Rich Kazakhs Revive Polygamy as Women Seek Poverty Escape
By Nariman Gizitdinov – Dec 3, 2013 Given the choice between love and money, Samal, a tall, curly-haired 23-year-old woman from a village in southern Kazakhstan, would take the cash. […]
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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 New Axis of Evil: Saudi Arabia And Israel
Source: LUBP By Richard Walker To the rest of the world they are strange bedfellows, but Saudi Arabia and Israel have a shared agenda to shape the Middle East to their liking even if it means using violence and terrorism to bring the region to the brink of war. More:
Ukraine's Russian gambit all about cash
Source: Asia Times: By Mikhail A Molchanov After Ukraine’s pro-European protesters took to the streets to denounce the government’s backtracking on the European Union Association Agreement, things went south for both the protesters and the government. While protesters were beaten up by the police, the government endured a siege of […]
Syrian refugee relief effort Islamicized
Source: Asia Times: GENEVA – As the Syrian crisis is poised to enter into its third year, it is estimated that 25% of the country’s inhabitants have been uprooted, including more than 2 million refugees abroad and about 4.5 million internally displaced people. With the conflict showing no sign of […]
GLOBAL FAITHS: Stories of Jesus go beyond the Gospels
November 23, 2013 Goshen News Jesus is central to Christianity, likely more so than Mohammed is to Islam or the Buddha to Buddhism, and this importance of Jesus seems to have produced claims about him beyond the story in the canonical Gospels. Recently Karen L. King, a professor at Harvard, […]
A Brown, Bearded Muslim American Gives Thanks to Gap on Thanksgiving
As this brown, bearded Muslim was getting ready to pick up his Thanksgiving turkey order from a local Boston Market, news broke of racist graffiti in New York city. Dr. Faheem YounusMuslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist HUFFPOST RELIGION Gap had recently launched a holiday ad campaign featuring diverse models. One […]
The rise and rise of Islamic music – The industry is growing fast despite opposition from conservative Muslims.
by Omar Shahid Omar Shahid is a freelance journalist specialising in religious affairs. He blogs at: omarshahid.co.uk Ten years ago, a young and unassuming British-Azerbaijani, who’d recently had a spiritual […]
Germany's Risky Push to Outlaw Far-Right Party
Source: Spiegel Germany launched a new push to outlaw the NPD party on Tuesday amid doubts whether the legal bid will succeed, and whether a ban would significantly curb the […]
Non-Arabs win Qur’an contest
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Wednesday 4 December 2013 ARABNEWS The top two prizes of the King Abdul Aziz International Qur’an contest, which was held at the Grand Mosque […]
5 Arab states top ‘most corrupt’ list
BERLIN: Five Arab countries are ranked among the top 10 most corrupt nations, according to Transparency International’s newly released annual Corruption Perceptions Index, as instability in the region has profound […]
Switzerland: INDUSTRY ALARM: Smartwatches: a ticking timebomb for watchmakers?
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch December 3, 2013 – 11:00 Forty years after Japanese quartz watches brought the Swiss watch industry to its knees, the sector faces a new challenge in […]
Turkey's rock 'n' roll imam ruffles religious feathers
Source: Dawn An imam from a tiny hamlet on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast has run into trouble with the country’s powerful religious authorities — for his other life as a rock musician. Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer told AFP he is being investigated by the Diyanet, the […]
U.S. small business borrowing rises to six-year high, index shows
Reuters) – U.S. small businesses boosted borrowing in October to its highest level in over six years, an index showed on Tuesday, fresh evidence that the budget battle that shut the federal government for 16 days did little to derail underlying economic growth. The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index, […]
A Plan to Halt German Jihadists from Going to Syria
Source: Spiegel: German jihadists are heading to Syria in ever greater numbers, with some 230 having already traveled to join the opposition in battle. A German politician wants to create an early warning system to prevent young men from making the trip. More:
Norway plans to create a HAM that Muslims can eat
– Norwegian abattoir has slaughtered 100 reindeer the halal way – The owner is planning on sending the meat as far as Dubai – Harry Dyrstad is also preparing to […]
Tip for Jesus!
Source: daily dot com´: Since September, one person has left more than $54,000 worth of gratuity at restaurants around the country—crazy tips, like $1,000 on a $152 tab. Who is this good Samaritan? All we know is that he or she goes by tipsforjesus on Instagram. More:
Over 700,000 people on US watch list: Once you get on, there’s no way off
The names of nearly three-quarters of a million individuals have been secretly added to watch lists administered by the United States government, but federal officials are adamant about keeping information […]
Peres addressed 29 Arab and Muslim foreign ministers
President applauded at Gulf Security Conference in Abu Dhabi after speaking via satellite from his office in Jerusalem BY SPENCER HO THE TIMES OF ISRAEL In an unprecedented event, President Shimon Peres spoke from his office in Jerusalem via satellite to 29 foreign ministers from Arabic and Muslim countries at […]
Is Pope Francis Leaving Vatican At Night To Minister To Homeless?
A recent interview with Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the “Almoner of His Holiness,” raised speculation that the Pope joins him on his nightly trips into Rome to give alms to the […]
Cultural heritage: Malta accused of Muslim history cover-up
(ANSAmed) – ISTANBUL, DECEMBER 3 – A well-known Maltese historian and chairman of the National Book Council, Mark Camilleri, has accused Malta’s Superintendence for Cultural Heritage of attempting to cover-up the island’s Islamic past, as Anadolu Agency reports. Camilleri, who wrote a book challenging the notion that the people of […]