Aleppo's Sheikh Najjar: The death of a once-rich city
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Al-Qaeda City was an industrial zone, a vast plain of concrete and stone factories and cattle sheds and homes 10 miles north east of Aleppo, […]
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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.
WORLD MUSLIM LEADER EXPLAINS TRUE CONCEPT OF KHILAFAT
Source: media@pressahmadiyya.com On 6 June 2014, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered his weekly Friday Sermon from the Kalbach Sports and Recreation Centre in Frankfurt. Almost 5,000 Ahmadi Muslims attended the sermon, which was televised live across […]
RI to be Muslim fashion mecca by 2020: Minister (RI = Republic Indonesia)
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Business | Sat, June 07 2014, 9:32 AM Business News Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Elka Pangestu has set a target for Indonesia to […]
Ukraine mufti tells Muslims to stay out of civil war
World Bulletin / News Desk The Muslim leader of Ukraine, Said Ismagov, has urged Muslims to stay out of the Ukraine crisis amid reports of the developing civil war attracting […]
Meet the Muslim cyclists riding for peace – and to combat Islamophobia
A group of Muslims are riding from Glasgow to London to raise money for charity – and offset the negative attitudes and stereotypes of Islam, visiting mosques and war memorials along the way. One of the cyclists, heart specialist Dr Tauseef Khan, describes the humbling kindness the group have encountered […]
Pakistan: not a country for minorities
Source Daily Times via Nasim Malik Habib Jalib once said, Zulm rahe aur amn bhi, kia ye mumkin hai, tum hi kaho. This verse means that it is not possible for injustice and peace to prevail at the same time. More:
Martyrdom of Dr. Mehdi Ali Chaudhary
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Islamic prayers to be held at the Vatican
Staff writer, Al Arabyia News Friday, 6 June 2014 For the first time in history, Islamic prayers and readings from the Quran will be heard at the Vatican on Sunday, […]
RETURNING ASYLUM SEEKERS : A fresh start in Nigeria, brought to you by Switzerland
by Veronica DeVore, swissinfo.ch June 6, 2014 – 11:00 Thousands of asylum seekers have come to Switzerland from Nigeria in the past decade, often with all their family’s hopes on […]
Jordanian diplomat tapped to be new UN rights chief
Source: The Daily Star :: Lebanon News UNITED NATIONS, United States: Jordan’s ambassador to the United Nations has been nominated as UN high commissioner for human rights, to replace South […]
Muslim faithful unfazed by MERS threat
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Pilgrims from around the world are pouring into Makkah, undeterred by the spread of the MERS virus. “We have received warnings by authorities in our country about MERS and were informed of the importance of taking precautions,” 45-year-old Abdullah, a pilgrim from Malaysia, was quoted as saying […]
Bill O'Reilly, Muslim-Hunter
Bowe Bergdahl’s father practices Islam because…he has a beard and speaks a foreign language. Yes, Fox News’s has some real super sleuths. Bill O’Reilly isn’t just an awe-inspiring successful television host, he’s also “The Muslim Hunter.” His Islamadar is so strong he can instantly tell if a person is a […]
New TV channel launches for ‘comfortably British’ Muslims
By Nabila Pathan | Special to Al Arabiya News Friday, 6 June 2014 British Muslim TV, a new channel aimed at British Muslims will be launching in the UK this June. Its arrival joins an already growing number of specialized, niche channels for religious and ethnic minorities in recent years. […]
Syria's election shows depth of support for Assad
STORY SUMMARY For all the serious flaws in Syria’s election, it underscored the considerable support that President Bashar Assad still enjoys from the population, including many in the majority Sunni Muslim community. Syria’s conflict is often portrayed through one of its many prisms — that of a sectarian struggle, in […]
Consumer protection in Islam
TAJ AHMAD Published — Friday 6 June 2014 Protecting consumers from malpractices of traders and commercial organizations is an important responsibility of any state. Qur’an and Hadith laid down the basic structure of consumer protection some 1,400 years ago which are as valid today as they were during the golden […]
Waiting for another Saladin?
AIJAZ ZAKA SYED Published — Friday 6 June 2014 PALESTINE. That’s the word that comes to mind to describe the eventful life and times of Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi. Born in 1944 in Nablus at the height of the Palestinian displacement or Nakba (catastrophe) as they call it, like many […]
D-Day: Exploding the myths of the Normandy landings
Source: CNN (CNN) — Anniversaries are useful moments to pause and reflect. For the 70th anniversary of D-Day and subsequent campaign in northern France, it is also an opportunity to look at the past in detail and ask how much of what we think we know is true and how […]
One dead in Seattle campus shooting
Source: TOI One person was killed and three injured in a shooting at a Seattle college campus on Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said. LOS ANGELES: One person was killed and three injured in a shooting at a Seattle college campus on Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Those injured, including one […]
Swords and sticks were openly used
Source: TOI Swords and sticks were openly used as scores of men from both sides chased each other outside the Akal Takht building inside the complex, which is home to the holiest of Sikh shrines — ‘Harmandar Sahib’. Many people could be seen running for cover to save themselves. […]
Minority rights
Source: ET The rights — or rather the lack of them — of the small but diverse groups of religious minorities in Pakistan has once again come to the attention of the Supreme Court (SC). On June 4, the apex court inquired whether provincial and federal authorities were formulating any […]