Stones Rain in Sinop, Turkey
What is This? Astighfar! LINK
Arranged marriages happier, claims former High Court family judge
Channel 4 reality show ‘Married At First Sight’ sees couples matched-up by experts, get hitched on their very first meeting CREDIT: CHANNEL 4 John Bingham, social affairs editor 18 NOVEMBER 2016 • Arranged marriage could be happier than marrying for love because it removes the pressure to find the “perfect” […]
Austrian vote a ‘good omen for Europe’: German minister
Source: The Local “If the first results are confirmed this will be a good omen against populism in Europe,” Steinmeier, who is to become Germany’s next president, told a news […]
Italy PM resigns after referendum defeat
Source: BBC In a late-night news conference, he said he took responsibility for the outcome, and said the No camp must now make clear proposals.With most ballots counted, the No vote leads with 60% against 40% for Yes. The turnout was nearly 70%, in a vote that was seen as a […]
Swiss seize artefacts looted from Syria’s Palmyra
AFP news@thelocal.ch 3 December 2016 The artefacts were apparently deposited in the free ports in 2009 and 2010. Photo: Louai Beshara/ AFP Swiss authorities said Friday they had seized cultural relics looted from Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, as well as from Libya and Yemen, which were being stored in […]
Video interview of Islamic Scholar Lamya Kaddor – What can be done against hate?
Source: YouTube and DW News Germany needs a new identity—one that everyone can agree on, at least according to Islamic scholar Lamya Kaddor. She says it’s the only way to […]
Germany: Businesses and refugees come together
One thousand companies are already involved in refugee initiatives. Air conditioning and ventilation technology is a sensitive matter. If anything goes wrong during the installation of large cooling systems people could be seriously injured – specifically, by leaking gas. For the Osnabrück-based medium-sized company HEIFO that means qualified personnel are […]
Austria’s presidential campaign draws to a close
As Austrians prepare to head to the polls, the candidates have sent out their final campaign messages. Norbert Hofer of the right-wing Freedom Party has urged voters to ensure a “safe Austria” for future generations. Watch video12:03 Austria decides: The populist challenge After a seemingly never-ending campaign, Austria’s presidential race came […]
Judge says Jewish father ‘unwise’ to take children to museum because they could learn about evolution
Exclusive: Mother also criticised in complex custody battle that highlights the difficulties for courts when assessing child welfare in deeply religious communities Jon Sharman, Dina Rickma 301 comments The Board of Deputies of British Jews estimates that there are around 30,000 strictly orthodox Jews living in the UK, of which Satmar is the […]
Muslims expelled from Christmas fair after setting Information stand on Islam
Source: Index.hr CITIZENS of German city Rudesheim, a popular tourist destination during the Christmas holidays, they found themselves under fire after allegedly made several Muslims to leave the Advent market because their booth was “insulting”. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community set up the information booth in front of the […]
Croatia Urged to Fine Tune Foreign Policy Goals
Source: Balkan Insight Croatia needs to precisely set its foreign policy goals and plan its international diplomatic initiatives more thoroughly, according to Dejan Jovic, a professor at the Zagreb Faculty of Political Sciences and chief analyst to former President Ivo Josipovic. Jovic commended Croatia for recently taking “a more active […]
Banned mosque construction, the use of a muezzin at prayer times and the wearing of clothes such as the niqab and the burkini.
Source: ET One of Hungary’s main Muslim organisations decried on Monday what it said were ‘xenophobic’ steps taken by an ultra-nationalist town mayor to preserve traditional Christian values and prevent immigration. Asothalom, close to the Serbian border, last week banned mosque construction, the use of a muezzin at prayer times and […]
Australian judge refuses to hear Muslim woman’s evidence until she removes niqab
Source: ET A judge in Australia refused to hear a Muslim woman’s evidence unless she removed her niqab. Judge Audrey Balla said the ruling, a first in Australia, was necessary because the veil prevented him from reading Moutia Elzahed’s expression. Elzahed refused a number of alternatives, including the court being […]
How new German rules are holding refugee families apart
Source: The Local As the country enters a decisive election year with anti-migrant populists on the rise, the mass arrival of refugees’ wives and children would have created a major challenge for Chancellor Angela Merkel as she seeks a fourth term. Merkel’s popularity plunged after the arrival of nearly 900,000 asylum […]
Video: Should we be proud of the British Empire – BBC The Big Questions?
Sikh PA arranged for Jagraj Singh to appear on BBC’s The Big Question show where they asked the question: Should we be proud of the British Empire? Sikh PA arranged […]
Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds second Quran Exhibition at Casey-Cardinia Library
Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, Victoria (6 Leisureland Drive, Langwarrin VIC 3910) _______________________________________________________ Press Release For Immediate Release 29 October 2016 Contact: Soofi Aziz (Mob: 0431 173 270) Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds second Quran Exhibition at Casey-Cardinia Library On Sunday 26 November 2016, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community,Berwick branch, hosted a Holy Quran Exhibition […]
Number of homophobic crimes soars in 2016
Source: The Local The number of homophobic crimes recorded in the first three quarters of the year increased by 15 percent, an Interior Ministry official said in a response to an inquiry by the Green party, the Süddeutsche Zeitung(SZ) reported on Thursday.Between January and September, 205 crimes with a connection to […]
Syrian teen kicked off Berlin tram ‘for wearing headscarf’
Source: The Local The incident took place in the southeastern neighbourhood of Friedrichshagen on Tuesday, according to the police report.The teen got onto the tram shortly after 2pm, intending to ride to the nearest S-Bahn stop. But the driver announced over the loudspeaker that she should get out of the vehicle, […]
German Islamist spy was Spanish gay porn actor
Source: The Local Both Bild and the Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the 51-year-old former employee of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) had appeared in gay porn movies before his conversion to Islam in 2014. According to Bild, agents found the pornographic films in which he appeared […]
Guess who Charlie Hebdo mocks in first German edition
Source: The Local Merkel also features on the very first cover, depicting her looking worn out and lying atop a hydraulic ramp as a mechanic in a Volkswagen hat says “with a new exhaust pipe, she’ll be good for another four years”. The caption reads “VW stands behind Merkel”. The cover […]