The perils of a ‘German Islam’ project
Source: Daily Sabah BY BURHANETTIN DURAN; @burhanduran The German government’s ‘secular Islam’ project only serves to make the Muslims in Europe become more radicalized, but not more integrated into their […]
Is seeing believing? How documentaries are taking liberties with historical truth
Recreating ‘authenticity’ to engage audiences risks undermining a proper reliance on archive sources, says Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent When I was five years old, my parents arranged for a local photographer in Maidstone to take a portrait picture of their beloved son. A tall gentleman arrived at our home […]
A fine Swiss model
Dec 01,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI An interesting referendum took place in Switzerland on “sovereignty”. In specific terms, the referendum was about the conflict, if any, between international […]
Holy See renews appeal to ban killer robots
Geneva, Switzerland, Nov 28, 2018 / 12:18 pm (CNA).- A Vatican representative to the United Nations called on the international community to ban killer robots – known as Lethal […]
Germany: The Mormons of Islam, only more successful
On 22nd November 2018 the legal case starts in Frankfurt against the religion critic and publicist Necla Kelek, launched by the Ahmadiyya Community. The Community is accusing Kelek, as the author in an interview with the German Radio Deutschlandfunk in the year 2017 called the Community a ‘sect’ and ‘a […]
Europe finally pulls the trigger on a military force
Nov 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hans-Werner Sinn MUNICH — US President Donald Trump is making an intolerable show of himself in Europe. Not only has he cast doubt on America’s […]
Foreign influences in German mosques.
Source: Morgenpost The 4th German Islam Conference (DIK) has started with a controversial debate about foreign influences in German mosques. The kick-off event in Berlin was accompanied by a heated exchange between conservative and liberal Muslims. Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer called on the Islamic communities in Germany to gradually […]
The small, but surprising secret to Germany’s economic success
Source: DW It’s a dreaded dinner party question that leaves many of us scrambling to make our mundane jobs sound more interesting than they are. It’s also the first thing I ask Steffen Lange, the branch manager of a company called “Berliner Schrauben” (Berlin screws), when we meet at his […]
German government backs controversial UN migration pact
Source: The Local MPs including Chancellor Angela Merkel voting in the Bundestag on Thursday. Photo: DPA It has sparked a split of opinions among politicians in Germany. But on Thursday the Bundestag voted in favour of the controversial UN migration pact. In the ballot 372 MPs voted in favour of […]
At the Islam Conference in Berlin, the hosts distribute blood sausage snacks made from pork?
Source: Frankfurter Rundschau At the Islam Conference in Berlin, the hosts distribute blood sausage snacks made from pork. It’s not the first time. It sounds like a bad joke: At […]
Germany seeks dialogue with country’s 4.5 million Muslims
Source: The Telegraph The German government is reaching out to the country’s 4.5 million Muslims by sitting down with community leaders, experts and imams to talk about improving their integration […]
Islamophobia is a form of racism – like antisemitism it’s time it got its own definition
It has become so normalised in our society yet we struggle to define it. Our report will provide something we can all get behind By Anna Soubry and Wes Streeting […]
Perfect platform for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Slovenia to spread the true message of Islam
Compilation: Talha Ahmad Pictures: Talha Ahmad The Slovenian book fair is a trade fair that takes places every year at the Congress Centre in the capital city, Ljubljana. The Slovenian […]
Religion Should Make Us Pluralistic, But Often the Converse is True, At Least in Trump’s Land
Voters who attend religious services at least weekly voted Republican 58%-40% in the 2018 midterms. Those who never attend religious services, meanwhile, went Democratic by an even bigger margin (68%-30%): […]
Seven wonders of Switzerland – Switzerland: home to one of Europe’s oldest monasteries
Nov 22, 2018 In the east of Switzerland, in Val Müstair, is one of the oldest churches in Europe. Here, in the Middle Ages, Charlemagne was venerated as a saint. […]
Education exchange. What’s the secret to Finnish school success?
By Isobel Leybold-Johnson in Bern This content was published on November 20, 2018 At a Swiss event, a top Finnish education official explains why the country’s schools are so good – and what the Finns could learn from Switzerland. Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education […]
UAE pardons British academic sentenced to life for spying
Reuters International Nov 26, 2018 – 10:06 By Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI/DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying […]
Of course God isn’t a man – ignore this cynical attempt by the Church of England to fill empty pews
Source: The Independent Voices A church that attempts to appear modern and hip in attempts to lure in millennials is as embarrassing as it is off-putting, like a drunk uncle […]
Switzerland: Swiss people vote to defend human rights in referendum
25 November 2018, Responding to the emphatic referendum defeat of the so-called ‘initiative for self-determination’, a proposal to put Swiss law above international law, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Kumi Naidoo […]
Book Review: Looking at Muslims through a ‘Journey into Europe’
Book review by Dunia El-Zobaidi is an Arab Weekly correspondent in London. Book by Akbar Ahmed, who is Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University and former Pakistani […]