Turkey ends ban on Islamic veil
Source: MSN During a major policy speech Monday, September 30, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will no longer ban women from wearing Hijab in state institution. “It […]
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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 PHANTOM MENACE: Iran's nuclear capabilities may be greatly exaggerated
While he was vice president in the previous administration, Dick Cheney repeatedly insisted America needed to bomb the Iranians to snuff out their nuclear ambitions; so did Senator John McCain and innumerable other politicians – Republican and Democrat, domestic and foreign. But what if it’s all hysteria? Could Iran be […]
Israeli court rejects Israeli nationality, saying it could undermine Jewish character
By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, October 4, 9:28 AM JERUSALEM — Israel’s population registry lists a slew of “nationalities” and ethnicities, among them Jew, Arab, Druse and more. But one […]
GIVE A LITTLE BIT; Charity donations increase in 2012
October 3, 2013 – 13:55 The Swiss donated a total of CHF1.64 billion ($1.82 billion) in 2012 to various charities, CHF28 million more than the year before, according to the Swiss charities certification office (ZEWO). Almost CHF1.05 billion was given to ZEWO-certified charities, of which a third came from individuals, […]
Lebanon’s refugee problem from hell
STORY SUMMARY By Michael Young The Daily Star Lebanon President Michel Sleiman has recently placed the fate of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon at the top of his list of priorities when meeting with foreign officials. Lebanon, which hosts more than 1 million refugees, between those officially registered and those […]
Israel channels October 1973 in opposing U.S.-Iranian detente
STORY SUMMARY By David Ignatius The Daily Star As U.S.-Iranian diplomacy heats up, and the Israeli prime minister expresses worry about the risks of negotiations, it’s fascinating to look back 40 years ago to the prelude to the 1973 Arab-Israeli war – when a hauntingly similar set of circumstances prevailed. […]
The call of Ibrahim that is still reverberating
MUHAMMAD AL-SHAREEF Published — Friday 4 October 2013 When Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) completed the structure of the Kaaba, Allah commanded him to call the people to Haj. […]
SR12m cash injection to keep Hajis in good health
RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEENARAB NEWS STAFF Published — Friday 4 October 2013 The Ministry of Health (MOH) has allocated SR12 million for stocking up on medicine for the treatment of Haj […]
66th Jasne Pakistan SFO Bay Area: TV Asia
JASNE PAKISTAN 2013 Play video 66TH PAKISTAN DAY BY PAKISTAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO. A TV ASIA SHOW BY DR. KOYA OF FIJI SUN USA. HELD AT THE SAN MATEO COUNTY CENTER 00:50:25 Added on 9/04/13 FYI http://youtu.be/Jozx8bE2i2k A glimpse of this was featured first time on TV ASIA […]
Isreal must adopt a new approach: Washington Post
By Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Published: October 2 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fineprint-a-new-approach-for-israel/2013/10/02/4cecf606-2ac9-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html It’s time for Israel to stop making military threats and to propose an imaginative diplomatic move — risky as it may seem — to help ease nuclear tensions in the Middle East. It can start by acknowledging its own nuclear weapons program. It has accused […]
Mosques open doors to non-Muslims
Source: The Local Over a thousand mosques welcomed visitors on Thursday as part of an annual event celebrating the integration of Germany’s four million Muslims into society. Organisers said […]
Slaughter of the innocents: The Vietnam war as never seen before
Images chronicle the work of press photographers in the front lines of the conflict that was the ‘last newspaper war’ CAHAL MILMO THE INDEPENDENT Exhausted to the point of collapse […]
The Rise and Fall of Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood
By David Schenker Ammon Voice of the Silent Majority Today, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is down, if not completely out. After the Egyptian military deposed President Mohamed Morsi, a ranking Brotherhood bureaucrat, in July, Egypt’s courts charged him with a litany of felonies and the army cracked down, shooting […]
Why the Health Care Law Scares the G.O.P.
This spring, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce urged the state Legislature to accept the federal government’s plan to expand Medicaid for the poor and disabled. The business lobbying group had not suddenly gone rogue. Here is how Daniel P. Mehan, its president, summarized his feelings about President Obama’s health care […]
Fifty-one per cent of Israelis have considered emigrating
A recent poll by Israel’s Channel 10 has revealed that 51 per cent of Israelis have considered migrating to North America. The majority of the respondents attributed their desire to […]
At least 82 dead, many missing as migrant boat sinks off Sicily
By Massimiliano Di Giorgio ROME (Reuters) – At least 82 people died and scores were missing after a boat carrying migrants from Africa sank off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa […]
China's Ambitions in Xinjiang and Central Asia: Part 1
Analysis Editor’s Note: This is a three-part series on China’s evolving strategic interests in Central Asia and in its own far northwest, the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Part 1 looks […]
Extremism is Ignorance, Interfaith Dialogue, France.
Editor The Muslim Times, France. Jama’at Ahmadiyya Val d’oise France organized an inter religious conference on 29th of September 2013. The topic was, “Extremism is the Result of Ignorance and not Religion.” Leaders of all the leading religions took part and favored the theme of the meeting. Conference started with […]
Turkish Parliament Speaker Çiçek accuses weapon providers for turmoil
Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek has placed the blame for the turmoil in the Middle East on those who provided weapons exacerbating the conflict, during a meeting with his Kuwaiti counterpart […]
Ten-year-old enrols in Zurich university course
A ten-year-old boy who passed a Swiss final high school maths exam for fun is taking a special course in the subject at prestigious Zurich University, the institution said on […]