Riots rock Sweden’s immigrant suburbs for fourth night (now fifth)
Carolina Jemsby and David Bartal, Special for USA TODAY STORY HIGHLIGHTS Stockholm is one of the world’s richest cities, but it is also very segregated 15% of residents in the […]
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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.
Eurozone business still going backwards
Europe’s persistent downturn is showing few signs of abating. The decline in business activity in the 17-nation eurozone slowed in May, but surveys published Thursday suggest the region’s longest recession will extend into another quarter. Financial data provider Markit said its flash reading of eurozone purchasing managers’ sentiment rose to […]
NEW LIVES: Resettling the vulnerable who cannot go home
by Simon Bradley in Lebanon, swissinfo.ch May 22, 2013 – 11:01 Resettlement in the West for the most vulnerable of the more than 1.5 million people who have fled Syria is as good as winning the lottery. For its part, Switzerland has only taken a handful and there are obstacles […]
Fearing Allah the way the Prophet (pboh) feared him
DR. MUHAMMAD SALMA ARABNEWS Friday 24 May 2013 FEARING Allah is a positive trait that once properly settled into the heart changes one’s life considerably to be in conformity with divine injunctions. Therefore, as once said by one of the early pious predecessors, when fearing others, you flee from them, […]
Kerry meets Palestinian, Israeli officials in bid to revive talks (dream on ….)
JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable scepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations. There were no signs of any breakthrough as Kerry visited Israel for the fourth time […]
‘Jewish family returned to Israel after infiltrating Jordan’
by Hani Hazaimeh | May 23, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan border guards apprehended six members of an Israeli family after illegally crossing into Jordan, sources told The Jordan Times Thursday. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the parents and four children — aged between […]
$ 15 bn ‘KSA help’ to end Pak energy crisis – No more load shedding !!! (???)
ISLAMABAD: ARAB NEWS Friday 24 May 2013 Saudi Arabia is expected to extend a bailout package of about $ 15 billion to Pakistan. It will help the country’s highly indebted energy sector by supplying crude and furnace oil on deferred payment to enable it to resolve the chronic circular debt […]
Saudi charities face funding crisis over terror fears
JEDDAH: KHADIJA HABEEB ARABNEWS Friday 24 May 2013 Credible Saudi charities are facing a funding crisis because of recent measures aimed at clamping down on terrorists using charities as fronts to raise funds and launder money. A number of charity workers here are now concerned that their work in the […]
Everyday Islam in Kumasi: Devout Lay Men and Women in Daily Life by Gracia Clark
Traders The commercial importance of Kumasi encourages both men and women to trade, and many moved here for that purpose. The savannah-based trading networks to the north of Kumasi are […]
Qur’an & Modern Science: Spherical Shape of Earth (by Dr. Zakir Naik)
In early times, people believed that the earth is flat. For centuries, men were afraid to venture out too far, lest they should fall off the edge. Sir Francis Drake […]
Tell Me How This Ends …
SANLIURFA, Turkey — I’ve been traveling to Yemen, Syria and Turkey to film a documentary on how environmental stresses contributed to the Arab awakening. As I looked back on the trip, it occurred to me that three of our main characters — the leaders of the two Yemeni villages that […]
U.S. Retailers See Big Risk in Safety Plan for Factories in Bangladesh
Source: NY Times. By STEVEN GREENHOUSE American retailers remain sharply opposed to joining an international plan to improve safety conditions at garment factories in Bangladesh as their European counterparts and consumer and labor groups dismiss the companies’ concerns about legal liability. A few shareholders at Gap’s annual meeting this week […]
Court Documents Detail a Deadly Family Feud From Brooklyn to Pakistan
Source: NY Times. By MOSI SECRET She fled her husband and her family, sneaking out of her home in Pakistan to take sanctuary in the American Embassy, which then whisked her to a secret hide-out in the United States. The thrilling escape seemed to end the harrowing ordeal of Amina […]
Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics
Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists. During his homily at Wednesday Mass in Rome, Francis emphasized […]
Orthodox Jewish Wedding Of Shalom Rokeach And Hannah Batya Penet Attracts 25,000 Guests (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
If you thought it was tough to organize a couple hundred guests at your wedding, imagine if 25,000 well-wishers decided to drop by. A wedding between two members of one […]
Engineers See a Path Out of Green Card Limbo
SAN FRANCISCO — Sanket Sant, a citizen of India, came to the United States at age 21, earning a master’s degree in engineering, followed by a doctorate and then landing a well-paying job at a company making semiconductor equipment. Then, he waited for the American government to decide if he […]
Woolwich attack reaction: Riots and two arrested over mosque attacks as al Qaeda gloats
TWO men have been arrested after separate attacks on mosques after the sickening Woolwich attack in which a man was decapitated on a London street. British police have boosted their presence after a man, believed to be a soldier, was butchered in broad daylight on the streets of southeast London. […]
SUBMERGED STRUCTURE STUMPS ISRAELI ARCHAEOLOGISTS
TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) — The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and […]
Kingdom (of Jordan) ‘not involved in arming Syrian rebels’
by Hani Hazaimeh | May 23, 2013 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Wednesday dismissed as baseless allegations that it is involved in arming Syrian rebels, reiterating its consistent position […]
Jordan: ‘Experimental pumping from 22 Disi wells to begin later this month’
Security conditions in south ‘badly affected’ project’s progress — source by Hana Namrouqa | May 22, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Disi Water Company will start experimental pumping […]