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 […]
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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.
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 […]
USA: Indonesia’s SBY vows to address religious intolerance upon receiving international award
Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post | Headlines | Sat, June 01 2013, 11:58 AM Strident protests did not deter President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from accepting the World Statesmen Award from New York-based interfaith organization the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) as he vowed to maintain harmony […]
ongoing battle: Switzerland ʻextremely concernedʼ about Syria
June 3, 2013 – SWISSINFO.CH The Swiss foreign ministry has said it is “extremely concerned” about the situation in Syria, particularly the intense fighting in the city of Qusair, and […]
Hezbollah has been lured into unknown territory in Syria as it wages costly battle for survival
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Mohammed Nour is the spokesperson for the Northern Storm Brigade, accused of kidnapping 11 Lebanese pilgrims in Syria “Hezbollah suspects Hamas has been teaching Sunni […]
The hawk and the dove
Source: The Economist. WHO knows what Pakistan’s two most powerful men spent three hours talking about when the army chief travelled to Lahore to pay a visit to Nawaz Sharif, the country’s incoming prime minister? But if they discussed schemes for taking on the group known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), […]
How the word Madrassa has been degraded
Source: LUBP It is amazing to think how the word Madrassa has been degraded by the modern Muslim experience and conduct. Madrassa is an Arabic word for school, which refers to any type of educational institution, secular or religious, and for all levels such as primary grades through post-graduate school. […]
Barack Obama’s rules for drones could shape the new global laws of war
Source: The Economist. WHEN it comes to lethal drone strikes against foreign targets, America’s government and Congress should be aware that “what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander”, says John Bellinger, for eight years a government lawyer charged with explaining George W. Bush’s global war on […]
Qaida chief warns attacks on US
Source:TOI DUBAI: Al-Qaida’s military chief in Yemen warned Americans in an audio message posted online on Sunday that the Boston bombings revealed fragile security as he urged Muslims to defend their religion.Qassim al-Rimi, the military chief of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, said making bombs such as the ones used […]
Religion is losing influence in US
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: While most Americans say religion is losing influence in the country, 75 per cent say American society would be better off if more Americans were devout.According to a new Gallup survey, over three-quarters of Americans (77 per cent) say religion is losing its influence on American life, […]
Egypt parliament ruled illegal, but to stay on
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egypt’s supreme constitutional court ruled as illegal the law by which the upper house of parliament was elected but said that the chamber would not be dissolved until a new parliament is in place, judicial sources said. More:
Syria’s Aleppo: Who cares who wins? A city’s people caught in the crossfire
The tiny, honey-coloured Al-Shuwaibiya Mosque is the oldest in Aleppo and one of the few that remains undamaged. Unlike many, its low minaret is protected by surrounding buildings and still […]