Looking back: How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
By ANDREW HIGGINS Updated Jan. 24, 2009 Editor’s Note: This article dates back to 2009, but we feel today’s readers should be reminded. Moshav Tekuma, Israel Surveying the wreckage of […]
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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.
Qur'an lesson for today: The Holy Qur'an is a clear Sign, so you may take heed
175. The Holy Quran is a clear Sign, so you may take heed [68:53] Nay, it is naught but a source of honour for all the worlds. [36:70] And We have not taught him poetry, nor does that suit it (the Qur’an). It is but a Reminder and a Qur’an […]
Qur'an lesson for today: 177. Warn through the Holy Qur'an
177. Warn through the Holy Quran [6:20] Say, ‘What thing is most weighty as a witness?’ Say, ‘Allah is a Witness between me and you. And this Qur’an has been revealed to me so that with it I may warn you and whomsoever it reaches. What! do you really bear […]
Qur'an lesson for today: 179. When His Signs are recited to them they increase their faith
179. When His Signs are recited to them they increase their faith [8:3] True believers are only those whose hearts tremble when the name of Allah is mentioned, and when His Signs are recited to them they increase their faith, and who put their trust in their Lord,
Qur'an lesson for today: So admonish, by means of the Qur'an, him who fears My warning
178. So admonish, by means of the Qur’an, him who fears My warning [50:46] We know best what they say; and thou hast not been appointed to compel them in any way. So admonish, by means of the Qur’an, him who fears My warning. [17:42] We have explained the truth […]
Baghdad blast claimed by Islamic State, suicide car bombs kill 9 people
BAGHDAD — An explosion claimed as a suicide bombing by the Islamic State killed three people on Thursday in the heart of Baghdad and another suicide bomber killed six people just outside the Iraqi capital, police and medics said. Three people were killed in central Baghdad when a roadside bomb […]
MIDDLE EAST Israel launches Gaza ground invasion Hamas says Israel will pay a "high price" as tanks seen entering Palestinian territory in major escalation of offensive.
Gregg Carlstrom ALJAZEERA Israeli tanks entered Gaza on Thursday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a ground invasion, a major escalation in a ten-day offensive that has already killed more than 230 Palestinians. Witnesses in Gaza reported heavy bombing from jets, warships and artillery stationed along the border, with […]
Israel-Gaza conflict: Medical charity likens work to ‘patching up torture victims in an open-air prison’ Comments by senior Médecins Sans Frontières official expose ethical dilemma of humanitarian work in conflict zones
by Robert Fisk, The Independent In an unprecedented criticism of the Israeli siege of Gaza, a senior official in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) humanitarian charity has described his organisation’s work among the 1.8 million besieged Palestinian refugees as akin to being “in an open-air prison to patch up prisoners […]
Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine with 295 aboard
Credit: USA Today A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 295 people aboard crashed Thursday in Ukraine near the Russian border after reportedly being hit by a missile, according to an adviser to Ukraine’s interior ministry. Malaysia […]
Breaking News: Another Malaysian Airplane?
Source: NY Times: MOSCOW — Malaysia Airlines reported Thursday it had lost contact with a flight bound from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Ukraine. More:
The Military Reality of Israel's Operation in Gaza Sets In
Geopolitical Diary STRATFOR Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Hamas and affiliate militant factions out of the Gaza Strip are so far rejecting an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire, having launched far more than 100 rockets since the cease-fire proposal. In exposing Israel’s inability to stem the rocket flow, Hamas is trying to claim a […]
Syria conflict exclusive: Western aid going to help territory held by Isis militants
Western governments are sending millions of pounds of aid to areas held by the radical Islamic group Isis in northern Syria, The Independent can reveal. The aid, which is paid […]
Ghana's Muslims and the rest of them
If you grew up in Ghana before the 80s, you would know that there is only one Islam – the one that your fellow Ghanaian Muslims practise. You would not […]
Court: Netherlands liable for 300 Bosnian Muslim deaths
MIKE CORDER | AP Published — Thursday 17 July 2014 THE HAGUE, Netherlands: A court on Wednesday ordered the Netherlands to compensate the families of more than 300 Bosnian Muslims […]
Hamas demands changes to Egypt’s Gaza plan
Summary Hamas demanded changes Wednesday to an Egyptian proposal to end the deadly conflict with Israel in and around the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said. Hamas’ demand came as the Palestinian death toll from Israel’s punishing air campaign, now in its ninth day, rose to 220 people after the […]
See how Palestinians depict themselves
Summary by Rami G. Khouri These have manifested themselves since the 1930s in so many different ways, all leading back to a basic issue: The battle between Zionism and Arabism in Palestine, more particularly the battle between the rights of a Jewish-majority state of Israel and a dismembered and exiled […]
What the West Can Do If It's Really Serious About Middle East Peace
by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal A member of the Hashemite Royal Family working to address issues such as regional integration, inter-faith dialogues, water, energy and the human environment and human dignity. After weeks of rapid expansion in Syria and Iraq, ISIS announced the establishment of an Islamic caliphate. […]
Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer reports from Gaza: "Stunned in Gaza"
Gaza, July 15. For three days I am with my son Frederic in Gaza. We will have to spend this night in Gaza t00. The borders are closed. The people […]
Israel student union sets up “war room” to sell Gaza massacre on Facebook
As the death toll from Israel’s savage bombardment of Gaza continues to climb, Israel has once again turned to students to sell the slaughter online. “Although they haven’t been called […]
Jimmy Carter: "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."
Editor’s Note: This book dates back to 2006, but its importance is as “NEW” (acute) as ever. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is accusing Israel of creating an apartheid system […]