US Iran sanctions move hits European companies
European companies were quick to pull back after the August US announcement. (AFP) AFP November 03, 2018 EU insists it will stick by the nuclear accord to allow trade […]
After the latest report of violence and destruction in Yemen, Britain must stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia
British ministers are plainly embarrassed by the actions of Saudi Arabia – and their own failure to do anything to restrain its rulers from bombing Yemen into submission, if not […]
The Islamic fundamentalist Jeremy Corbyn should be ashamed of himself – if only he’d behaved more like Margaret Thatcher
Source: Independent Corbyn supported every gay rights campaign at a time when it was considered extremist to do so. And the way he managed to be an extremist Islamic fundamentalist […]
French mothers in Syria face terrible choice
Women walk at a camp for Daesh group-affiliated people in the northern Syrian village of Malikiya near the border with Turkey, walks with a child on September 29, 2018. […]
How the murder of Jamal Khashoggi finally put the spotlight on UK arms sales and the war in Yemen
Last week, something rather unusual happened: a member of the British military establishment admitted total complicity in the devastation that is engulfing Yemen Anna Stavrianakis @StavrianakisA The Independent Voices The […]
Prince of Wales: I warned of plastic danger 40 years ago but was dismissed as ‘out of touch’
Sarah Knapton © PA The Prince of Wales attending a meeting of key plastics stakeholders and business leaders to discuss the role of plastics in the economy and […]
Istanbul summit fails to deliver map to end Syrian conflict
Oct 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF The four-way summit that was held in Istanbul on Saturday on Syria was extraordinary in more than one way. Turkish President […]
Drillship Fatih kicks off operations in Med, second vessel to enter fleet soon
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Turkish drilling vessel Fatih started drilling first well Alanya-1 in offshore Antalya, a Mediterranean coastal province, Oct. 30. Turkish drilling vessel Fatih began its first well-drilling operations […]
People who abstained from sex until tying the knot have happier marriages, research finds
Source: CT (Photo: Unsplash/Marc A Sporys) New research reveals that marriages are quantifiably happier if the couple had fewer sexual partners prior to their wedding day. Writing at the Institute for Family Studies Monday, University of Utah sociologist Nicholas Wolfinger explained that the majority of Americans who have only had sexual […]
British Museum’s new gallery celebrates wonders of the Islamic world
October 30, 2018 By lyana khairuddin As I walked into Room 42 on the second floor of the British Museum in London recently, two massive stone engravings greeted me – […]
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October 25, 2018 IHRC’s Islamophobia Awards are back and in 2018 it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Our gala dinner and awards show is a satirical […]
Irish passport applications from British applicants skyrocket
Irish passport holders will retain EU travel benefits after Brexit The number of British applications for an Irish passport has boomed following the UK’s vote to leave the European […]
Italy’s League blocks Muslims from buying and converting chapel
Oct 28, 2018 Italian Northern League leader Matteo Salvini speaks during a political rally in Milan, Italy February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (reuters_tickers) ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s far-right League party […]
Switzerland. New study. Foreign workers integrate quickly and earn more than locals
Oct 29, 2018 http://www.swissinfo.ch When they first arrive in Switzerland, immigrant women earn slightly more than Swiss women on average. By their fifth year in the country, the difference […]
France’s niqab ban violates human rights, UN committee says
Source: CNN France’s niqab ban violates the human rights of Muslim women and risks “confining them to their homes,” the United Nations Human Rights Committee said Tuesday. The committee said two women fined for wearing the full-face Islamic veils should be compensated and it called on France to review its […]
Germany’s new Exile Museum uses art to create empathy, but a focus on privileged migrants will achieve nothing
If the museum hopes to succeed in its aim, it must refrain from having a solely elitist, intellectual focus, and instead attempt to include the experiences of the anonymous masses […]
Light Parties: Is the church’s alternative to Halloween really a good idea?
Source: CT Local churches are being encouraged to hold ‘light parties’ this Halloween. The idea is to celebrate ‘what’s life-giving and positive’, instead of what’s dark and possibly evil, according the Church of England’s promotional material. It’s a recognition, as well, that the night when ghosts appear has been seized […]
Start of construction of a new Ahmadiyya Mosque in Erfurt, Germany in November
The date of the start of the construction of the Erfurt Mosque has been fixed. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany informed that the construction will start on 13th November of […]
Video: European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights Makes a Landmark Decision on Free Speech and the Prophet Muhammad Insulting Prophet Muhammad not ‘free speech,’ ECtHR rules Source: Daily Sabah Defaming the Prophet Muhammad […]