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.
Sykes-Picot is dead,” Walid Jumblatt roared at me last night – and he may well be right. The Lebanese Druze leader – who fought in a 15-year civil war that […]
STORY SUMMARY The Shiite-led government of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki remained in paralysis Friday, unable to form a coherent response after al-Qaida-inspired militants blitzed and captured entire chunks of the nation’s Sunni heartland this week, including major cities, towns, military and police bases as Iraqi forces melted away or […]
Epigraph: And We are gradually revealing of the Qur’an that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers; but it only adds to the loss of the wrongdoers. […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Published — Friday 13 June 2014 Last update 12 June 2014 11:53 pm MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that the spectacular seizure of Iraqi […]
BAGHDAD — A major offensive by jihadists is allowing Iraqi Kurds to take control of disputed territory that Baghdad has long opposed them adding to their autonomous northern region. With […]
‘We were fighting, but our leaders betrayed us,’ said Iraqi soldier who fled from Islamic Front fighters The Associated Press Posted: Jun 13, 2014 2:12 AM ET Last Updated: Jun […]
FIFA CONGRESS 2014 Football as a catalyst for social change: no football without ethics and integrity Chaired by FIFA President Blatter, the 64th FIFA Congress convened in Sao Paulo on 10 and 11 June, on the eve of the Opening Match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. In his […]
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The Monitor’s View: Can an Islamic caliphate survive in today’s Mideast? As the Muslim militant group ISIS advances in Iraq and Syria, its chances of establishing a strict Islamic theocracy […]
145. Kill not game while you are in a state of pilgrimage [5:96] O ye who believe! kill not game while you are in a state of pilgrimage. And whoso amongst you kills it intentionally, its compensation is a quadruped like unto that which he has killed, as determined […]
By Christoph Scheuermann Gabriela Maj/ Agentur Focus/ DER SPIEGEL Qatar is spending billions to build hotels, subways, shopping centers and stadiums ahead of the World Cup in 2022. But those […]
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The fighters with the Free Syrian Army were expecting an attack any day from the jihadists besieging the city of Minbej in war-torn Syria, fortifying their base, […]
Turkey has promised to retaliate if any of its citizens are harmed in Iraq, after 49 members of the Turkish consulate in Mosul were abducted by the Islamic State of […]
By Katrin Kuntz and Maria Feck (photos) in Shkoder, Albania Blood feuds still exist in Albania and those involved have to live a life in hiding. They include people like Leonard Qukaj, who has left his home only rarely in the last four years for fear of being murdered by […]
146. And spend for the cause of Allah [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. [2:4] Who believe in the unseen and observe Prayer, and spend out of what […]
An Israeli minister marked Jerusalem Day by calling for a one-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians — as the Temple Mount was closed following clashes between Muslim worshippers […]
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 06/06/2014 – 11:22 British-Danish multinational security and prison profiteering firm G4S is to pull out of Israeli prisons completely, the Financial Times reports this […]
Source: The Gulfnews Abu Dhabi: The EU-UAE visa waiver agreement may be ratified by the end of this year or the beginning of next year, whereby Emiratis would no longer require a visa for short stays (up to 90 days) in the Schengen countries, whether for business, tourist or […]
An as-yet unidentified school shooter attacked Reynolds High School in Portland, Oregon today, killing at least one student. It was the 74th school shooting since Adam Lanza’s infamous assault on […]
Source: Arabnew:Com Justice Minister Mohammed Al-Eissa has denounced international rights groups for attacking the Kingdom’s judiciary, saying laws in this country are based on divine precepts contained in the Holy Qur’an. “Any attack on the judiciary will be considered an attack on the Kingdom’s sovereignty,” he said recently. Speaking to […]