How The UK Is Strengthening Interfaith Bonds After Paris Attacks
Source: The Huffington Post Inter Faith Week has been celebrated in the UK since 2009. But this year, the terrorist attacks that gripped Paris last Friday gave the campaign a […]
‘To hell with their culture’ – Richard Dawkins in extraordinary blast at Muslims
The Express: The British scientist was appearing on a live TV chat show in the United States when he blasted “to hell with their culture” when referring to some practices in Islam, such as women being made to wear burkhas. Dawkins was appearing on the Bill Maher’s HBO show and […]
French Far-Right Politician Will Go on Trial for Comparing Muslims to Nazis
Time: French nationalist politician Marine Le Pen is set to face a trialin October for her past comments likening Muslim public prayers to the Nazi occupation, officials from her party and prosecutors in the eastern city of Lyon said Tuesday. The Lyon prosecutor’s office said Le Pen will be charged […]
Can UK parliament ignore 100,000 calls for Netanyahu’s arrest?
The Electronic Intifada: The UK parliament may debate whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes. This is because more than 100,000 UK citizens and residents […]
The infidel mosque
medium.com: When you visit a mosque, you don’t really expect to go through a fence topped with barbed wire and be greeted with men carrying rifles. But when it’s a mosque where dozens of worshipers were gunned down and killed five years ago, it’s become necessary. There are an estimated two […]
Europe’s Migrant Crisis By the Numbers
FP: In April, a 66-foot boat carrying some 850 migrants across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy capsized, killing almost all those on board. The tragedy catapulted migration issues to the forefront of Brussels’s political agenda, as ministers grappled with how to deal with Europe’s influx of asylum-seekers and migrants without […]
Europe’s religious war: Failure and its consequences
Economist: MAX WEBER, the great German theorist of religious influence on economics, seems to be gaining more followers by the day. The latest person to posit a religious explanation for […]
German TV presenter sparks debate and hatred with her support for refugees
A television presenter in Germany has triggered a huge online debate after calling for a public stand against the growth of racist attacks on refugees. Anja Reschke used a commentary slot on Tagesthemen, the nationwide news bulletin of German public broadcaster ARD,to lambast hate-filled commentators whose language she said had […]
An interview with Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, author of BEYOND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
http://blog.press.princeton.edu: What’s at stake when governments set the standards for religious practice? Policymakers in North America and Europe regularly advocate abroad for religious freedom, interfaith dialogue, religious tolerance, and protections […]
TIME Admits ISIS Bringing Arms, Fighters in From NATO Territory
Journal-Neo.org: Late last year, Germany’s broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) investigated what turned out to be hundreds of trucks a day carrying billions of dollars in supplies, flowing across the Turkish border into […]
BBC2 to shed light on divorce, Islam and Dunblane in new documentary series
Guardian: Europe’s largest mosque, the 20th anniversary of Dunblane, and a Big Brother-style look at divorce are among a wide range of new documentary series on BBC2. The Mosque will be […]
Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton’s State Department
ibtimes.com: Even by the standards of arms deals between the United States and Saudi Arabia, this one was enormous. A consortium of American defense contractors led by Boeing would deliver $29 billion worth of advanced fighter jets to the United States’ oil-rich ally in the Middle East. Israeli officials were […]
Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton's State Department
ibtimes.com: Even by the standards of arms deals between the United States and Saudi Arabia, this one was enormous. A consortium of American defense contractors led by Boeing would deliver $29 billion worth of advanced fighter jets to the United States’ oil-rich ally in the Middle East. Israeli officials were […]
Rasheed’s remarks against seminaries are blasphemous: Mufti Naeem
ARY News: ISLAMABAD: Renowned Pakistani religious figure, Mufti Muhammad Naeem said on Friday that Federal Information Minister Pervez Rasheed is no more a Muslim, ARY News reported. Mufti Naeem issued the above statement in response to Pervez Rasheed’s derogatory remarks about Madaris (Religious Schools). Pervez Rasheed, while addressing a ceremony […]
Islam finds a place in Germany's classrooms
Source: Christian Science Monitor Germany is beginning to grant Muslims the sort of entitlements given to Christians and Jews, including having their religion taught in schools and universities – something […]
Islam finds a place in Germany’s classrooms
Source: Christian Science Monitor Germany is beginning to grant Muslims the sort of entitlements given to Christians and Jews, including having their religion taught in schools and universities – something […]
CFI Criticizes Saudi Arabia’s Hypocrisy on Religious Freedom at UN Human Rights Council
centerforinquiry.net: At the UN Human Rights Council today, the Center for Inquiry slammed the hypocrisy of Saudi Arabia’s plans to host a key international human rights conference, calling on the country to free its prisoners of conscience and protect the rights to freedom of religion, belief, and expression. Last week […]
French comedian sentenced for ‘condoning terrorism’ in FB post
Russia Today: Amid a crackdown on hate speech and “condoning terrorism” online, a French court has handed out a two-month suspended prison sentence to prominent comedian and political activist Dieudonne […]
Why was a 9th century Viking woman buried with a ring that says ‘for Allah’ on it?
Washington Post: In the modern-era, Scandinavian countries have become known for their sometimes awkward embrace of migrants from the Arab and Muslim world. But the history behind that relationship goes back far […]
Collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts discovered in Afghanistan provide evidence Jewish people lived in country 1,000 years ago
By MARIO LEDWITH FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 18:45 EST, 3 January 2013 | UPDATED: 13:13 EST, 4 January 2013 Mailonline: A collection of manuscripts from caves in Afghanistan has provided the first evidence of Jewish communities living in the devoutly Muslim country 1,000 years ago. The cache of Hebrew […]