Anger as Swiss council plans non-pork school lunches
Pork sausages are as much a part of Swiss cuisine as fondue and chocolate. File photo: Kochtopf Anger as Swiss council plans non-pork school lunches Published: 22 Jun 2016 12:47 […]
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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.
The Yemen imbroglio (as viewed by a Pakistani)
The Yemen imbroglio By Ali Sarwar Naqvi April 01, 2015 The ancient land of Yemen bore the name of ‘Arabia Felix’, roughly translated as Arabia the happy, in view of its salubrious climate, fertile land and plentiful water. This turned out to be ironic, because Yemen’s history through much of […]
Rethinking Robin Hood
COLUMNS Rethinking Robin Hood Angus Deaton | Published — Thursday 23 June 2016 International development aid is based on the Robin Hood principle: Take from the rich and give to the poor. National development agencies, multilateral organizations, and NGOs currently transfer more than $135 billion a year from rich […]
Ignorant US involvement
Jun 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN The message 51 US diplomats and officials, many said to be Middle East specialists, sent via the “Dissent Channel” to State Department top brass shows that service in this region does not necessarily prove to be informative or promote understanding. In this […]
EU referendum: The obscure law that stopped French Remainers handing out croissants to UK voters
‘If you don’t stamp on the croissant, the next they’re handing out banquets’ Will Worley @willrworley Pro-Remain campaigners have been forced to abandon plans to give out campaign croissants due […]
Sharia courts may have helped bring down the Ottoman Empire
Because the elites of Ottoman society got favourable treatment by the courts during contract disputes they were forced to pay more for credit, hitting rates of investment as the Industrial Revolution took […]
Aaj TV tenders apology
June 21, 2016 RECORDER REPORT The management of Aaj TV and organisation’s staff members have unwavering faith in the finality of prophethood of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). This was stated by Shahab Zuberi, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Aaj TV, in his meeting with a […]
Pakistan, no home for Ahmadis
A 50-year-old doctor, belonging to the Ahmadi community, was gunned down in his clinic in the Abul Hasan Ispahani area of Karachi on Monday evening. Reportedly, the murder of Dr Chaudhary Abdul Khaleeq was second such incident in the same vicinity within a month. He was shot in his clinic […]
Who gave PEMRA the power to ban Hamza Ali Abbasi for discussing Ahmadis on live TV?
BlogOpinion Anonymous June 21, 2016 This week, PEMRA banned public figures Hamza Abbasi and Maulana Noorani from appearing on broadcast media and discussing anything related to the Ahmadiyya community. While both bans may have made sense to many Pakistanis, one of them stands on shaky legal ground. Unless a […]
Pakistanis Have A Moral Responsibility To Stand By Ahmadi Muslims
Junaid Jahangir Become a fanAssistant Professor – MacEwan University Posted: 06/20/2016 When a popular TV talk show host in Pakistan, Hamza Ali Abbasi, questioned the right of the state to brand a minority Muslim group as non-Muslim, social media went ablaze with calls for Abbasi’s death. While Abbasi would get […]
Pakistan: Ahmadi Apartheid – Analysis
BY SATP JUNE 21, 2016 By Ambreen Agha* The Ordinance promulgated by the President (of Pakistan) on April 26, 1984, goes a long way in accepting the most extreme demands and transforms much of the daily life of the Community into a criminal offence. — Yohanan Friedman, Prophecy Continuous (1989) […]
Palestine’s ‘prayer for rain’: How Israel uses water as a weapon of war
Jun 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Entire communities in the West Bank either have no access to water or have had their water supply reduced almost by half. This alarming development has been taking place for weeks, since Israel’s national water company, “Mekorot”, decided to cut off — […]
The Cham: Descendants of Ancient Rulers of South China Sea Watch Maritime Dispute From Sidelines
The ancestors of Vietnam’s Cham people built one of the great empires of Southeast Asia. By Adam Bray, for National Geographic PUBLISHED JUNE 18, 2014 Tensions in the South China […]
Muslim-friendly destinations in Southeast Asia
Intan TanjungThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Sat, June 11 2016 | 09:01 am Famous for its combination of Malay-Singapore culture, the Kampong Glam district boasts an eclectic history, culture and glamorous lifestyle.(Shutterstock/-) Are you a fasting traveler who wants to visit cities in Southeast Aia this Ramadhan? Check out […]
Ahmadis arrested in Lombok following village protest
Jakarta | Tue, June 21 2016 The East Lombok Police criminal investigation division released eight Ahmadiyah followers from Bagik Manis village, East Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara, on Saturday after detaining them for four days for allegedly praying with non-Ahmadis. “They told us that there was a report from local […]
Sadiq Khan breaks 19-hour Ramadan fast on stage during Wembley EU referendum debate
Source: Independent By Harry Cockburn The Summer Solstice meant Mr Khan had to fast until 9.24pm The lunar calendar is unlikely to have been a consideration in the planning of […]
Assassination attempt on head of Syrian Orthodox Church revives ghosts of massacres past
Three of Holy Patriarch’s bodyguards killed as suicide bomber attacks commemoration event for 1915 Assyrian genocide Robert Fisk @indyvoices The ghosts of massacres past haunt the Syrian war. First the Islamists […]
The Psychology of Mortality: ‘Death Anxiety Makes Us Hate People Who Are Different’
Interview Conducted by Rafaela von Bredow and Johann Grolle picture-alliance / AKG Oil painting from Hieronymus Bosch, ca. 1500. The fear of death is our constant companion. Psychologist Sheldon Solomon has researched how that anxiety affects our lives — and found that being reminded of death can bring out our worst. […]
The struggle to identify drowned migrants
THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A MASS GRAVE The struggle to identify drowned migrants By Stefania Summermatter JUN 20, 2016 – 11:00 A drawing of the October 3, 2013 tragedy by a Lampedusa school child. (AFP) Three years after the migrant boat tragedy in Lampedusa, in which 366 people drowned, relatives are […]
6 troops killed, 14 injured in car bomb attack on Syria border
6 Jordanian troops killed, 14 injured in car bomb attack on Syria border By Mohammad Ghazal – Jun 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES The terrorist attack Tuesday targeted a forward post dedicated to assisting Syrian refugees (File photo) AMMAN – Six Jordanian troops were killed and 14 others injured Tuesday when […]