ITALY TO SWITZERLAND FEB 20, 2017 Increased enforcement by the Swiss authorities led to a growth in migrant population in Como (Keystone) Four Ghanaian nationals smuggling migrants from Italy to Switzerland for a fee have been apprehended. They are accused of having illegally transported around 200 migrants across the border […]
Aljazeera: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Islam is not the source of “terrorism” and that cooperating with predominantly Muslim states in the fight against it is vital. Merkel, who […]
Source: Dawn MOSCOW: Russia’s combative ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died suddenly in New York on Monday after being taken ill at work.The Russian foreign ministry said nothing about the circumstances of his death, but offered condolences to his relatives and said the diplomat had died one day […]
Source: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/tim-blair-milo-yiannopoulos-and-potus-trump-the-left-protests-only-make-the-right-stronger/news-story/38e26e69cad034dd787c1fb1a88932e1 ISLAMIC OZ-LOVERS RUN GOSSIP GAUNTLET WESTERN Sydney was peace-bombed last week with leaflets promoting Islamic love. Similar leaflets, produced by members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, have already been distributed elsewhere in Australia and around the world. They’re colourful little documents, aiming to build acceptance of Islam and bring […]
Source: Independent Debenhams is soon to become the first major UK department store to sell hijabs as part of a new range of Muslim clothing. London-based clothing brand Aab, which is […]
REFUGEE FEE FEB 19, 2017 – Many foreigners are fleeing the US for Canada, sometimes straight into the arms of Canadian police at the border. (Keystone) Rather than blocking their entry, nations should charge migrants a fee for being taken in, suggest two Swiss economists in a joint opinion […]
Reuters International FEB 18, 2017 – Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders attends a news conference after a European far-right leaders meeting in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (reuters_tickers) By Thomas Escritt SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Muslim, anti-EU party leader Geert Wilders promised to […]
Reuters International FEB 17, 2017 – The new Central Mosque is photographed in Cologne, Germany, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen (reuters_tickers) ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The head of Turkey’s Diyanet religious authority denied on Friday that any of its imams had ever been involved in illegal activities and said investigations […]
Spain has accepted just 1,100 refugees of the over 17,000 it has pledged to take in JOSEPH WILSON At least 160,000 protesters have marched in Barcelona to demand that Spain’s conservative-led government increase its efforts to take in refugees from war-torn countries like Syria. Spain has accepted just 1,100 refugees […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A recent poll in USA shows that even though the perception of the Muslims has improved over […]
Our Source: Swiss Info Reporting by Shadia Nasralla and Andrea Shalal; Writing by Michelle Martin; Editing by Michael Nienaber MUNICH (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen warned […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 17 February 2017 Minors are among those applying for asylum. File photo: Federal Office for Migraiton A Swiss government pilot project expected to launch this year promises to improve care and accommodation for underage asylum seekers. In a written answer on Thursday to a parliamentary question the […]
Source: The Local The Muslim woman won an appeal before a Berlin-Brandenburg court on Thursday, and is set to receive nearly €9,000 after she was rejected from a teaching job due to her headscarf. The Berlin-Brandenburg court on Thursday ruled on the side of the woman, who was denied a […]
Source: The Local Prosecutors in Frankfurt are investigating two people for making up a crime, after they claimed in a national newspaper that dozens of Arab men rioted and sexually assaulted women at New Year. The claims first appeared in Bild newspaper on February 6th, which described the men as […]
Source: The Local When you receive the urn of a deceased loved one, you generally assume you’re only going home with that family member. But a Regensburg crematorium is suspected of slipping other people’s body parts into the mix. Employees of a crematorium in Regensburg, Bavaria, are currently under investigation […]
Source: The Local Police on Wednesday searched the homes of four Turkish Muslim preachers on suspicion they spied for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, officials said. The imams are accused of reporting on Turkish followers of US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who Erdogan blames for last July’s failed coup attempt […]
Source: The Local The election of Donald Trump to President of the US has awoken fears that the US will no longer be the guardian of European security. If Washington steps back, can Berlin fill the void? After less than a month of life with the Trump administration, it is […]
Source. BBC A 64-year-old woman has successfully given birth to healthy twins – a boy and a girl – in Burgos, northern Spain.The Recoletas Hospital delivered the twins by Caesarean section, the usual method in such rare cases.The unnamed woman had undergone fertility treatment in the US, Spanish media report. […]
The Local news@thelocal.de 14 February 2017 Frankfurt. Photo: DPA Prosecutors in Frankfurt are investigating two people for making up a crime, after they claimed in a national newspaper that dozens of Arab men rioted and sexually assaulted women at New Year. The claims first appeared in Bild newspaper on February […]
Geert Wilders is dragging all of Dutch politics in a nationalist direction Feb 11th 2017 | AMSTERDAM “THERE’S something wrong with our country,” began an open letter to the Dutch people published last month. It went on to moan about those who “abuse our country’s freedom to cause havoc, when they […]