AP PHOTOS: Indonesia promotes Muslim fashion
Lanky models in high heels saunter down the catwalk, one wearing a huge pink rose headpiece while another’s face is draped in a taupe silk headscarf adorned with dangling gold […]
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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.
London, UK: ICIEC & Liquidity House Sponsor Sukuk Summit
The organisers of the 7th London Sukluk Summit, scheduled for the 12th – 13th of June 2013 at the Jumeirah Carlton in Knightsbridge London, are pleased to announce the sponsorship […]
Obama Family Offering Free Scholarships to Study Sharia Law
Source: Conservative Papers. President Obama’s grandmother Sarah started the Sarah Obama Benevolent Fund Institute, otherwise known as the Mama Sarah Obama Children Foundation, which raises 90% of its monies primarily from donors in the United States and some from Europe. Those monies are solicited as humanitarian aid and according to […]
Saudi Arabia funding fuels jihadist terror
Source: LUBP The ultimate responsibility for recent atrocities like the Boston Marathon bombing and the butchering last week of an off-duty British soldier is very clear. It belongs to Saudi Arabia. Over more than two decades, Saudi Arabia has lavished around $100 billion or more on the worldwide promotion of […]
Wisdom for Balochistan
Source: ET A wise decision has been made, which could well determine a great deal about the future of Balochistan and possibly help calm its many woes. After a meeting in Murree with Baloch leaders who included Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai and National Party (NP) […]
One in four children smacked by parents
Source: The Local Almost a quarter of German children are sometimes or regularly smacked by their parents, a study has found. Corporal punishment is more common and severe in working class families but the discrepancy between what children and their parents report is greater among privileged families. More:
Turkey’s Violent Protests in Context
Source: Stratfor Turkish protesters gather in Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 1. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) The rapid escalation of anti-government protests in Turkey in recent days has exposed a number of long-dormant fault lines in the country’s complex political landscape. But even as the appeal of Prime Minister Recep […]
Ahmadis are once again persecuted even as the new government is formed
Source: Human Rights Watch via Nasim Malik of Sweden For some time now anti-Jamaat-e-Ahmadiya (Jaamat) activities have been escalating all over Pakistan and particularly in Lahore. The members of Jamaat have been mercilessly tortured and rebuked in public over fake and felonious accusations. They have been threatened physically and mentally […]
Sectarianism in Pakistan
Source: Wasim Sr Click HERE to watch very interesting video.
Knesset approves law barring ‘infiltrators’ from transferring money abroad
Amendment to the Law for the Prevention of Infiltration stipulates that migrants cannot send property while they are in Israel and limits the amount they can take with them once […]
Study: Saudis share almost ‘everything’ on the Web
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN ARABNEWS Tuesday 4 June 2013 Saudi Internet users topped the list of those who share their public and private lives online, according to a US report […]
Men also prone to cyber blackmail
JEDDAH: MOHANNAD SHARAWI ARABNEWS Tuesday 4 June 2013 We have heard of cases of girls being blackmailed through social media or other cyber networks. However, there has been little discussion […]
Iraq: Israel can’t use our airspace for striking Iran
BY PRASHANT RAO ARABNEWS Tuesday 4 June 2013 BAGHDAD: Baghdad has warned Israel that it would respond to any attempts by the Jewish state to use Iraqi airspace for a […]
Israel says it has struck deal to resettle Eritrean migrants
Reuters | Jun 03, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — An unidentified country has agreed to take in Eritrean illegal immigrants living in Israel, according to Israeli court documents. Humanitarian agencies say many of the 60,000 African migrants who have walked into Israel from Egypt should be considered for […]
Jordan: Imams, teachers engaged in effort to promote Amman Message
by Rula Samain | Jun 03, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Muslim preachers, both male and female, from all governorates met over three days last week to discuss how best to promote the values enshrined in the Amman Message, which Jordan adopted in 2004 to introduce the true teachings […]
USA 1988: Back when Senate was independent on Israel Frank Lautenberg and 29 other Sens. condemned its gov
SENATORS CRITICIZE SHAMIR’S POSITION ON MIDEAST PEACE (Interesting look at history – not all that long ago and still the same). By NEIL A. LEWIS, Special to the New York Times Published: March 06, 1988 Thirty United States Senators, including many of Israel’s staunchest supporters, have written a letter criticizing […]
Beautiful Muslim Women in History
YUSRA OWAIS (AMATULLAH) | JUNE 20, 2012 SubaibWebb.com What comes to your mind when I say, “A beautiful Muslim woman”? Many of us may think of a woman in hijab (headscarf) or modest attire. Hijab is indeed beautiful, but by thinking Islamic beauty is only because of hijab, we are […]
Salih Muslim: World Powers Not Serious About Peace in Syria (a Kurdish view)
Monday, 03 June 2013, 07:50 GMT Source: Kurdish Globe, Erbil, Kurdistan (autonomous region of Iraq) SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – Intransigence on the part of both the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and international actors is undermining prospects for a solution to the conflict in Syria, Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-chairman Salih […]
Mortgaged Diplomas
Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Current and prospective college students are receiving real-world instruction in the dismal political economy of public finance. Unless Congress can overcome its partisan differences, interest rates on federally guaranteed Stafford loans, an important means of paying for college, […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community celebrates 100 years since first missionary came to UK
Source: Local Guardian This year marks 100 years since the first Ahmadiyya Muslims made the journey from India to settle in the UK.Over the weekend members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community held a series of events inviting everybody to celebrate their history.On Sunday a family picnic took place in Figges […]