OIC demands seat on top UN body to represent Muslims
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 5 February 2013 The 56-member Organization of Islamic Conference, the largest Muslim organization in the world, should have a seat on the UN Security Council, said […]
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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.
Khatib offers Assad peaceful exit
Summary Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib urged President Bashar Assad’s government Monday to start talks for its departure from power and save the country from greater ruin after almost two years of bloodshed. Seeking to step up pressure on Assad to respond to his offer of talks – which […]
Ahmadi literature: Printing press employees accused of blasphemy
Source:ET The four accused are Ahmadis. LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has fixed February 7 for arguments on the after-arrest bails of four men accused of publishing allegedly blasphemous books about the Ahmadi faith. Moeed Ayaz, Asmatullah, Razaullah and Ghulamullah, employees of Black Arrow Printing Press, were arrested on […]
Discretion and valour
Source: ET The decision by the Supreme Court to order the registration of an FIR for blasphemy against Sherry Rehman has lead to much outrage and alarm amongst Pakistan’s small and perpetually beleaguered group of liberals. The alarm is justified. Frankly, so is the outrage. Before I explain myself, a […]
Match-fixing scandal taints Bundesliga
Source: The Local European police on Monday revealed they had smashed a global criminal network fixing hundreds of top-level football matches, including dozens of games in Germany. More:
Top Vatican Cleric Criticized for ‘Pogrom’ Remark
Source: Spiegel. German Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller watches over the Catholic church’s doctrine. A German archbishop is under fire for appearing to liken recent criticism of the Catholic Church to a Nazi-era pogrom. The cleric, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, had said that “targeted discrimination campaigns” against the church sometimes reminded him […]
England’s King Richard III found after 500 years
By Michael Holden LEICESTER, England | Mon Feb 4, 2013 (Reuters) – A skeleton with a cleaved skull and a curved spine entombed under a car park is that of […]
Thief returns Munich hotel loot 40 years later
Source: The Local. A guilt-racked American thief has returned a letter-writing set 40 years after he stole it from a luxury Munich hotel. More:
Fresh Questions Over a Bank of America Settlement
Bank of America has long rued its decision in 2008 to acquire Countrywide Financial, the subprime mortgage giant. To date, the bank has set aside some $40 billion to settle claims of mortgage misconduct that occurred before it acquired the freewheeling lender. It has been a regular refrain at Bank […]
Islam played important role in Russian civilization: Observer
Islam played important role in Russian civilisation Mon, 04 February 2013 MUSCAT — Islam has played an important role in the rise of Russian civilisation. It is its inherent part and the history of Islamic studies in Russia, termed the “Eastern-Western community” by the great Russian-orthodox Russian philosopher Nikolay Berdiaev, […]
Rising number in France to Islam: New York Times
MEMO FROM FRANCE More in France Are Turning to Islam, Challenging a Nation’s Idea of Itself Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times The Sahaba mosque in Créteil, a Paris suburb, popular with those converting to Islam, which is a small but growing number. By MAÏA de la BAUME CRÉTEIL, France […]
The sniper should have had a sniper to protect him: Man charged with shooting top US Navy sniper at gun range
Ex-soldier suspected of the murder of the Navy Seal, author of American Sniper, and another man A man has been charged with the murder of a former sniper and US […]
Syria opposition leader under fire
MUNICH — Syria’s opposition leader flew back to his Cairo headquarters from Germany on Sunday to explain to sceptical allies his decision to talk with President Bashar Assad’s main backers […]
Hundreds of Syrians flee to Jordan as border battle wages
Hosting refugees expected to cost Amman up to $800 million in 2013 by Taylor Luck | Feb 03, 2013 AMMAN — Hundreds of Syrians fled to Jordan on Sunday as […]
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the new face of al-Qa’ida (and why he’s nothing like Osama bin Laden)
Robert Fisk on what he really means in the ‘war on terror’ “Had he his hurts before?” Siward asks of his slain son in Macbeth. He wants to know if […]
From the Papal monasteries to Timbuktu, absolutism lives on
For the Salafists, a Muslim shrine is a rival to God as surely as Henry VIII saw the monasteries as a Papal rival by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK “Then […]
Muslim World in need of constant Prayers, as Many Countries are on the Brink of Destruction
Source: Press Department Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK. The World Head and Fifth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jamaat), Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has called on all Ahmadi Muslims to pray for the plight of the Muslim world. His Holiness said the majority of the Muslim world was riven with conflict and […]
‘Judge Islam by Prophet’s life and teachings’: Swami Lakshmi Shankaracharya
Source: Twocircles.Net By M Naushad Ansari for TwoCircles.net,,/b> Patna: We are talking about Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and we should keep it in our mind that he is the greatest individual in history. If anyone wants to know about Islam, one should “Judge Islam by Prophet’s (SAW) life and his teachings,” […]
Ambassador of harmony
Source: Asian Age If you have found a purpose in life, you will know how to make time for it. In spite of a tight schedule, young professional Ravi Nitesh is an active campaigner for various causes. If he’s not voicing his concern at Jantar Mantar, he’s tied up with […]
Myanmar: Irrawaddy Literary Festival – Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Myanmar takes part
contributed by Muhammad Zafir, Myanmar This festival is celebrated in my country Myanmar. This celebration is especially For Literature. International and Local Writer come to join this festival. Most of […]