My Christian house help: Pakistan never wants its minorities to succeed
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Rabia Ahmed Published: September 2, 2013 Pakistan’s fertility rate is likely to drop if women […]
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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.
Suppose we offered battle …
Source: Asia Times: Suppose we gave a war … and only a People’s Republic of China maritime surveillance vessel showed up? That is the first of many conundrums facing the US military as it considers the megaboondoggle known as ”Air-Sea Battle”. More:
Once a ‘wife’ soon to be a husband
Source: Dawn.Com TOBA TEK SINGH: Some eight months ago, happily married Nagina Akram had not even imagined one day she would be running a tyre shop at a bus stand as a young man, Usman Akram. Usman was born as a girl to a family living in Ghaziabad. His father […]
Sarah Palin of USA “Let Allah sort it out.”
Source: CNN (CNN) — “Let Allah sort it out.” That is Sarah Palin’s succinct argument against U.S. intervention into Syria. And I have to be honest: I’m impressed with Palin on this one. Not with her horribly callous recommendation, made via Facebook late last week, but because she appears to […]
Syria plunging Mideast into sectarian war?
Source: CNN (CNN) — As they contemplate military action against Syria, one of many considerations members of Congress and Obama administration officials have to weigh is how a U.S. strike against the regime of Bashar al-Assad might effect the already complicated, even poisonous, state of Sunni-Shia relations in the region. […]
Vladimir Putin is unlikely to lend his support to latest US crusade There are many a cautionary tale for Arab leaders – and for arrogant Western ones – about Moscow’s dealings with the Middle East
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Not many years ago, a Russian President held a late-night meeting with his special representative and asked him to fly at once to meet with an Arab dictator – to give him a personal warning on an impending American attack. If the Arab autocrat would […]
Pope to G-20: Keep your armies out of Syria
Source: CNN (CNN) – Pope Francis on Thursday wrote to the G-20 leaders, saying that military intervention in Syria would be “futile” and urging them to seek a diplomatic solution instead. “To the leaders present, to each and every one,” Francis wrote in a public letter, “I make a heartfelt […]
U.S. will ‘definitely suffer’ if it leads strike on Syria
Source: CNN.Com Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday the United States — which, in addition to being one of his country’s chief adversaries, has led the push to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government over chemical weapons — has no right to make “humanitarian claims (given) their track record” in […]
OIC warns against Islamophobia
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has warned against the rise of Islamophobia, which seeks to defame Islam and Muslims. JEDDAH: HABIB SHAIKH ARABNEWS In a statement to the fifth International Conference on Islamic Civilization in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on Tuesday, he said, “I firmly believe that […]
Jordan will play no part in Syria strike — Ensour
AMMAN — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Thursday asserted that the Kingdom supports a peaceful political solution in Syria. In statements to the press on Thursday regarding comments he made in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) three days ago, Ensour stressed that Jordan will not take part […]
Pope Said, So they can rob me? No!
Source: ET “Just to gossip with him a bit we said, ‘Aren’t you going to live in the papal palace?’ and he told us ironically, ‘There? So they can rob me? No!’,” Poli was quoted as saying in a speech to the faithful on Saturday. The comments were reported by […]
Germany calls for ICC to examine Syria attack
Source: The Local German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Thursday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should examine the use of chemical weapons in Syria. More:
This Christian Sect does not send their children to public schools
Source: The Local The Christian sect, which has bases in countries around the world, and says it has several thousand members, regards both Old and New Testaments as God’s direct word. They do not send their children to public schools, choosing to educate them within the community. Parents are taught […]
Declaring Infidels in Pakistan – Urdu
In the Muslim Times we have a category, ‘Separation of Mosque-Church and State,’ which is under ‘Law and Religion,’ tab in the menu below the picture of the Mosque of Medina in the header. This should give you a readily accessible catalog of all the posts that we have made […]
Beer Logo and Pakistani-Born Cricketer
Source: Dawn Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland has lashed out at “racist comments” directed at Muslim Fawad Ahmed after the leg-spinner asked not to wear a kit displaying the logo of beer brand VB. Pakistan-born Ahmed, who became an Australian citizen in July after […]
Sorry, Evangelicals, Syria Will Not Spur the Second Coming
Source: The Daily Beast Sorry, Evangelicals, Syria Will Not Spur the Second Coming Sep 5, 2013 4:45 AM EDT President Obama’s anticipated strikes against Syria have some on the Christian right proclaiming Biblical prophecy and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Easy there, writes scholar Candida Moss, we’ve been here […]
Vladimir Putin is wrong
Source: NY Times: Vladimir Putin is wrong. The Russian president’s welcome message to the participants of the G-20 summit that begins on Thursday in St. Petersburg asserts that the meeting “will confirm the G-20’s role as an efficient mechanism for coordinating the world’s leading economies’ approaches to global economy and […]
Sri Lanka cornered over human rights
Source: Asia Times: By Amantha Perera COLOMBO – That it would be a visit fraught with diplomatic tension was undoubted. Navanetham ”Navi” Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was into the third day of her week-long visit from August 25 to August 31 to Sri Lanka when […]
Beyond Jinnah’s secularism
Source: Dawn.Com when our Prophet (PBUH) not only by words but by deeds treated the Jews and Christians handsomely after he conquered them. He showed to them outmost tolerance and regard and respect for their faith and beliefs. The whole history of Muslims where they ruled is replete with those […]
Iran: Managing U.S. Military Action in Syria
Summary Conventional wisdom says that a weakened Syria would undermine Iran’s regional influence, but a U.S. military intervention in the country could actually benefit Tehran. The government there has devised […]