Europe needs rational, not emotional, debate on immigration
NADIM SHEHADI October 10, 2023 Fairuz, the iconic Lebanese singer, puts on the melancholic tone of a lovesick girl with a dilemma who longingly appeals to her absent lover to […]
Selective empathy and double standards
Oct 09,2023 – JORDAN TIMES . Sakher ‘Moh’d Nour’ Al Shriedeh In a world witnessing movements resisting oppression, a stark hypocrisy emerges in the international treatment of struggles in Ukraine and Palestine. This article aims to expose the incongruities in responses to these movements, shedding light on the selective empathy […]
Kosovo remains in purgatory as tensions rise again
YASAR YAKIS October 08, 2023 Small problems are sometimes more difficult to solve than big ones. The formal recognition of Kosovo is one of them because Russia opposes it in […]
‘There is no migrant crisis; there is a management crisis’
Foreign affairs Externalisation of borders is back on the agenda of the European Union and Switzerland. In an interview with SWI swissinfo.ch Hasni Abidi, an expert on Middle East and […]
The hurricane of bigotry is an existential threat for the UK
YOSSI MEKELBERG October 07, 2023 No one could accuse Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman of shying away from some bruising political bouts. But what, how and who she picks on […]
Fraxinetum. An Arab State in Southern France and Switzerland in the 10th century
Fraxinetum Coordinates: 43°19′17″N 06°27′50″E From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fraxinetum or Fraxinet (Arabic: فرخشنيط, romanized: Farakhshanīt or فرخشة Farakhsha, from Latin fraxinus: “ash tree“, fraxinetum: “ash forest”) was the site of a Muslim fortress in Provence between about 887 and 972. It is identified with modern La Garde-Freinet, near Saint-Tropez. […]
The Islamic Scholar Who Gave Us Modern Philosophy
Averroës’ writings on Aristotle shaped Western philosophy as we know it. Robert Pasnau HUMANITIES, November/December 2011, Volume 32, Number 6 Abū al-Walīd Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Rushd Although Thomas Aquinas […]
BOOK REVIEW. The Thirteenth Tribe
by Arthur Koestler (Author) ORIGINAL EDITION. Koestler advances the thesis that Ashkenazi Jews are not descended from the historical Israelites of antiquity, but from Khazars, a Turkic people originating in and populating […]
Swiss Catholic Church experiences exodus in wake of sex abuse scandal
The exodus of the Swiss faithful accelerated further following the sexual abuse scandal. In Fribourg alone, no less than 500 people have left the Catholic Church in the last three weeks. The […]
Friday Sermon Summary 6th October 2023: ‘Life of the Holy Prophet (sa) – Two Fabricated Incidents’
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SA) 6th October 2023 After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that he has been […]
UK: Muslim community ‘in mourning’ after London Islamic centre set on fire
The Al-Falah Institute in west London, which was primarily used by women, had charitable donations stolen and copies of the Quran burned By Khaled Shalaby Published date: 5 October 2023 A Muslim community […]
No enemy has chance of survival in case of nuclear strike: Putin
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL OCT 05, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia, Oct. 5, […]
Of Our Common Future and Triangulation of Eurasia: The North-South Corridor
Lorenzo Somigli 15/SEPT./23 Introduction In a fluid global order, initiatives to articulate cooperation to its best mutual outcome, as for exchange of resources and synergies are relevant more than ever. […]
Eight things to know about Islam in Germany
Emma Anderson – emma.anderson@thelocal.com Published: 12 May The Muslim community has actually had a presence – though small – in Germany for hundreds of years. Here are more facts you might […]
French schools’ ban on abayas and headscarves is supposedly about secularism − but it sends a powerful message about who ‘belongs’ in French culture
September 29, 2023 Surel Twitter Facebook81 LinkedIn Cetak France’s decision to ban public school students from wearing the abaya – a long dress or robe popular among women in certain Muslim cultures […]
UK unveils ‘Hijab’ sculpture, to celebrate women who wear hijab
A ‘hijab’ sculpture has been unveiled in the Smethwick area of Birmingham in the UK to celebrate women who wear the hijab. The sculpture, believed to be the first of […]
Turkish Republic’s first church reopens its doors
The inauguration of St Ephrem Syriac Orthodox Church faced a temporary delay earlier this year, prompted by the tragic February earthquakes. Türkiye’s first-ever church built in the Turkish Republic era, […]
France hijab ban ‘against Olympic spirit’: Islamic sports body
DISCRIMINATION The Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation says the hijab is “an aspect of many Muslim women’s identity and should be respected”, adding that the French ban could prevent some French […]
Opinion: Finding true religion – A response to Scott Galloway’s ‘Losing my Religion’
2nd October 2023 Imran Dean, UK This article is in response to a recent blog post by Scott Galloway titled “Losing my Religion”. (https://medium.com/@profgalloway/losing-my-religion-49f9378a2058) Scott Galloway is a Professor of […]
Q&A: The ‘chilling effects’ of UK’s Prevent strategy on Muslims
DISCRIMINATION 11 DAYS AGO Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and freedoms while countering terrorism, shared her insight into the far-reaching […]