Hate against Ahmadiyya?
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden
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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.
Syria sarin report blows holes in US claims
Source: Asia Times: The United States nearly went to war over the use of chemical weapons in Syria a few months ago – and then backed off, ostensibly swayed by Russia’s initiative to have the Syrian government’s chemical stockpile shipped out and destroyed – but those who had been saying […]
Letter from Kurdistan. Stratfor Geopolitical Weekly
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 By Reva Bhalla At the edge of empires lies Kurdistan, the land of the Kurds. The jagged landscape has long been the scene of imperial aggression. […]
Islamic banking ‘sustainable way forward’
Manama. Islamic banking could be the more economically viable and sustainable model of financing going forward, a report said. Following last week’s World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) in Manama, Bahrain, the report published by Falak Consulting’s Research Department (FCRD) looks at the financial crisis of 2009 where conventional banks witnessed […]
New order
Source: ET Supporters of the Indian Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party) hold brooms, the party symbol, as they celebrate outside the AAP office after their candidate Arvind Kejriwal won the state assembly election aganist Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, in New Delhi on December 8, 2013. PHOTO: AFP The […]
CONTROVERSIAL COMMODITIES: Villagers give Glencore tax to affected nations
by Ariane Gigon in Zurich, swissinfo.ch December 9, 2013 – 11:00 Residents of villages in canton Zurich are putting morals before money by voting to return tax windfalls from commodities giant Glencore to the countries where they were generated, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Colombia. In […]
Media monitoring ordered to keep society from immorality
ARABNEWS.COM RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA The Cabinet (of Saudi Arabia) on Monday ordered the General Commission for Audiovisual Media to monitor the moral and other content of traditional and electronic media, including social media platforms. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Crown Prince Salman, authorized the commission to draft laws and regulations […]
75,000 will circumambulate Kaaba after mataf expansion
The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has begun the work of expansion of the mataf around the Kaaba, said Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the chief of the Presidency. The execution […]
Mosque is ordered to remove dome put up without planning permission
Leaders at a mosque in Feltham have had to remove a dome and signage that was put up without planning permission A mosque in Hanworth Park has had to remove […]
Militants losing battle in Syria: Analyst
Foreign backed militants fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria are losing the battle in the Arab country, a political analyst tells Press TV. “Clearly the President of Syria has gained the upper hand here. If we think back over the last three years, the decline in […]
Iranian MP Calls for Muslims' Vigilance against Enemies' Divisive Plots
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian parliamentarian called on the Muslim nations to keep vigilant against the plots hatched by the enemies to create a rift among them. Rapporteur of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini underlined that the bullying powers are seeking to […]
Israel, Jordan and P.A. sign ‘historic’ water pact
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement to lay a pipeline between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea that will provide all three with […]
Fed’s Plan to Taper Stimulus Effort Is Not Expected Until Next Year
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are in no hurry to retreat from their bond-buying campaign to stimulate the economy and are likely to postpone any cuts to the program until next year, according to public statements by Fed officials and interviews with some of them. Job growth has strengthened in […]
The clash to come in Thailand
Source: Asia Times: By Shawn W Crispin BANGKOK – With an estimated 100,000 anti-government protesters surrounding Government House and the political opposition resigning en masse from parliament, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today bid to defuse tensions by calling for new general elections. It is not clear yet, however, that […]
From the history books: FDR SHIPBOARD MEETING WITH SAUDI KING IBN SAUD: 15 FEBRUARY 1945
King Abdul Aziz (Ibn Saud) confers with the then President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on a cruiser in the Suez Canal, 15 Feb 1945 Ibn Saud meets […]
Snowden 'should be protected': web inventor
Source: The Local Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and others like him play an essential role in exposing abuses and should be protected, not punished, the founder of the […]
Free movement; EU ambassador warns over Swiss immigration vote
swissinfo.ch December 8, 2013 Bilateral accords between the European Union and Switzerland could be endangered if the Swiss people vote in favour of a controversial rightwing initiative to curb mass immigration, warns the European Union’s ambassador to Bern. In an interview with Swiss national television on Saturday evening, Richard Jones […]
Worry about militant Islamists in Syria
December 07, 2013 12:19 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY The worsening situation in Syria threatens the Middle East in many ways that will continue to evolve in the months and years ahead. But perhaps the most troubling threat is the continued expansion of the hard-line […]
An obsessive’s documenting of Israeli war crimes in Lebanon can show us how the West lost respect for international law
Odd Karsten Tveit By Robert Fisk, The Independent One Norwegian officer left Lebanon, with a typed report on torture, taped to his chest Odd Karsten Tweit was always a very obsessional […]
MALAYSIA Philippines, MILF “power-sharing” deal struck in Malaysia
DECEMBER 08, 2013 LATEST UPDATE: DECEMBER 08, 2013 11:46 PM The Philippine government and Muslim rebels today signed a crucial power-sharing accord, paving the way for a final peace agreement aimed at ending a decades-long insurgency that has killed tens of thousands. The power-sharing annex had been considered as one […]