‘9,000 Syrian refugees repatriated in June’
by Taylor Luck, Jordan Times AMMAN/MAFRAQ — Nearly 9,000 Syrian refugees left the Kingdom for home this month, bringing the number of returnees to more than 68,000 in the past […]
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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.
OIC backs plan to limit Hajis
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 26 June 2013 The 56-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation has backed Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut the number of foreign pilgrims by 20 percent during this […]
Musharraf declared main accused in BB murder case
Credit: PakistanToday Wednesday, 26 Jun 2013 2:22 am KASHIF ABBASI KASHIF ABBASI ISLAMABAD – Former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, who is already facing treason case in the Supreme Court, […]
Snowden: a pawn in big-power politics
Source: Asia Times: While the attention of the world community is almost entirely on the travel itinerary of the ex-CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden, there is a far more important side to the affair — what he has been doing with his spare time in China and Russia, who he’s been […]
Is Egypt on the verge of civil war?
Source: Asia Times: Is Egypt on the verge of civil war? General Fua’d Al’lam, a general in the Egyptian Security Services and former Director of Security in Port Said, believes that it is. In an interview entitled, “Civil War on the Doorstep Followed by the Revolution of the Hungry,” General […]
Taliban attacks Kabul’s presidential palace, CIA, ISAF HQ, Ministry of Defense
Taliban has launched an attack in central Kabul, targeting the presidential palace, the CIA and ISAF headquarters, the Ministry of Defense, as well as an international hotel. All the assailants have been killed in the 90-minute showdown. Local journalist Courtney Body told RT the attack started with a blast and […]
Islamist Raids: German Police Shoot Down Model Plane Terror Plot
Source: Spiegel German officials on Tuesday targeted two men suspected of planning to carry out terrorist attacks using remote-controlled model airplanes. The pair is thought to be influenced by radical Islam, but are not considered to be members of a terror group. More:
Against all traditions: Fazl condemns attack on foreign trekkers
Source: ET PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday strongly condemned the killing of foreign trekkers, claiming it was against Sharia and the country’s culture to kill guests. Addressing media personnel at the JUI-F office, Fazl said the brutal killings orchestrated by the Taliban at Nanga Parbat base […]
Allah Ho Akbar ! Today (25.06.2013) Khalifa of Islam inaugurates an other Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Germany
By Zubair Khan Picture: Farzan Khan It is a great honour for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany to have its supreme head in the country. Khalifa of Islam arrived Germany on 22.06.2013. On 24.06.2013 he inaugurated “ATA” mosque in the city of Floresheim. Round about 170 prominent German guests attended the […]
Bangladesh grows – on remittances, exports
Source: BD News 24 By Abdur Rahim Harmachi, Bangladesh’s economy has achieved an average growth of over 6 percent over the past five years primarily due to the healthy flow of remittance and rising exports. Both exports and remittance flow from expatriate Bangladeshis have doubled over the last five years despite […]
Syria in-depth analysis: Where the anti-Assad coalition went wrong
We don’t know what will come out of Geneva II, the US and Russian backed conference for a political solution to the Syrian crisis. But it is forcing rhetorical and […]
Another view: First mosque in Switzerland celebrates its 50th anniversary
The Mahmood Mosque in the city’s Forchstrasse is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week and on Saturday it opened its doors to the public with guided tours on offer. Indeed the mosque was the first ever to be built in Switzerland. The mosque was actually built at the instigation of […]
Striving for excellence in orphan care
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Friday 21 June 2013 JDT Islam in Marikkunnu, near Calicut, is one the renowned orphanages in South India. It extends outstanding services to orphans and […]
Tourism minister back after Luxor governor quits
Agence France Presse ARABNEWS Tuesday 25 June 2013 CAIRO: Egypt’s Tourism Minister Hesham Zazou was back at work yesterday after the newly appointed governor of Luxor quit following an outcry […]
Standing up for the Ahmadis
Source Daily Times via Nasim Malik of Sweden Incidentally, marginalising the Ahmadis has not proved good for Pakistan. Realising their potential, Pakistan’s early leaders made good use of their services. Jinnah made Zafrullah Khan the country’s first foreign minister and later governments made him the permanent representative of Pakistan to […]
Brain Child of Dr Salam
Source: ET via Wasim Sr The summer college, which was the brainchild of Dr Abdus Salam, Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, is organised every year since 1976 by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). “Dr Salam used to assign two different projects to the local scientists, one applied and one formal, […]
Two burka-wearing women attacked near Paris
Rfi France. Several hundred residents of a working-class town near Paris took to the streets on Saturday in protest at two alleged Islamophobic attacks on young women wearing face-covering veils. Police have opened inquiries but not accepted that the assaults were hate crimes, according to lawyers. Up to 1,000 people […]
Robert Fisk: The three things that always accompany occupation
Torture by masters who claim the moral high ground, declarations they’ve won their war despite being in retreat, and insistence on a dignified exit after negotiation On 20th November 2001, in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, the Taliban stamped into my passport their very last visa, number 001518, valid only […]
The Palestinians’ last option: A struggle for equal rights Palestinians must shed the illusion of the current peace process and at least push for equitable rights.
Ghada Karmi ALJAZEERA.COM Palestinians must dissolve the PA and demand the same rights as Israeli citizens, writes Ghada Karmi [Getty] Once upon a time, Palestine was the Arab world’s unifying […]
Mice games reveal why we sell out our morals
Source: The Local A German economist has worked out how a cheap deal can make people ignore their personal convictions – and says his study debunks the idea that market forces can iron out unethical practices. More: