A message of hope: Why every one of us is worthy of God’s love
5th May 2025 alhakam.org Daanish Malik, Jamia Ahmadiyya Canada In a world where mistakes seem to multiply with each passing day, there are many who carry the heavy burden 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.
Polygamy and pageantry on display at a mass wedding in South Africa
23 hours ago Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Zuurbekom The bride, Evelyn Sekgalakane, sparkled in white as she walked down the aisle hand-in-hand with Shirley Molala, who was about to become […]
Phillipines: Bangsamoro Shari’ah Board Issues Islamic Finance Guidelines
May 5, 2025 The Shari’ah Supervisory Board (SSB) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has issued formal guidelines for stakeholders seeking Shari’ah opinions on Islamic finance matters. The guidelines, released through SSB Circular No. 1, set out procedures for submitting requests and identify which entities are eligible to […]
Nigeria: Faith must inspire good deeds, not just appearances, Fashola tells Muslims
By : Suliyat Tella Date: 4 May 2025 Former Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has called on Muslims to practise a type of faith that inspires good deeds, justice, and positive impact in society. He said this during the 30th anniversary lecture of the Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT), […]
“No Hate Against Muslims”: A Owaisi Recounts Navy Officer’s Wife’s Appeal
Calling Pakistan a “failed state”, Asaduddin Owaisi, president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Party, urged the Indian government to take “strong” and decisive action against it for supporting terrorism. […]
What does it really mean to destroy a mosque?
4th May 2025 alhakam.org Kashifa Mehak Idrees, BA in the study of Religion & Politics, UK The phrase “our rooms are a reflection of our minds” is something that is […]
How Napoleon’s Egypt campaign sparked a printing revolution in the Arab world
Previous Special 1 / 2 A view of the Bulaq Printing Press in Cairo, which is celebrated by Egypt’s state library, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, as “the main force” in the “historical […]
Academic Decolonization: Unmasking Eurocentrism and Reviving Islamic Epistemology
by inspiration in News MUHAMMADIYAH.OR.ID, YOGYAKARTA – The dominance of Eurocentrism in the academic world, especially in Muslim-majority countries, has long marginalized Islamic epistemology. This has created a gap between traditional Islamic scholarship […]
Ahmadiyya mosques in Germany – How it all started
18th October 2019 Browsing through the archives of Al Fazl Rabwah, many headlines tend to catch your attention. For instance, the issue of 8 November 1959 has a headline saying “A space […]
Oldest Mosque in Germany celebrates its 100th Anniversary
Lahore Ahmadiyya Mosque in Wilmersdorf, Berlin 26.04.2025 100 years ago the first prayers were held in the Berlin Ahmadiyya Mosque. The oldest still existing mosque in Germany offered sanctuary to […]
Appeal for Prayers in Light of the Situation in the Subcontinent
His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, (aba) made an appeal for prayers regarding the general state of the world and in particular the conditions prevailing in India and Pakistan. May […]
Friday Sermon Summary 2nd May 2025: ‘The Battle of Mu’tah’
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)Featured 2nd May 2025 http://www.reviewofreligions.org After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz, and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that he would continue mentioning incidents […]
Persecuted in the Land of the Pure: The Ahmadiyya Community’s Struggle in Pakistan
in South Asia by Ashish Singh 03/05/2025 Share: Share onWhatsAppShare onFacebookShare onX (Twitter)Share onTelegramShare onRedditShare onEmail Introduction In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a nation founded on the promise of religious freedom […]
Faith Leaders Unite In Mumbai To Mourn Pahalgam Terror Attack Victims, Call For Justice And Peace
The delegates from Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Ahmadiyya, Baha’i, and Sikhism, in a unified expression of grief, prayed for justice for the victims and hoped that those involved in the attack would be brought to justice. Manoj RamakrishnanUpdated: Friday, May 02, 2025, 11:28 PM IST File Photo Faith leaders gathered […]
Muslim Australians are crying out to be heard. Will the major parties listen to us?
Posted by Wisconsin Muslim Journal | May 2, 2025 | Syndicated Peter Drew’s poster depicting Monga Khan, an Afghan cameleer who helped connect Australia to the wider world by helping to build telegraph lines across the outback. Photograph: Peter Drew When I first arrived in Melbourne four years ago, my introduction to the country’s political landscape […]
In France, the Collective Denial of Islamophobia Is Deadly
By Harrison Stetler A stabbing at a southern French mosque last Friday sparked terror and protest among France’s Muslims. Yet many top politicians refuse to speak of “Islamophobia,” instead leaning […]
Prabowo, Indonesia, and the Voice of the Muslim World
2 Mei 2025 8:51 pm in English Edition, Pilihan Redaksi Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, with both its strengths and shortcomings. WHEN I represented the foreign policy and diplomacy […]
French Muslims find ‘Islamophobic’ violence is overlooked after mosque murder
Community raise concerns that killing of 23-year-old Malian man may not be treated as anti-Muslim attack A protester holds portraits of Aboubakar Cisse, a worshipper stabbed multiple times in La […]
Pakistan and India on the brink of war
by Ihsan Aktaş May 03, 2025 – Indian police officers patrol a street in Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir, May 2, 2025. (AFP Photo) As the world watches, the question remains: Is […]
France mosque murder suspect had indiscriminate ‘urge to kill’: prosecutor
A French man accused of stabbing 22-year-old Malian Aboubakar Cisse to death in a mosque appears to have acted alone on an obsessive “urge to kill”, a prosecutor said Friday. […]