Refugees spiraling deeper into poverty: Oxfam
November 21, 2013 01:58 AM By Samya Kullab The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Monthly incomes for refugees is around $250 but average monthly expenditure is around $520, including rent, $225, […]
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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.
Hadith: Sunan Abu Dawood
One of the six most authentic collections of the Hadiths (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sahih Al-Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud, and Sahih Al-Nisa’i) It has 4800 Hadith (selected from a mass of 50,000) divided into many different subjects, each Section containing many Hadith. The numbering system used by […]
‘Apology row’ threatens US-Afghan deal
KABUL: Afghan tribal leaders gathered Wednesday ahead of a debate on a key security pact with the United States, as a row over an “apology” letter threatened to distract from […]
Shia-Sunni schism: A challenge to world peace
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.Com MURTAZA HAIDER Members of the Internal Security Forces ride on their vehicle in the Bab al-Tebbaneh neighbourhood in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, Nov […]
STUDENT LIFE – Quality of living makes Zurich a top student city
swissinfo.ch November 20, 2013 – 12:36 Zurich has tied for fifth place in a global ranking of the top 50 cities for students. The 2013 analysis by British ranking company […]
Iranian Speaker Calls for Alliance of Muslim States against Takfiri Groups
“Cooperation and alliance among Muslim countries is necessary for confronting terrorist Takfiri groups,” Larijani said in a meeting with the visiting Indonesian Speaker Marzouqi Ali in Tehran on Tuesday. He […]
Gambia: Assembly of Muslim Youth Holds Marriage Seminar
20 November 2013 , By Cherno Omar Bobb, Source: The Point Assembly of Gambia Muslim Youth (AGAMY) on 16 November 2013 held a daylong marriage seminar for couples and singles at the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council headquarters in Kanifing on the theme: “Choosing the right spouse”. The seminar touched on […]
World War I once more?
Source: Asia Times: By Martin Hutchinson In early August next year, it will have been 100 years since investors suffered a very nasty shock indeed, when the London and New York stock markets closed for some five months and many international bonds previously thought to be high-grade proved worthless. It […]
Is Gen Tariq most favourite for next Army Chief job?
Source: Asia Times: Dark-horse candidate According to Hussain, there is little chance of Lieutenant-General Raheel Sharif being appointed, because he is not seen as a strong enough commander. Tariq Khan, on the other hand, could be considered a dark-horse candidate. Over the course of his 36-year military career he has […]
The Wahhabi-Likudnik war of terror
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar The double suicide bombing targeting the Iranian embassy in Beirut – with at least 23 people killed and 170 wounded – was a de facto terror attack happening on 11/19. Numerology-wise, naturally 9/11 comes to mind; and so the case of the Washington-declared war […]
Citing Fed’s Efforts, Bernanke Says U.S. Economy Is Growing Stronger
WASHINGTON — A few months of scrambled economic data have not altered the Federal Reserve’s basic view that the American economy is gaining strength, nor its intention to start pulling back soon from its stimulus campaign, the Fed’s chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said Tuesday evening. Mr. Bernanke, in a speech with […]
Imam converts to Christianity, father holds knife to him and threatens to kill him, builds gravestone for him in Muslim cemetery
Source: Jihad Watch Mario Joseph was born in an ordinary Muslim Indian family. His father prepared him—the third among six brothers—as a spiritual leader: thus, aged 10, Mario entered a Koranic school, and when he returned from it at the age of 18, he became an Imam-khatib in a local […]
Israel said to be working with Saudi Arabia on Iran strike plan
Riyadh reported to give Jerusalem okay to use Saudi airspace and to cooperate on other tactical support, according to Sunday Times israel is working on coordinating plans for a possible military strike with Saudi Arabia, with Riyadh prepared to provide tactical support to Jerusalem, a British newspaper reported early Sunday. […]
Glitzy Dubai eyes profit in setting Islamic standards
By Bernardo Vizcaino and Mirna Sleiman DUBAI (Reuters) – From cosmetics to accommodation, travel to toothpaste, complying with religious principles is becoming big business in the Muslim world, and Dubai, […]
Mullah and military
by Babar Sattar, DAWN GETTING mad at Munawar Hasan for attempting to subvert the resolve of our soldiers to fight the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan by challenging the moral legitimacy of their mission is one thing. Learning lessons from the Jamaat-i-Islami’s hostile response to Hakeemullah’s death and taking corrective action is quite […]
The Stream: AlJazeera: Bridging the Jewish-Muslim divide
Wednesday, November 20 at 7:30pm ET: Israel and Palestine. Misinterpretations of holy scriptures. These are two of the overarching issues Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali believe drive a wedge between Jewish and Muslim communities. The authors of ‘Sons of Abraham’ join us to talk about what unites and […]
Pakistanis pushing back against killing in God’s name
By Michael Kugleman Thursday, November 14, 2013 Hope. It’s certainly not the first word that comes to mind when contemplating present-day Pakistan. This is, after all, a nation convulsed by […]
Endless Afghanistan? US-Afghan agreement would keep troops in place and funds flowing, perhaps indefinitely
By Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent KABUL – While many Americans have been led to believe the war in Afghanistan will soon be over, a draft of a […]
Bosnian court releases Serbs convicted of genocide over procedural mistakes during trial
By AIDA CERKEZ Associated Press November 19, 2013 – 11:38 am EST SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A Bosnian court on Tuesday released 10 Bosnian Serb war crimes convicts, including six jailed […]
Lew says big budget deal unlikely without revenues
(Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Tuesday that budget negotiators in Congress would probably fail to strike a far-reaching deal unless Republicans agree to raise revenues and overhaul the tax code. A 29-member congressional committee is trying to set spending levels for the fiscal year that began last month, […]