1,061 Islamophobic attacks reported in Austria last year
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL JUN 05, 2022 A migrant child hugs his mother during Eid al-Adha in a shelter at a former shopping mall in Graz, about 190 kilometers […]
Video of Democracy Now: Nonwhite Refugees Fleeing Ukraine War Held in Detention Centers in Poland, Estonia, Austria
Promoted post: Book Review: The Final Blueprint for the 21st and 22nd Century STORY MARCH 28, 2022 Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. […]
Biden should not have delayed rejoining JCPOA: ex-White House official
By Mohammad Mazhari International January 19, 2022 – TEHRAN TIMES “France provided the nuclear reactor and secretly the plutonium separation plant to Israel” TEHRAN – A nuclear physicist and professor […]
Governments legalize Islamophobia in Europe: Report
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JAN 03, 2022 – 1:24 PM Certain countries in Europe took steps to legalize Islamophobia in 2020, according to research. The European Islamophobia Report prepared by professors […]
Negotiators head home as Iran talks hit critical stage
The talks between Tehran and world powers resumed in late November after they were suspended for around five months as Iran elected a new, ultraconservative government. (Reuters/File Photo) Short Url […]
Russia’s Lavrov announces real progress in Iran nuclear deal talks
Politics January 14, 2022 – TEHRAN – Real progress has been achieved at the Iran nuclear deal talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced during a press conference on Russian […]
Interim agreement in Vienna under consideration: senior MP
Politics January 12, 2022 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has said Iran doesn’t view the interim agreement proposed by the other side favorably, but such a proposal […]
EU diplomat says ‘difficult’ Iran nuclear talks resume with Tehran focused on sanctions relief
Representatives attending a meeting of the joint commission on negotiations aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal in Vienna, Austria, on Dec, 27, 2021. (EU delegation in Vienna/EEAS/AFP) Short Url […]
Europe has entered its own era of McCarthyism – against Islam
As guilty until proven innocent increasingly becomes authorities’ approach to Muslims, basic rights such as freedom of religion are at great risk Farid Hafez 8 December 2021, 12.00am After a […]
Sanctions removal working group holds first meeting in Vienna
Politics December 1, 2021 TEHRAN – A working group established to conduct talks on how to remove U.S. sanctions on Iran held its first meeting on Tuesday morning as agreed […]
King Abdullah interfaith centre moves its headquarters to Lisbon
KAICIID chief Faisal bin Abdul Rahman bin Muammar and Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos Silva sign the agreement. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/nb5yc ARAB NEWS October 29, […]
Islam and Islamophobia, and how democracies have responded
Direct Democracy Since 9/11, popular votes have increasingly been aimed against Islam, replacing the anti-Semitic and anti-communist slogans of the time before the terrorist attacks. Healthy democracies, however, have not […]
‘Disproportionate force by police on Muslims during raid unlawful’
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ANKARA EUROPE AUG 04, 2021 9:00 AM GMT+3Outside view of the Regional Court Wels on March 23, 2021 in Wels, Austria. (Getty Images) An Austrian court ruled on […]
Austrian man saves Turkish neighbors from raging floods
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DIASPORA JUL 18, 2021 People walk in the flooded historic center, in Hallein, Austria, July 17, 2021. (AFP PHOTO) A heroic act of an Austrian man saved the lives […]
Muslims in Austria slam discriminatory law passed by Parliament
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL EU AFFAIRS JUL 08, 2021 10:58 AM GMT+3Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of the conservative People’s Party, OEVP, delivers a speech during the first parliament session in Vienna, […]
Opinion: To save Muslim lives, let Muslims tell their own stories
Opinion by Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-IssaJune 25, 2021 at 10:37 p.m. GMT+23 Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa is an Islamic cleric and the secretary general of the Muslim World League. This month, a Canadian […]
Church criticizes Austrian government’s ‘Islam Map’
The head of the Austrian Catholic church Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/4z7p2 Several Muslims have already been attacked and a mosque has been defaced since that map went […]
Achtung!: Austria puts signs across country warning of ‘political Islam’
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL EUROPE JUN 02, 2021 This undated picture shows a sign with the words “Beware! Political Islam nearby” and an image of a man with a beard and skullcap, […]
Austrian Muslims to sue government over controversial ‘Islam map’
BY ANADOLU AGENCY BERLIN ISLAMOPHOBIA MAY 29, 2021 A leading Muslim group in Austria said on Saturday it planned to file a lawsuit against the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for unveiling […]
The curious history of the croissant
From Kipferl to Crescent: The (Dubious) Legend of the Ottoman Attack on Vienna How did the kipferl get its crescent shape, and become, well, a croissant? Here’s where things get hazy and a […]