Fertility Sperm quality of Swiss youth in ‘critical’ condition
May 22, 2019 The first ever nationwide testing of young Swiss men has found that over 60% have below average sperm count, mobility or morphology. Researchers from the University of […]
I thought I understood the healing power of food during Ramadan – until I cooked with refugees who’d lost everything
Most of us can’t imagine the horror of being forced to flee our homes due to war. But food is often the balm that we need to soothe our souls […]
France’s Multicultural Challenge
Source: Charged Affair By Sheila Archambault, 20th May 2019 French identity is so deeply linked to its colonial past that there is a fear of a reversal, where there is […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community announces Big Iftar in Birmingham near end of Ramadan
Source: Birmingham Mail Family-friendly free event is part of national initiative aiming to strengthen community relations during holy month By David Bentley Families of all faiths and backgrounds are invited […]
Video: Jemima Marcelle Khan Raising Her Children in Islam
Jemima Marcelle Khan (née Goldsmith, born 30 January 1974) is a British TV, film and documentary producer and founder of Instinct Productions, a television production company. [2] She was formerly a journalist and associate […]
Chagos Islands: isolated UK faces thrashing in UN vote on ownership
General assembly expected to vote in favour of UK relinquishing control of Indian Ocean archipelago claimed by Mauritius Julian Borger in Washington and Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent Tue 21 […]
Germany’s Integration Blinkers – What’s So Bad About Parallel Societies?
Source: Spiegel Chancellor Angela Merkel says that multiculturalism has been an utter failure in Germany. And many would argue that parallel societies must be avoided at all costs. But is […]
Has multiculturalism failed in the UK? Not really
Source: The Guardian By Anthony Heath Our research shows a strong inclination of first and second generation Britons to feel and act ‘British’ Fri 10 Aug 2012 There are three […]
Britain’s races ‘leading parallel lives’, says report
Monday, May 20th 2019 Britain’s communities are living a series of parallel lives because of segregation on ethnic lines, according to a report into last summer’s race riots. […]
Church offers to ‘cover up’ cross and image of Jesus for Ramadan
Amber Hicks © Provided by Trinity Mirror Shared Services Limited St Matthew and St Luke’s Church in Darlington, where men who from a nearby mosque were invited to […]
Community comes together to celebrate the Big Iftar
Monday 20 May 2019 People of all faiths came together at the weekend to celebrate the end of Ramadan fasting with Muslim friends and neighbours. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
London’s first mosque – archive
4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia From our London Staff Tue 4 Oct […]
Austria’s Islamophobia and the construction of the authoritarian state
FARID HAFEZ @ferithafez Published 17.05.2019 Many people reacted with outrage when the current Austrian Minister of Interior Herbert Kickl, who is a staunch right-wing ideologue, proclaimed that “the law has […]
Archive Document: Queen Outed Herself as a Fan of the EU
Does Britain’s future lie in Europe? In 1988, long before the prospect of Brexit, the queen spoke about the issue with a German diplomat. A document viewed by DER SPIEGEL […]
A blessed Friday at the new Markaz
17th May 2019 Islamabad, Surrey: 17 May Fridays are blessed anyway, but what better if they occur in the holy month of Ramadan; and what better when there happens to […]
Abolish the Priesthood
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Defeating calls for terrorism, extremism online
May 16,2019 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah attended a timely meeting on Wednesday on the Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorism and Violent Extremist Content Online, hosted […]
‘HATE CRIME’ BACKLASH Theresa May rejects new Islamophobia bill after warnings it could harm anti-terror fight
The PM was warned it could backfire and stifle criticism of hate preachers Source: Sun, UK By Kate Ferguson, Westminster Correspondent THERESA May yesterday rejected a new definition of […]
Islamophobia is real and needs to be taken seriously – this definition is no threat to free speech
The working definition of Islamophobia proposed by the APPG for British Muslims endangers free speech no more than a working definition of dentistry or philosophy Sean O’Grady @_seanogrady The Independent […]
Austria’s compliment in disguise to Islam: Headscarf ban in primary schools
Austria approves headscarf ban in primary schools Source: Guardian Law against ‘religiously influenced clothing’ exempts male Sikh and Jewish headwear By Philip Oltermann and agencies Austrian MPs have approved a […]