What Khalifa of Islam said in UK Parliament! Summary by daily Jang London
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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.
Ahmedi community member killed in targeted attack
Source: ET KARACHI: A member of the Ahmedi community was shot dead while his son and another companion were injured in a targeted attack in Soldier Bazaar on Tuesday evening. The victims were identified as Hamid Sami, 45, his son, Osama, 18, and a companion, Salman Zaman, 48. They were shot […]
Next generation radicals in Indonesia
Source: Asia Times: By Jacob Zenn JAKARTA – Driven by strong exports and buoyant domestic markets, Indonesia is projected to be among the world’s top 10 economies by 2025. While the future looks bright for Southeast Asia’s largest economy, a growing tide of religious intolerance threatens to undermine those gains. […]
German authorities worry about growing Salafism
Source: The Local: “Salafism is a particularly rapidly growing and extremely worrying group within the extremist Islamist movement,” Hans-Georg Maassen, head of domestic intelligence, told a news conference as he presented his agency’s 2012 annual report on Tuesday. Radical Islamists in Germany numbered 42,550 in 2012, according to surveillance services, […]
Thousands protest over Bosnia baby ID row
Failure of MPs to agree new law on citizen ID numbers leaves newborns without access to medical care and passports. About 5,000 Bosnians have protested against a legal void which […]
Early, forced marriages haunt Jordan’s Syrian refugees
Source: ET JORDAN: With no end in sight to Syria’s conflict, some refugees in Jordan are offering their daughters for early marriage in the hope of securing them protection as they face growing economic pressure. Syrian refugee Abu Mohammad says he reluctantly opted to marry off his teenage daughter to a […]
Cartoon of the day : Save the Nature !
Published in a campaign by Swiss farmers, but valid for all parts of the world.
UPRISING: Turks in Switzerland divided over protests
by Renat Kuenzi, swissinfo.ch June 11, 2013 – 21:23 Which way Turkish society and politics should develop is an issue not only in Turkey itself, but also among Turkish citizens living in Switzerland. The recent protests that began in Istanbul are absorbing the attention of many Turks here. Political scientist […]
Almost all key targets missed
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: The numbers speak for themselves, and they tell a sorry tale indeed. “All targets set for the current fiscal year have been missed”, said finance minister Ishaq Dar while unveiling the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2012-13. It read like an economic indictment of the outgoing government, with the […]
Syria doomed if Geneva-2 fails: Russia’s Bogdanov
STORY SUMMARY Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has warned that Syria will be “destroyed” if an international conference expected to be held in Geneva next month fails to resolve the two-year-old crisis between President Bashar Assad and rebels. While calling on world countries to respect the U.N. Charter and […]
Demonstration Against Terrorism at Queens Park – Toronto, Canada
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden: Click HERE for the video.
UN expert rejects calls to quit over Israel criticism
AFP | Jun 11, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES GENEVA — An embattled UN rights expert who probes Israel’s conduct towards Palestinians on Tuesday rejected calls to step down, saying his […]
Jordan: ‘Honest interfaith dialogue is vital for future of youth’
by Rula Samain JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Conflicts that are perceivably religious often have ethical, political and social dimensions, according to a Vatican archbishop currently visiting Jordan. Archbishop Claudio Maria […]
Ahmadiyya Mission Sierra Leone receives Presidential Award
On 27th April 2013, His Excellency Dr. Earnest Bai Koroma (The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone) awarded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at with “Presidential Medal Award (Gold)” in recognition of its long and outstanding contributions to the nation in the fields of education, health, agriculture and humanitarian activities. The […]
Muslim world decisive on protecting Jerusalem, says Turkish FM Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, “Jerusalem’s multicultural identity must be preserved to stop Judaicizing policies.”
World Bulletin/News Desk Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, “Jerusalem’s multi-cultural identity must be preserved to stop Judaicizing policies.” Speaking at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ministerial level meeting […]
The Tragic Transformation of Mecca
BY TAFLINE LAYLIN – GREEN PROPHET Despite having enough solar power to energize the planet for the next 20 centuries, Saudi Arabia has instead reaped the benefits of its oil […]
2013 Aga Khan Architecture Awards Betters Muslim Communities in Iran, Morocco and Lebanon
The nominees for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were recently announced: 20 candidates – half hailing from the Middle East – all vying for a million dollar prize. […]
Anti-Muslim protests lead to Dearborn Arab festival cancellation
Claire Brownell THE WINDSON STAR Jun 10, 2013 – 6:48 PM EDT Organizers of Dearborn’s Arab International Festival, which draws many Windsor families and hundreds of thousands of people every year, have cancelled this year’s event in the face of escalating anti-Muslim protests. Festival director Fay Beydoun said in a […]
Nominations for the Top 500 Muslims 2013 has started!
Please visit this website and nominate whom you think deserves to be included: http://themuslim500.com/nominations
S&P revises U.S. credit outlook to ‘stable’ from negative
(Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s on Monday removed the near-term threat of another credit rating downgrade for the United States by revising its outlook to stable from negative, citing an improved economic and fiscal outlook. The change effectively means there is less than a one-third chance of a downgrade in […]