Source: Times of Israel. The right-leaning news blog GeenStijl, which boasts 2 million views per month, wrote that Zilveren Kruis is moving into the niche that until recently was occupied only by specialized insurance companies catering specifically to Muslims. Zilveren Kruis began including non-medical circumcision of boys in some of […]
REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY Defining Protestant identity By Olivier Pauchard DEC 28, 2016 – Attempts by Martin Luther (1483-1546) to reform the church from neighbouring Germany found fertile soil in Switzerland. (akg-images / Doris Poklekowski) The year 2017 will mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Martin Luther’s theses that sparked […]
Source:Handles Blatt Global It’s freezing cold outside when Gerhard Schröder invites us into his comfortable office near the zoo in Hanover. The former chancellor has just returned from representing Germany at Fidel Castro’s funeral in Havana and will be traveling to Turkey afterwards. But a number of things are also turning frosty […]
Reuters International DEC 27, 2016 – 16:57 Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis smiles while casting his ballot for a parliamentary election in Bucharest, Romania, December 11, 2016. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Radu-Sorin Marinas and Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s president rejected the Social Democrat Party’s nominee for prime […]
The gunman who shot three people in a Muslim prayer hall in Zurich on Monday afternoon was a 24-year-old Swiss, chief of police Christiane Lentjes Meili has said in a press conference. The shooter was later found dead a few hundred metres from the Islamic Centre where the crime took […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL File Photo Yves Chandelon, the chief auditor of NATO relating to terrorism financing and money laundering, has been found dead in his car in an incident that raises suspicions. 62-year-old Chandelon’s death, resembling a suicide with a shot fired to his head, occurred on Dec. 16 and […]
Reuters International DEC 23, 2016 – Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov lies on the ground after he was shot by Mevlut Mert Altintas at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey, December 19, 2016. Hasim Kilic/Hurriyet via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Tuvan Gumrukcu SOKE, Turkey (Reuters) – Those in the small […]
TRANSPARENCY Who funds Swiss mosques? By Simon Bradley DEC 23, 2016 – There are thought to be around 250 mosques in Switzerland, mostly managed and organised as small private associations as well as a small number of foundations (Keystone) Swiss mosques and Muslim associations are in the spotlight after concerns […]
by Douglas Murray. The BBC is still saying, a lorry ‘went on a rampage’ in [Berlin]. Sure, trucks are the problem. Check out the spin in our media: The Independent reported that ‘Berlin’s Muslim community sends message of peace and solidarity after Christmas market attack’. The report when on to […]
The intention of Isis’ terror attacks is to provoke European states to ‘persecute’ Muslims within their frontiers in acts of reprisal for the mass killing of western Europeans Robert Fisk @indyvoices There is something infinitely naive in our pursuit of the identity of those behind the massacres which Isis is […]
Mirror Scott Campbell The Berlin Christmas market massacre suspect has been shot dead in Milan by police after pulling out a gun during a 3am stop. Anis Amri reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar”, or god is great, and shot an officer in the shoulder just moments after getting off a […]
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania could be headed for its first female prime minister, an economist who is a member of Romania’s small Muslim community. Liviu Dragnea, chairman of Romania’s […]
Dec 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted to Monday’s assassination of Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, by vowing to redouble efforts to normalise relations between their countries. Ties have been strained by the war in Syria, where […]
Not feeling obliged to stick to the letter of tradition when cooking our Christmas dinner, we’re free to concede that Turkey isn’t all that great anyway and go for chicken or roast lamb instead Avaes Mohammad Tuesday 20 December 2016 There aren’t many Muslims who don’t appreciate the warmth and […]
Source: The Local Clad in white at a Berlin church, asylum seekers Saeed, Veronica, Farida and Matin were just about to become Christians on a recent Sunday.”Do you believe from the bottom of your heart that Jesus Christ is your Lord and saviour, and will you follow him every day […]
The Local news@thelocal.de 21 December 2016 Photo: DPA German police are searching for a Tunisian man whose ID document they found in the truck which attacked a Berlin Christmas market on Monday, German media report. 12.15pm A report in Bild suggests that the Polish man found dead in the passenger […]
Police, journalists and onlookers were scattered around the damaged Christmas market the day after the terrorist attack. DW’s Ben Knight joined them. Police, many of them armed with automatic weapons, kept themselves warm on Tuesday by ordering people away from their red and white plastic cordoning tape. Keeping a tight […]
FAISAL J. ABBAS | Published — Wednesday 21 December 2016 Faisal J. Abbas Monday’s atrocious attacks that targeted civilians at a Christmas market in Berlin and Muslims praying in a mosque in Zurich resemble two sides of the same coin of hatred. Both acts of terrorism should be condemned, […]
By Isobel Leybold-Johnson, Julie Hunt in Basel http://www.swissinfo.ch Foreigners moving to canton Basel City receive a voucher for free German lessons, paid for by the canton – in a scheme that is unique in Switzerland. The aim is to increase integration. But not everyone is making use of the voucher […]
Source: The Local Live updates from Berlin after a truck ploughed into a Christmas market on Monday night, killing 12 people and injuring 48. What we know so far: – A large truck drove into a crowded Christmas market in west Berlin at around 8.30pm on Monday evening. – So […]