a place at the heart of current policy debates The issue of Muslim integration has had a great deal of attention in […]
Israel behind US demands on Iran: Journalist
Israel is behind Washington’s excessive demands over Iran’s nuclear energy program, “making it impossible to reach an agreement,” an American journalist says. BY JAMES HENRY FETZER PRESSTV.IR “The United States is obviously moving the goal post, making it impossible to reach an agreement by insisting that inspectors must have access […]
World holds its breath, mostly hoping Scots vote ‘No’
PARIS: The world is holding its breath but mostly hoping Scotland will vote “No” to independence from Britain in Thursday’s referendum. For reasons of self-interest and geopolitics, major powers from […]
Assad's letter to the US: How Syria is luring President Obama into its web
Syria has asked Washington to engage in military and intelligence collaboration to defeat their mutual enemy Isis, inviting US congressmen and senators to visit Damascus to discuss joint action against […]