Why Kerry Will Fail in Israel-Palestine
by John Glaser, July 19, 2013 Secretary of State John Kerry has now gone to Israel-Palestine six times in five months in an attempt to restart negotiations between the two […]
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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.
Jewish, Muslim groups break fast together in Lynnwood
Source: Herald Net LYNNWOOD — Fasting is an act of worship, a historic tradition and a test of obedience and holiness. Fasting deepens one’s connection to God. It encourages charity […]
Who owns your data when you’re dead?
Source. The Economist: AFTER we die, our bodies are reduced to dust or ash, through burial or cremation. The fate of the digital corpuses we leave behind is rather more complicated. Before the advent of internet-hosted storage and services, your digital remains would have been accessible only to those with […]
The Connection Between Muslim Immigration and Terrorism
Source: The Conservative Papers: Islamic terror attacks occur every single day around the world. Most are barely mentioned by the Western media, and if they are, they are hidden behind other stories which apparently make better headlines. A car bomb here, a beheading there, and a few dozen rapes and […]
Slain Saudi’s family to sign blood money agreement to free Filipino (A unique feature of Islamic law!)
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 20 July 2013 The family of a Saudi national slain by a Filipino worker now on death row is expected to sign a settlement agreement to accept blood money that will free the condemned man. Rodelio “Dondon” Lanuza, who was sentenced to death in 2001 for […]
Saudi Arabian Airlines Defends Discrimination Against Israelis
Source: The conservative papers. The director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines on Friday defended his company’s decision to discriminate against Israeli citizens by refusing to fly them from U.S. airports even when passengers are simply looking to transfer in Saudi Arabia to another country, Al Arabiya reports. Saudi King Abdullah Bowls Earlier […]
Obama’s UN Security Council: Wants Israel Destroyed!
Source: The Conservative Papers. Barack Obama and his merry band of extremists are some of the most out-of-the-mainstream operatives in American politics today and the woman who is our US Security Council to the UN has a long history of essentially calling for the destruction of Israel, our only true ally in […]
Egypt would gain from the Turkish experience
STORY SUMMARY By Ali Ezzatyar The Daily Star In February 2011, when the Egyptian military helped oust President Hosni Mubarak, it was natural to think of the applicability of the Turkish precedent to Egypt. One of former President Mohammad Mursi’s goals was to take power out of the hands of […]
Is Iran altering Syria’s sectarian map?
STORY SUMMARY Rumors have circulated recently that Iran is sponsoring a plan to redraw Syria’s demographic map, including the granting of Syrian nationality to 750,000 Shiites from throughout the Middle East. The Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has declared that the land registry office in Homs has been burned down […]
New FM says Egypt has no intention of waging “jihad” in Syria
Breaking News: New FM says Egypt has no intention of waging “jihad” in Syria Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jul-20/224421-new-fm-says-egypt-has-no-intention-of-waging-jihad-in-syria.ashx#ixzz2ZZwOT2ZV (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)
Clerics ‘ban’ women from shopping alone
Source: ET KARAK: A handful of clerics on Friday directed the people of Karak to not allow their women from going to the markets without being accompanied by a male family member, claiming it was ‘un-Islamic’ for females to venture out alone. Imam of Madina Masjid Karak city Maulana Mir Zakeem, […]
Unhappy with post, Maj Gen commits suicide
Source: Hindustan Times. Reportedly unhappy with the posting he had been given, a serving major general of the Indian Army committed suicide at his house in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka on Friday. The victim, identified as Rajpal Singh, was posted as additional director general (ADG), National Cadet Corps (NCC) in Patna, […]
Using Islam to Combat Domestic Violence
Source: The Daily Beast – by Alaa MurabitLibyan women wear tape over their mouths during a December 2012 protest in Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli calling for more freedom of expression, greater transparency, and a more important role for the judiciary and the security forces. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty) Enlightenment Using Islam to Combat […]
Muslims demand Vatican envoy leave Malaysia
Source: TOI: KUALA LUMPUR: Several Islamic groups on Friday demanded the recall of the Vatican’s first envoy to Malaysia, describing him as an “enemy of the state” after he supported the use of the word ” Allah” by non-Muslims. Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Vatican’s mission in Kuala Lumpur, […]
Snowden: Moment of truth for Russia, US
Source: Asia Times: By M K Bhadrakumar When the Group of Eight summit took place in Northern Ireland last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the diplomatic grapevine, wanted to use the gym at the Enniskillen resort, but his American counterpart Barack Obama had already booked it. Neither would […]
A Slap in the Face
Source: Spiegel: A Slap in the Face The Defense Ministry is also very cautious compared to the BND when it comes to deferentiating the Prism program in Afghanistan from the Prism spying program that was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and involves the systematic monitoring of German communications. […]
US has become manic,
Source: Spiegel America is sick. September 11 left it wounded and unsettled — that’s been obvious for nearly 12 years — but we are only now finding out just how grave the illness really is. The actions of the NSA exposed more than just the telephone conversations and digital lives […]
Frankfurt city hall piano brawl hits wrong note
Source: The Local The final winner of the Fraspa award for civil engagement was just about to be announced when suddenly a high-ranking city official “went flying over the piano,” as Bilddaily described it on Thursday, hitting his head against the instrument and the floor. The scuffle broke out in […]
First School for Blind Muslims in Malawi
By Khalid Abubaker, OnIslam Correspondent Friday, 19 July 2013 00:00 An-Noor Madrassah for the Blind caters for the needs of visually-impaired students in Malawi LILONGWE – Helping blind Muslims to pursue their education, an Islamic school has been opened in Malawi to cater for the needs of visually-impaired students in […]