'Left To Die': The Survivors of the Malta Refugee Shipwreck
On his third day at sea near the coast of Malta, Shukri al-Assouli began to hallucinate. He saw streets, houses and his mother, who greeted him with a smile back […]
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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.
A normal day in the life of a Pakistani Ahmadi – Muslim
Copied from Twitter. and: Balal Haider @balalhaider @akchishti Ahmadi mosque currently under attack in Okara. Police nowhere from 2 hours.
Outgoing Afghan president takes one last swipe at US
KABUL: Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his farewell speech on Tuesday to take one last swipe at the United States, capping a long-testy relationship with the accusation that America […]
Syria air strikes: America’s attacks on Isis may help Bashar al-Assad keep his regime alive. But the Syrian leader will be watching with concern as the US's use of air power spreads to include more targets outside its original stated aim
by Robert Fisk, The Independent The moment America expanded its anti-Isis war into Syria, President Bashar al-Assad gained more military and political support than any other Arab leader can boast. […]
ISIS's Forgotten Hostages: Islamic State Still Holds Thousands
By Janine di Giovanni / September 23, 2014 10:46 AM EDT The names of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and the British aid worker David Haines have become well-known since their gruesome deaths at the hands of the Islamic State, more commonly known as ISIS, as have Alan […]
A single drop of water, in a fire of hate
By Usman Ahmad According to a parable, when Prophet Abraham was cast into a fire by the tyrant king Nimrod, the spectacle was met with horror by a small bird. It spread its wings and soared to a nearby river, where it filled its beak with water. The bird carried […]
Turkish govt under fire by opposition for removing headscarf ban in high schools
ANKARA- The Turkish government announced it was lifting a ban on female students wearing the headscarf at high schools, in a move denounced by opponents as undermining the basis of […]
Bullard says Fed needs to make rate guidance more data dependent
(Reuters) – The U.S. central bank needs to change the way it communicates its view on the future path of interest rates, a Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday, joining others inside the Fed who are calling for an overhaul of its policy statement. “I would like to get the […]
The Islamic State: Repercussions – Interview with King Abdullah of Jordan
Scott Pelley speaks with two men who recognized the threat of ISIS early and warned of the possible consequences of not acting The following script is from the second part […]
Qur'an lesson for today: 244. Commandment to exhort one another to mercy
244. Commandment to exhort one another to mercy [90:18] Again, he should have been of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to mercy. Courtesy: Amjad Tariq Sydney
PERSPECTIVE – A Storm in the House: the Middle East in the vicious circle
Added by Mehssen Macary on 23 septembre 2014. The huge area of dry grasslands and rich fertile river plains, with many different types of climate and landscape, the Middle East was the natural home to the first agricultural agglomeration. The region where large parts are covered by desert or grassland; […]
Qur'an lesson for today: 243. Commandment to make peace between two parties of believers if they fight against each other
243. Commandment to make peace between two parties of believers if they fight against each other [49:10] And if two parties of believers fight against each other, make peace between them; then if after that one of them transgresses against the other, fight the party that transgresses until it returns […]
US, Arab partners launch first strikes on IS in Syria
• US aircraft and cruise missiles attack targets in Syria • Allies include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar • Raqqa city and Iraq-Syria border among areas hit • […]
John Kerry’s rhetoric on Isis insults our intelligence and conceals the reality of the situation in Syria
Anyone who has studied Syria knows the moderate opposition doesn’t exist by Robert Fisk, The Independent John Kerry is becoming more and more like William McGonagall, the “worst poet in the world” whose horror at the 1879 Tay Bridge railway disaster yielded the imperishable observation that it “will be remember’d […]
As in Vietnam, the U.S. has underestimated its foe
Summary BY DAVID IGNATIUS, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON The U.S. has made the same mistake in evaluating fighters from ISIS that it did in Vietnam – by underestimating the enemy’s will, according to James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. Clapper’s comments came in a telephone interview Wednesday, in which […]
Looking at this life from grave?
HARUN YAHYA ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 19 September 2014 Life flies by in the blink of an eye. One moment you are in your 20s, the next you are in […]
Blackwater Founder: We Could Stop ISIS
The Daily Beast By Asawin Suebsaeng September 19, 2014 10:55 PM Erik Prince has a message for ISIS: You’re lucky Blackwater is gone. On Friday night, the controversial founder of the private military company had plenty to say about what the organization he once ran could be doing in the […]
Ashraf Ghani is new Afghan president
KABUL: Former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani was declared Afghanistan’s next president on Sunday, hours after signing a power-sharing deal with his rival Abdullah Abdullah that ended a prolonged standoff […]
Former UK attorney general says British Christians forced to hide beliefs
A former UK attorney general says in an interview that Christians in Britain are forced to hide their beliefs because of an “aggressive form of secularism” to “push faith out […]
Young British Muslims launch online campaign against IS
BY HENRI ROSE CIMATU It’s time to make their voices heard say a group of young British Muslims who have launched a video and social media campaign to condemn the terror acts of the Islamic State group. London-based group Active Change Foundation launched a YouTube and Twitter campaign #NotInMyName to […]