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.
229. Kill not yourselves [4:30] O ye who believe! devour not your property among yourselves by unlawful means, except that you earn by trade with mutual consent. And kill not yourselves. Surely, Allah is Merciful to you.
230. Kill your evil desires j [2:55] And remember the time when Moses said to his people: ‘O my people, you have indeed wronged yourselves by taking the calf for worship; turn you therefore to your Maker, and kill your evil desires; that is the best for you with your […]
AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan has called on the international justice community to play a more active role in helping resolve conflicts in the Middle East. Delivering the keynote address at a high-level meeting of experts on Global Issues and Their Impact on the Future of Human Rights and International […]
CAIRO: Arab League foreign ministers agreed on Sunday to take all necessary measures to confront Islamic State and cooperate with international, regional and national efforts to combat militants who have […]
Riyadh, ARABNEWS.com Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will sponsor the Haj pilgrimage of 1,000 Palestinians whose family members were killed during the latest Israeli offensive on Gaza. […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent In 1993, walking across the Qasr el-Nil bridge in Cairo, I was stopped by a young man. Was I a reporter, he asked? Had I […]
By Uri Avnery Al-Jazeerah, CCUN, September 8, 2014 God Wills It! FOR SIX decades my friends and I have warned our people: if we don’t make peace with the nationalist […]
Noor Inayat Khan, one of the heroines of World War II, had a short, astonishing life, one that took her from a pacifist childhood to a daring career in covert […]
A Syrian woman who controversially experienced a miscarriage on a train sending her back to Italy through Switzerland has received asylum in Italy along with her family. In July, the family of Syrian migrants had been travelling on a train from Milan to Paris – which passes through Switzerland – […]
by Jordan Times | Sep 06, 2014 AMMAN — HH Prince Zeid on Thursday took the oath before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the UN high commissioner for human rights. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the UN headquarters in New York, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Prince […]
Clashes between protesters and the police and military have broken out in the West Bank after the biggest Israeli land grab in 30 years. The Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin, […]
Sixty members of a peaceful Muslim community threatened with genocide by Sunni Islamists are facing deportation from Ireland, the Sunday Independent has learned. The Ahmadi community, which has some 20 […]
By Tara MacIsaac, Epoch Times | August 15, 2014 Last Updated: August 15, 2014 Feedback A concept image of an out-of-body experience. (Thinkstock; background image via Shutterstock*) The universe is full of mysteries that challenge our current knowledge. In “Beyond Science” Epoch Times collects stories about these strange phenomena to stimulate the imagination […]
by Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon SUMMARY Summary A decade later, the U.S. and the United Kingdom led an attack on Iraq with a “coalition of the willing”. And now, another decade on, we hear the same language and see the same military movements from the U.S. as […]
The Daily Star BEIRUT: The conspiracy to divide the Middle East into sectarian states is still alive, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai warned Saturday, saying it was being used to justify Israel’s presence as a Jewish state. “The project of the new Middle East is not dead, but it is in play in light of […]
228. Cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands [2:196] And spend for the cause of Allah, and cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands, and do good; surely, Allah loves those who do good.
Source: NY Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Local Afghan officials say more than 200 police officers and soldiers have been killed during a fierce Taliban offensive in Helmand Province that has lasted all summer and now threatens to overwhelm a key district. Officials at the national level have downplayed the violence […]
JAMAL DOUMANI ARABNEWS.COM Published — Saturday 6 September 2014 George W. Bush, former president of the United States, gave a speech six days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks where he spoke against harassment of Arabs and Muslims in the US, and about the need for his fellow-Americans […]
Source: TOI CAIRO: Islamic State, fighting to redraw the map of the Middle East, has been coaching Egypt’s most dangerous militant group, complicating efforts to stabilize the biggest Arab nation. Confirmation that Islamic Sate, currently the most successful of the region’s jihadi groups, is extending its influence to Egypt will […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Last night, a video emerged of the execution of American journalist Steven Sotloff, at the hands of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s ISIS, the extreme jihadist group that has illegitimately declared the establishment of a militant “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq. This latest execution video follows that of […]