Pope Francis: corrupt should be tied to a rock and thrown into the sea
Pope Francis gives fire-and-brimstone sermon, saying the corrupt should be tied to a rock and thrown into the sea By Nick Squires, Rome 5:56PM GMT 11 Nov 2013 Pope Francis […]
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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.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s £60bn empire includes birth control factory?
The Muslim Times’ Editor has added a question mark in the Title, for we do not have any independent verification of this information. Ayatollah Khamenei has been found to control a financial empire worth an estimated £60 billion, which includes businesses as wide-ranging as an ostrich farm and a birth […]
Leader cautions against sectarian rift
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has cautioned against fomenting sectarian strife among Muslims In a meeting with Iranian Hajj officials on Monday, the Leader added that […]
Millions of Iranian Muslims marking Tasua
Grief reigns supreme across Iran as millions of Muslims are holding mourning ceremonies to commemorate Tasua, the ninth day of the lunar month of Muharram. Mourning services have been in […]
Female orphans receive utmost care
JEDDAH: MOHAMMED AL-KINANI ARABNEWS Published — Wednesday 13 November 2013 The government provides special care for female orphans at its Social Affairs facilities including accommodation, education and even handling marriage proposals, an official said here recently. Abdullah Al-Tawi, director general of the social affairs department in Makkah region, told Arab […]
KSA wins seat on UN rights body
Saudi Arabia was elected Tuesday to the Human Rights Council, the UN’s highest rights watchdog body, for a three-year term following a secret ballot voting at the UN General Assembly in New York. “The Kingdom, which garnered 140 votes, will begin its term in January,” said Rolando Jomez, a spokesman […]
Mullah’s Interpretation of Pakistani Cricket
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Minaret in the sign of the rainbow – Mahmud Mosque in Zurich, Switzerland,shines in new colors.
The beautiful colors of the Zurich Mahmud Mosque is not due to a nightly Halloween action. It wants to show a sign. The Minaret of the first Mosque in Switzerland […]
Analysis: Comical versus outrageous
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Gibran Peshimam Published: November 12, 2013 The chief of the very same JI whose last leader termed the TTP’s struggle against […]
The Islamic World And Sectarianism: Asia International
The Islamic World and Sectarianism 1 BY MIRZA MOHAMMED ALI KHAN IN ASIA · INTERNATIONAL · MID-EAST & AFRICA · PAKISTAN — 11 NOV, 2013 Image courtesy of http://www.aimislam.com With the Syrian stalemate finally looking like it is drawing to a close thanks to a possible solution on the table, one can only hope for a long overdue […]
Insurers Press for Way Around Healthcare.gov
Some major health insurers are so worried about the Obama administration’s ability to fix its troubled health care website that they are pushing the government to create a shortcut that would allow them to enroll people entitled to subsidies directly rather than through the federal system. The idea is only […]
The U.S.-Iran Talks: Ideology and Necessity
Source: Stratfor. he talks between Iran and the Western powers have ended but have not failed. They will reconvene next week. That in itself is a dramatic change from the past, when such talks invariably began in failure. In my book The Next Decade, I argued that the United States and Iran […]
The JI has shown its true colours
Source: ET The JI has shown its true colours several times in the past, only we Pakistanis were slow in recognising these religious fascists for what they are: religious fascists. And now this! This really takes the cake and I simply have to ask Hassan a question that Senator Zahid […]
Muslim Polygamy is No Joke
Source: Jihad Watch But he was wrong. They won’t. Because they have been taught for years that any criticism of Islamic jihad terror and oppression, no matter how accurate, no matter how mild, is that most abhorrent of things, “racism.” And so they will most likely accept their subjugation with […]
Pakistan: New country with old laws
Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi Published — Tuesday 12 November 2013 ARABNEWS It sounds like something out of Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Pakistan, in the scheme of things, is a young country. But the laws, which govern it, are old. Very old. Consider for example the country’s criminal law known as […]
Iran, Britain name envoys on path to restoring ties
TEHRAN: Iran and Britain on Monday named nonresident charges d’affaires to each other’s capital, in moves aimed at restoring diplomatic ties severed after the British Embassy was ransacked in 2011. Mohammad Hassan “Habibollah-zadeh will travel to London in the near future to examine the situation of Iran’s possessions and buildings […]
AGFUND chief lauds dedication of Filipinos
The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) is planning to establish a micro-finance bank in the Philippines soon. AGFUND President Prince Talal said this during an exclusive interview with Arab News. He said Filipino expatriates have been working alongside Saudis with sincerity and dedication. Prince Talal pointed out that the […]
Single-minded Islamic Jihad grows in Gaza’s shadows
By Crispian Balmer and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Hours after Israeli special forces killed Mohammed Assi in a shootout last month in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both tried to cloak themselves in his legacy. Underscoring their shared Islamist credentials, the two […]
Satan’s knowledge about man’s actions
Q. Does the shaitan (satan) know what crosses our minds, which no one knows except Allah, and thus whisper to us what is in accordance with our thoughts? A. Evidence suggests that the shaitan is close to man. Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the […]
Why Did So Many Wanted Nazis Convert to Islam: Front Page
Why Did So Many Wanted Nazis Convert To Islam? November 11, 2013 By Giulio Meotti 5 Comments Reprinted fromIsraelNationalNews.com. There are Nazi grafts in Arab-Islamic terrorism. At the top of the most wanted list of the Simon Wiesenthal Center there is a man who today would be one hundred years old. His name is Alois […]