France’s obsession with the Muslim headscarf
17th May 2020 Asif Arif, Attorney at Law admitted to Paris Bar http://www.alhakam.org Since the apparition of fundamental rights and the state of law in […]
Coronavirus: NHS staff will be first to get new antibody test, medical chief promises
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Yahoo Finance Frontline workers, including NHS staff, will […]
AstraZeneca Aims for 30 Million U.K. Vaccine Doses by September
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Bloomberg By Sara Marley AstraZeneca Plc will make as […]
Safadi, European FMs talk formulating effective position against Israel annexation plans
FM speaks over phone with French, Cypriot counterparts prior to EU Foreign Ministers conference By JT – May 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi […]
Italy to allow international travel from June 3
Source: Dawn Italy’s government on Saturday approved a decree which will allow travel to and from abroad from June 3, in a major development as it moves to unwind one […]
Pope joins inter-faith prayers against coronavirus, irks ultra-conservatives
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis shakes hands with Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb after signing a document on fighting extremism, during an inter-religious meeting at the Founder’s Memorial in […]
‘True Love’ and the ‘Perfect’ Life Partner
A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH THE WORLDWIDE HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY Source: Review of Religions By Amer Safir, London, UK For some, it happens in college or university. For […]
Facts From Fiction : Our Kalima (Creed) has Never Changed
Raziullah Noman- Canada 13th May 2020 – REVIEW OF RELIGIONS Recently, there has been storm of allegations against Islam Ahmadiyyat in Pakistan. One of the false allegations which has […]
Israel’s West Bank annexation: Preparing EU policy for the day after
Commentary Hugh Lovatt 14th May, 2020 West Bank annexation will bring an end to the EU’s cherished two-state solution. International norms and the EU’s own laws will now […]
The Good Turk: The true story of Armenia’s forgotten Schindler
Twenty-five years before Oskar Schindler would save the lives of more than a thousand Jews from Nazi Germany, Cemil Kunneh protected hundreds of Armenians from genocide. Robert Fisk tells his […]
Prince William speaks with members of New Zealand’s Muslim community a year after terrorist attacks
Source: Independent By Chelsea Ritschel The Duke of Cambridge has spoken with members of the New Zealand Muslim community a year after first connecting following the Al-Noor and Linwood mosque […]
Bigotry mars return of Italy hostage who converted to Islam
SOURCE: THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, ONE PICTURE FROM DAILY SABAH Rome: A right-wing lawmaker in Italy was reprimanded Wednesday after he called a young Italian woman who converted to Islam […]
Italy magistrates open probe after freed aid worker bombarded by hate mail (after converting to Islam)
May 12, 2020 – swissinfo.ch Silvia Romano, an Italian aid worker who was kidnapped by gunmen in Kenya 18 months ago, waves at Ciampino military airport in Rome, Italy, […]
The future of handshaking
By Ashley Mantha-Hollands and Liav Orgad May 13, 2020 – http://www.swissinfo.ch The Covid-19 crisis has put a temporary stop to handshaking and taught us to cover our faces. (Keystone) […]
Swiss to re-open borders with neighbouring countries
By Urs Geiser May 13, 2020 – SWISSINFO.ch The border with neighbouring Germany was closed in mid-March as part of efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Britain’s plan to exempt France from 14-day travel quarantine must be applied to EVERY EU member state, the European Commission warns
Source: Daily Mail A European Commission spokesman said that Britain is still subject to EU free movement rules while it is in the transition period before leaving the bloc at the end of the year.’Restrictions to free movement, as well as lifting restrictions, have to comply with the principles of proportionality […]
Pope Francis calls for fasting during day in Ramadan for end of COVID-19
By Emily Judd, for Al Arabiya English Pope Francis has called on “believers of all faiths” to unite next Thursday in a day of fasting and prayer to ask “God […]
A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one Timothy Garton Ash
Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy’s capacity to deliver change Matteo Salvini at the Chigi Palace in Rome on 23 March. ‘What kind of historical moment will this turn out to be, for Europe and the world?’ Photograph: Fabio Frustaci/EPA The coronavirus crisis seems […]
132,000 descendants of expelled Jews apply for Spanish citizenship
Application deadline passes under law designed to atone for 15th-century ‘historical wrong’ @swajones Wed 2 Oct 2019 A gift shop in the old Jewish quarters of Toledo, where Jews were […]