Tracing the rise and fall of Islam in southern Spain
By Keshie Hernitaningtyas, for The Jakarta Post It took twenty five years to build the city of Madinat al-Zahra, which existed for only sixty-five years and laid forgotten beneath the ground […]
German Police Raid Apartment After Bombing Tip-Off
Source: The Daily Beast German police raided an apartment in the eastern city of Chemnitz on Saturday after receiving information of a bomb plot. A nearby house was also evacuated, according to local media. In a message on Twitter, Saxony police warned residents in the area to stay indoors. “Please […]
Russia tension ‘more dangerous than in Cold War’
Source: The Local Relations between the two have nosedived since a ceasefire they agreed to in September fell apart in less than a week, and Washington on Friday accused Damascus and Moscow of staging “war crimes” in Aleppo. At least 250,000 people are living under siege in rebel-held east Aleppo, and […]
Jihadi bride who fled Syria uses life on probation as lesson
WORLD by LORI HINNANT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted Oct 8, 2016 Laura Passoni talks during an interview with the Associated Press in an hotel in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Passoni, a Belgian woman who joined Islamic State with her 4-year-old son and later escaped has written a book […]
VIDEO: Chris Cornell Joins Yusuf Islam On Stage At Los Angeles Concert
October 7 Multiple Grammy® Award-winning, Golden Globe nominated singer and songwriter Chris Cornell joined Yusuf Islam on stage last night at the Pantages Theatre for a performance of “Wild World”. Watch the video below: About Chris Cornell: Chris Cornell is a modern icon who transcends genre. He was the chief […]
Is there a connection between Muslim ‘superdiversity’ and sectarian violence?
PARVEEN AKHTAR 5 October 2016 What lies behind two intra-Muslim killings in Britain? The question is timely at the unifying moment of a new Muslim year. East London Mosque, Whitechapel, London. Steve Parsons PA Archive/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.The start of the new Islamic calendar year falls this […]
Which European countries attract the most immigrants?
MIGRATION SERIES (PART 4) By Duc-Quang Nguyen OCT 6, 2016 – 16:17 The free movement of people accord is in the line of fire as Europe battles with its migration crisis. But which European countries have more people leaving than arriving? We took a look at the data. It’s over […]
Scared Syrian refugees stuck in east Germany mull leaving
Source: The Local One had a beer bottle flung at him on a train. Another was woken at midnight as three men holding wooden slats rang his doorbell. A third had her headscarf pulled off by a stranger in the street.A year after they arrived in Germany seeking refuge from […]
Cisco’s Chambers says at IMF that 40% of businesses will disappear in a decade
Published: Oct 5, 2016 DAVID WALDMAN WASHINGTON — Technology will fuel an increase of up to 3% in the gross domestic product of every country over the next decade, the executive chairman of Cisco Systems said at an International Monetary Fund panel Wednesday. “If you look at what is […]
The party that fought for Brexit has sunk to a shocking new low—a violent fight between members in the European Parliament
UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) WRITTEN BY Cassie Werber A senior member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which was instrumental in the campaign for Brexit, was hospitalized in serious condition after reportedly being punched by a colleague at the European Parliament in Strasbourg today (Oct. 6). Steven […]
Polish Lawmakers Reject Total Abortion Ban
Source: The Daily Beast Poland has overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for an absolute ban on abortion in the country in a 352-58 vote. The measure would have banned abortion even in the case of rape and resulted in prison terms as a consequence for violating the law. A citizens’ initiative […]
Far-right AfD loses support for first time in months
A poll carried out by Forsa and published by Stern magazine on Wednesday showed that if federal elections were to be held on Sunday, 13 percent of Germans would vote for the AfD. That was a one percent loss since a Forsa poll carried out last week.“The refugee debate has taken […]
Disgust as AfD leader likens immigrants to compost heap
Source: The Local Petry gave a speech in Stuttgart on Monday for German Unity Day in which she predicted a “Darwinistic” conflict between Europe’s residing “transfer payment recipients” and immigrants from the “lumpenproletariat Afro-Arabian world,” the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported.Petry also condemned the notion that Germany is a diverse […]
EU launches new tough border force in Bulgaria to curb migrant crisis
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP KAPITAN ANDREEVO, Bulgaria This file photo taken on February 11, 2011 shows a barbed wire fence near the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point between Bulgaria and Turkey. (AFP Photo) The EU’s beefed-up version of its struggling border force went into operation Thursday, in a rare […]
Nearly 11,000 migrants rescued in last 48 hours off Libya – Italian coast guard
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; saving a life is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Reuters By Crispian Balmer | ROME More than 5,000 migrants […]
Russia launches huge nuclear war training exercise that ‘involves 40 million people’
‘Schizophrenics from America are sharpening nuclear weapons for Moscow,’ says Russian government-run TV network Matt Payton A Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of delivering multiple nuclear weapons, is paraded through Moscow’s Red Square in the 2009 Victory Day parade DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images The Russian government has launched a nationwide […]
Pope Francis Celebrates Mass in Muslim Azerbaijan, Home to 700 Catholics
by REUTERS Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday for the miniscule Catholic community in Shi’ite Muslim Azerbaijan, urging the “precious little flock” to keep the faith and paying tribute to those persecuted during the Soviet era. The oil and gas-rich nation of about 9 million people bordering on Russia, Iran […]
Police criticized for wishing Pegida ‘a successful day’
Source: The Local Politics Before the start of a demonstration by the xenophobic Pegida group on German Unity Day, an officer read out the assembly regulations – something which event organizers usually do. He said the reason for this was a problem with Pegida’s loudspeaker, and that he was “happy” […]
Switzerland: How Graubünden integrates asylum seekers in the job market
WORK INTEGRATION How Graubünden integrates asylum seekers in the job market SOCIETY http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:42438540 EMBED CODE OCT 3, 2016 – 17:00 People fleeing conflict or persecution have to battle to be recognised as refugees by countries like Switzerland. It’s another challenge to integrate into a foreign culture, especially without a job. […]
Jordan to open permanent office at NATO
‘Move to enable Kingdom to achieve 27 remaining partnership goals’ By Mohammad Ghazal – Oct 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan will open a permanent office at NATO in […]