Bunny Business: Court decision leaves bad taste in Lindt’s mouth
Mar 28, 2013 – 15:06 Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli has lost a court battle to protect its gold foil-wrapped Easter bunnies being imitated by a German rival. Lindt, […]
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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.
Jokes apart: Musarrat Shaheen vs Maulana Fazlur Rehman
Source: Dawn.Com THE thought itself may smack of fun: Musarrat Shaheen taking on Maulana Fazlur Rehman in a Dera Ismail Khan constituency is material for just as much lighthearted commentary as there was when the former actor and the maulana squared off in an election in 1997. Both, together with […]
Syrian rebels capture key town near Jordan border
March 29, 2013 – By Bassem Mroue – Daily Star, Lebanon Story Summary Syrian rebels on Friday captured a strategic town near the border with Jordan after a day of […]
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia urges efforts to reduce global poverty
Saudi Arabia is focusing on the need to make joint efforts to reduce global poverty. “The Kingdom has always stressed the significance of cooperating in all efforts at international level for cheap and reliable availability of fuel to guarantee sustainable development that would cut poverty by half in the world […]
Saudi Arabia: Twitter may be linked to IDs
RIYADH: SHAJA AL-BUQAMI ARABNEWS Saturday 30 March 2013 Twitter users beware. The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is currently studying the possibility of linking the access to microblogging site with the personal identification of social media users, according to sources. The move is likely to create ripples in the […]
Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles, Theology of Liberation : A Summer School in Granada, Spain
Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles, Theology of Liberation and Islamic Revival Granada, Spain-June 10-21, 2013 FINAL ROUND APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15, 2013 The international Summer School, Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles, Theology of Liberation and Islamic Revival, is an intensive seminar composed of several courses (all of them held in […]
Ramadan Relief: Islam Leader Calls for Muslim Holidays in Germany
Source: Spiegel International Germany is home to some 4 million Muslims. With the long Easter weekend around the corner, a leading member of the country’s Muslim community has called for legal recognition of two Muslim holidays, drawing criticism from among Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling conservatives. In 2010 former German President Christian […]
Is the Secret to Olive Oil in Its Scent?
Why is olive oil, the crown jewel of the Mediterranean diet, so good for your health? Nutritionists point to its abundance of antioxidants and oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat that protects the heart. But new research suggests that some of the benefits of olive oil might be contained in its […]
New York Police Dept. Sets Rules for Officers’ Use of Social Media
By J. DAVID GOODMAN and WENDY RUDERMAN The New York Times Published: March 28, 2013 Looking to avoid troublesome social media postings by its officers, the New York Police Department has issued strict guidelines and ordered its members to comb through their personal profiles on Facebook, Twitter and other Web […]
North Korea stages mass rally after readying missiles, vows to ‘mercilessly’ strike US targets
Source: TOI SEOUL: Tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers and civilians held a huge rally and march in Pyongyang on Friday, in a mass display of support for a possible military strike against the United States. The rally in Pyongyang’s giant Kim Il-sung square was attended by soldiers, veterans, […]
Jakarta Man Lights Body on Fire After Co-Worker Rejects His Love
Source: Jakarta Globe: A 30-year-old man has died after setting himself on fire in his East Jakarta office after a married co-worker rejected his affection, Cipayung Police said on Thursday. Mochamad Zikra, who worked in the finance department of Indah Cargo Logistic in Setu, East Jakarta, doused himself in some […]
The average American is slightly more religious than the average Iranian.
Source: Washinton Post. At the Normandy American Cemeteryon the cliff above Omaha Beach, there are rows and rows of crosses and Stars of David. Certainly, many buried there were not religious. But the overwhelming majority of Americans in the mid-20th century identified themselves culturally as Protestants, Catholics or Jews, no […]
Taliban Spread Terror in Karachi as the New Gang in Town
Source: NY Times: The grab for influence and power in Karachi shows that the Taliban have been able to extend their reach across Pakistan, even here in the country’s most populous city, with about 20 million inhabitants. No longer can they be written off as endemic only to the country’s […]
Persecution News of Ahmadiyya Community
Source: Mr Abdi Khan London The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s exclu- sion from the election process has been in place since 1985 when the right-wing dictator, General Zia-ul-Haq passed legislation which divided citizens’ voting rights depending on their religion. That law has manifested itself in the electoral processes administered by Pakistan’s […]
Qur’an wants faithful to be caring and compassionate
HARUN YAHYA ARABNEWS Friday 29 March 2013 ALL Muslims must embrace the moderate, gentle, compassionate, calm and kind style Allah depicts in the Qur’an. Radicalism means supporting sudden revolutionary destructive changes in any sphere and applying a strict uncompromising policy in order to achieve them. Radicals are characterized by their […]
Saudi Arabia: High cost of gold making getting married difficult
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE ARABNEWS Friday 29 March 2013 A number of Saudi and expatriate men here say they cannot afford to get married because of the rising cost of gold. […]
JORDAN: Debate tackles women’s right to pass nationality to spouses, children
by Dana Al Emam | Mar 28, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — As the issue of women’s right to pass their nationality to their spouses and children remains a point of contention in Jordan, a local initiative sought to give the two sides of the conversation a platform to […]
Jordan denounces Jewish extremists’ storming of Al Aqsa
Petra | Mar 28, 2013 | 21:37 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Thursday strongly denounced violations by Jewish extremists who have recently broken into the Al Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. Government Spokesperson Samih Maaytah said the Israeli government should shoulder its responsibility in preventing […]
The 3 Biggest Resume Mistakes
With over 200M resumes on LinkedIn, it will be harder and harder for a maybe to become a yes which is the first step in landing a new job. Great candidates with fantastic backgrounds can get condemned to the maybe pile because the resume didn’t represent them well and didn’t […]
Book review: Rashid Khalidi’s detailed account on the relationship between the US and the Middle East
Brokers of Deceit Rashid Khalidi Beacon Press By most accounts, Barack Obama delivered a masterful speech to a group of Israeli youth in Jerusalem last week as part of his […]