Jihadist violence ‘killed 5,000 in November’
A closer look at the BBC’s investigation on the global cost of jihadist violence More than 5,000 people worldwide died in November as a result of jihadist violence, a BBC […]
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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.
Swiss jihadist avoids prison sentence
A 30-year-old man from canton Vaud has been given a suspended sentence of 600 hours of community service for attempting to join the Islamic State terror group in Syria. This […]
Amnesty: Death of Palestinian Minister Highlights Excessive Force By Israeli Army
The death of a Palestinian minister during a protest against land confiscations in the West Bank may have resulted from arbitrary and abusive force by Israeli forces against demonstrators, said […]
It is our indignation, not that of the Arab world, that torturers fear. We are the bad guys too The Muslim world has been enraged about these crimes for years
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Up to the end, they wanted to keep it secret. And the vicious psychopaths and sadists that ran the CIA’s torture centres “on our behalf” […]
The Muslim father behind the Pakistani Nobel Prize winner
BY MANSURA BASHIR MINHASMANSURAB@YAHOO.COM This is the opening line of I am Malala, the compelling memoir that chronicles the struggles of Malala Yousafzai, who at 17 has become the youngest […]
Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize
Kailash Satyarthi (L), Indian anti-child labour activist and head of the South Asian Coalition Against Child Servitude,and Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai (r). — File photo by Reuters The […]
OPEC cuts 2015 demand forecast for its oil to lowest in a decade
(Reuters) – Global demand for OPEC crude in 2015 is expected to fall to the lowest level in more than a decade and far below current output, the group said on Wednesday, pointing to a hefty supply surplus without OPEC output cuts or a slowdown in the U.S. shale boom. […]
Religious Leaders On Senate Torture Report: ‘Complete Moral Bankruptcy’
Religious leaders have been at the forefront of the fight to end torture, and the Senate Intelligence Committee’s 500-page summary on the CIA’s treatment of terrorism suspects seems to have […]
Second wife – A sister’s story
By: A Muslim Sister Source: MuslimVillage.com “Second wife! The words reverberated through my brain. Why? Am I not good enough? Never! I will never accept a second wife! If you […]
Why millions of Muslims are signing up for online dating
By Lydia Green BBC Arabic Arranged marriages are standard practice in many societies, but the introductions and screening process can be an ordeal for the young people involved – even […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 317. Commandment – Eat of that which Allah has provided for you of what is lawful and good
317. Commandment – Eat of that which Allah has provided for you of what is lawful and good [5:89] And eat of that which Allah has provided for you of what is lawful and good. And fear Allah in Whom you believe. [20:82] ‘Eat of the good things that We […]
The U.S. just refuses to take the blame
Summary Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon It is exasperating to listen to American officials pontificate about events in the Middle East and offer what sounds like reasonable proposals to resolve the area’s problems, when those same officials and the entire political power structure they represent refuse to acknowledge […]
Iraqi Kurd urges regional rule for Iraqi Sunnis
Summary Iraq’s central government in Baghdad must give up much of its authority to local power centers — and potentially permit the creation of an autonomous Sunni Muslim region — […]
The 20 damning report findings into CIA’s post-9/11 ‘torture’ programme
The US Senate Intelligence Committee has published its highly anticipated and divisive report into the CIA’s detention and interrogation programme employed after the September 11 attacks. Only the executive summary of the 6,700-page classified report has been published, including its 20 findings. The 20 conclusions are presented below, including particularly […]
Muslim woman attacked at Vienna bank
A 60-year-old Muslim woman was seriously injured after being attacked at a bank in Vienna, in an incident which appears to have been motivated by Islamophobia. Pensioner Selver S. was waiting in a queue to collect her pension at a Bawag bank branch in Schönbrunner Strasse (Meidling) when a man […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 316. Commandment – Eat and drink of what Allah has provided
316. Commandment – Eat and drink of what Allah has provided [2:61] And remember the time when Moses prayed for water for his people, and We said: ‘Strike the rock with thy rod,’ and there gushed forth from it twelve springs, so that every tribe knew their drinking place. ‘Eat […]
Activists to meet with Indonesian president over displaced Ahmadiyya – Say the minority Muslim group’s rights have been routinely violated
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta Indonesia December 8, 2014 Human rights activists said Monday they will be pushing President Joko Widodo to find a solution to the Ahmadiyya refugee situation during a […]
Racial Divide: The Tragedy of America’s First Black President
By Markus Feldenkirchen and Holger Stark SPIEGEL.DE On the evening after the city burned, a man in a black leather jacket and white clerical collar is standing on the streets […]
The 390-Euro Man: A Pakistani Slave’s Path to Freedom
By Hasnain Kazim spiegel.de On the day Hanif Masih is to be freed after spending half of his life as a slave, the 28 year old rubs olive oil into […]
TERRORIST GROUPS: Swiss Parliament bans Islamic State, al-Qaeda
Both houses of parliament have voted to ban the al-Qaeda and Islamic State terror groups in Switzerland. The House of Representatives followed the Senate’s lead on Monday and voted 184 to 0 in favour of the ban. It prohibits participating in or supplying the banned organisations as well as distributing […]