What is Zakat in Islam? How to Calculate It?
UAEMoments team 7 hrs ago © e7awi What is Zakat in Islam? How to Calculate It? Muslims are asked to perform Zakat, the giving 2.5% of one’s wealth to charity, generally to the poor and […]
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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.
Video report on Islamic Dream Interpretation
Dreams in Islam – YouTube check it out. The three kind of dreams. dream of ourselves dream from Shaitan – evil – nightmare dream from Allah. check it out.
Maximum technology utilized by Saudi authorities to ensure safety of pilgrims
In the 2019 Hajj season, the Ministry of Health introduced a robot that remotely provided consultations and checks with the use of artificial intelligence. (SPA) Hajis at holy sites have […]
well, USA – You’ve Left Behind a Knotty Mess
2021-07-21 09:45 By: GMW.cn Following the resignation of Gen. Austin S. Miller, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, the US Central Command formally took over control for US […]
First Hijab wearing basketball referee out to blaze trail at Tokyo Olympics
Sarah Gamal will be refereeing 3-on-3 basketball.By Hatem Maher 18 July 2021 1:27 A brief history of the OlympicsGreek mythology says the esteemed sporting competition was founded by a cheater. […]
Virtual reality brings ‘invisible history’ of the outback Muslims who helped build Australia to life
ABC North and West SA / By Gabriella Marchant Posted Fri 18 Jan 2019 Ammin Nullah Shamroze has the thick drawl of a person born and bred in the outback. The caretaker of the old mosque in Broken Hill, who goes by the name Bob, is one of the last remaining direct descendants of […]
Australian Muslim communities are a lot more diverse than you may have thought
By Zena Chamas and Tracey Shelton Posted 10h ago Nora Amath has two degrees and a PhD and has lived in Australia for 23 years. But sometimes people speak to her in broken English or assume […]
Half of Aussies say they’re ‘feminist’. For Muslim women, it can be more complicated
ABC Radio National / By Siobhan Marin Posted Wed 30 Jun 2021 Maab doesn’t look like a typical ‘feminist’. Or at least, that’s how she’s been made to feel. As a hijab-wearing […]
Cultural memory centre seeks to preserve Rohingya heritage
Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority fear that their culture is also under threat. The Geneva-based International Organization for Migration (IOM) has stepped in with the launch of a cultural memory […]
Austrian man saves Turkish neighbors from raging floods
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DIASPORA JUL 18, 2021 People walk in the flooded historic center, in Hallein, Austria, July 17, 2021. (AFP PHOTO) A heroic act of an Austrian man saved the lives […]
Kosovo repatriates citizens from Syria camps
Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters take part in a military parade marking the graduation of a new batch of cadets in the Afrin region of the northern Syrian rebel-held province of […]
The Well of Zamzam is a lasting miracle
Before the end of the Hajj or Umrah journey, visitors make sure to get a bottle or two of Zamzam water. Source: Arab News With no impurities, its water contains […]
US ‘always there for Jordan,’ Biden tells King Abdullah
US President Joe Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah II shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/g2sn2 Abdullah arrives in Washington for talks on Syria […]
Hajj pilgrims reach Muzdalifah after spending day at Arafat
NextShort Url https://arab.news/9tnv5 The pilgrims move from Muzdalifah back to Mina, starting from midnight on Monday In Muzdalifah, the pilgrims collect pebbles for the stoning of the devil ritual at […]
Indonesia to decide on COVID-19 curbs, survey shows public trust falling
By Stanley Widianto Posted on July 19, 2021 Amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Surabaya JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s government is set to decide whether to extend the […]
The bureaucracies of Hajj, as experienced by a Swiss member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at
Alhamdolillah – All praise is due to Allah – I have been able to perform Hajj 3 times and Umrah an additional 2 times. The first time I went to Hajj was in 1970. I was living and working in Kabul, Afghanistan. As my son was still very young I […]
Pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat in high point of pandemic-era hajj
Issued on: 19/07/2021 Mecca (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) Muslim pilgrims ascended Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Monday in the high point of this year’s hajj, being held in downsized form and under […]
We had fought for Islam before you born: Hekmatyar to Taliban
By Najibullah Lalzoy / in Afghanistan / on Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021 Head of Hezb-e-Islami Engineer Gulbadin Hekmatyar in his recent video clip addressed the Taliban fighters telling them to shun violence since it […]
‘Political Abuse of Buddhism no Different from that of Hinduism, Islam or Christianity’
Political Abuse of Buddhism no Different from that of Hinduism, Islam or Christianity’—Jairam Ramesh Senior Congress party leader, former Union minister and the author of several books, Jairam Ramesh, has […]
A letter to Cambridge mosque vandal(s): ‘I pray that this act of vandalism opens your heart to peace’
July 17, 2021 Letter to the vandal: Peace be upon you! Or you can also say Asalamoalikum! Today, I came to find out that our mosque Baitul ul Kareem (this means House of the Generous) in Cambridge was vandalized due to hate. So, I decided instead of writing a letter […]