Muslims Clean Buddhist Temple
CENTRAL JAVA – Dozens of Muslim students in Central Java’s Magelang have participated in cleaning the world’s largest Buddhist temple that had been distorted with volcanic ash earlier this month. […]
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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.
York Region’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community celebrate Team Canada’s gold medal hockey win at Sochi
York Region’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community celebrate Team Canada’s gold medal hockey win at Sochi Canadian pride Simon Martin The crowd erupts in joyous celebration as Team Canada win 3-0 against Sweden to bring home the gold medal in men’s hockey at Sochi Olympics. next play/pause pre 3/4 Vaughan Citizen By […]
The next decade promises a host of water-related problems
February 22, 2014 12:18 AMBy Asit K. Biswas, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe STORY SUMMARY During its recent gathering in Davos, the World Economic Forum released its ninth annual Global Risks report, which relies on a survey of more than 700 business leaders, government officials, and nonprofit actors to identify the world’s most serious […]
Robert Fisk: Ukraine’s future is tied up with Syria’s – and Vladimir Putin is crucial to both
by Robert Fisk, The Independent No one in the Middle East will be studying Ukraine’s violent tragedy with more fascination – and deeper concern – than President Bashar al-Assad of […]
Malcolm X’s dedication to the truth is something to which all Muslims aspire
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the […]
Religion, science can peacefully coexist
By Peter Watson I’ve always enjoyed a good religious debate. That’s why I was excited to sit down on Feb. 4 and watch the “creation vs. evolution” debate between Bill […]
Switzerland: Obstacle race: Secret ballot for citizenship masked xenophobia
by Julia Slater, swissinfo.ch January 30, 2013 – 19:39 An analysis of naturalisation decisions taken in more than 1,400 Swiss communes between 1990 and 2010 has found a dramatic increase in […]
Resourceful insects: Ants build rafts to escape flood, protect queen
swissinfo.ch February 20, 2014 – 12:08 When facing a flood, ants build rafts and use the buoyancy of the brood and the recovery ability of workers to protect their queen […]
Reprise of the October Surprise: How Israel Gained Control of the Reagan & Bush Administrations
While trying to understand why I was thrown into such a heavy involvement with Israel and Israeli agents while attached to U.S. Intelligence during the Reagan and Bush administrations, I began investigating the past actions of our governments interaction with Israel. I came upon the article below which helped clarify […]
Moscow says U.S. policy on Syria aids ‘terrorism’
STORY SUMMARY Moscow accused Washington Thursday of prolonging the Syrian conflict by supporting the opposition, on the eve of a UN Security Council vote that threatens to further deepen big […]
Turkey’s Religious Outreach in Central Asia and the Caucasus
by Bayram Balci Published on Monday, January 27, 2014 ARTICLES Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 15 The greater “Turkic world”—that is, Turkey and the majority of the Caucasus and Central Asia—has […]
The large Jewish debt to Turkey
Israelis do not remember that in the year of the expulsion, 1492, the country that opened its gates to the exiles from Spain – without constructing prison facilities for them – was Ottoman Turkey. By Dmitry Shumsky | Feb. 20, 2014 | 3:39 AM Ferdinand and Isabella, king and queen of […]
Andalus Muslims Demand Spanish Citizenship
OnIslam & News Agencies Wednesday, 19 February 2014 12:59 Muslims ruled much of Spain for centuries starting from 711 to 1492. MADRID – Struggling to keep the memory of Al-Andalus alive, a Muslim advocacy group has urged the Spanish authorities to grant Muslims, expelled from Spain in 1609, the […]
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Receives Harsh Criticism As Stories Of Abuse Surface
Religious News Service | by Naveed Ahmad Posted: 02/19/2014 2:32 pm EST Updated: 02/19/2014 2:59 pm EST ISLAMABAD (RNS) Mohammad Asghar, a 69-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, faces a death sentence in Pakistan for claiming to be the Prophet Muhammad in letters written to officials and police in 2010. The retired British national of Pakistani descent is […]
Israel: Bill legally distinguishing between Christian and Muslim Arabs advances
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON 02/20/2014 02:38 MK Levin: ‘For 60 years the state treated all minorities as one homogeneous group, and it was a mistake.’ Women walking in the mixed Arab-Jewish city Lod Photo: REUTERS Coalition chairman Yariv Levin’s proposal to legally differentiate between Christian and Muslim Arabs passed its second and third readings […]
Kerry Plan Shakes up Jordanian- Palestinian Relations
Published on Friday, 14 February 2014 09:25 by Daoud Kuttab PALESTINE NEWS NETWORK The seriousness of the U.S.-initiated framework for a possible solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem appears to have shaken dormant relations in the region, including in Jordan. The Palestinian-Jordanian relationship, which is experiencing its highest degree […]
Western and Arab states discuss a new Syria strategy
February 20, 2014 12:11 AMBy David Ignatius STORY SUMMARY Western and Arab intelligence services that support Syria’s struggling opposition gathered for a two-day strategy meeting in Washington last week that appears to signal a stronger effort to back the rebels. Sources warn that President Barack Obama is still wary of […]
SOWELL: Galling betrayals in Iraq, Afghanistan American sacrifices lost in return to tribal violence
by Thomas Sowell. The Afghanistan government’s recent release of dozens of imprisoned terrorists, many of whom had killed Americans, was a galling betrayal of those Americans who died defending Afghanistan […]
Baroness Warsi ‘saddened’ by rise in Islamic sectarianism
Source: Independent MP’s comments come after Briton carries out suicide attack in Shia-Sunni Syria conflict By Oliver Wright, 18 February 2014 In a speech during a trip to the Middle East, […]
Mixing religion with politics is Muslim world’s problem, says Al Murr
(Wam) / 19 February 2014 FNC Speaker Al Murr and delegation visits Iranian Shura Council, invites Ali Larijani to visit UAE. Mohammed Al Murr meets Iranian President Dr Hassan Rohani during the Conference of Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. — Wam Federal National Council (FNC) Speaker […]