Source: The Local “From today onwards the competition between the AfD and the CDU for the leadership of the middle class camp has been set alight,” AfD deputy leader Beatrix von Storch wrote on Facebook on Sunday.Von Storch was responding to news that the AfD had won 14.2 percent of […]
Source: The Local The 36-year-old refugee is suspected of attempted murder after hurling the children out the window of the asylum centre where the family lived. His seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son suffered broken bones and skull fractures in the fall. His one-year-old daughter landed on her brother and escaped […]
Source: Premier Daniel Andrews greets Imam Kauser at the Ahmadiyya Muslim group’s Bait-ul-Salam Mosque, Langwarrin. PREMIER Daniel Andrews has praised the Ahmadiyya Muslim group for its commitment to peace and harmony. Speaking at a peace symposium hosted by Ahmadis’ at their Bait-ul-Salam Mosque, Langwarrin, Mr Andrews said members had displayed […]
Photo: DPA Restaurant suffers backlash for throwing out veiled woman Published: 15 Sep 2016 17:15 GMT+02:00 A restaurant owner in western Germany has been accused on social media of racism after he threw a Muslim woman wearing a niqab out of his establishment. Last Saturday the woman went to the […]
File photo: The Local Published: 16 Sep 2016 Should it be easier for third generation immigrants – the grandchildren of foreigners residing in Switzerland – to obtain Swiss citizenship? The issue is causing headaches in parliament at the moment after the two houses failed to agree on what conditions should […]
Source: BBC A US-led air attack in eastern Syria that killed dozens of government troops fighting so-called Islamic State has endangered an already shaky ceasefire deal, Russia says. Russia says at least 62 Syrian troops were killed in the Deir al-Zour strikes on Saturday. The US has expressed “regret” for the “unintentional […]
Source: The Citizen The landmark UN summit on refugees and migrants was supposed to help resettle one in ten refugees, instead UN member states have settled for vague gestures, including a campaign to end xenophobia. Human rights organisations and humanitarian actors alike have expressed disappointment with an outcome document agreed […]
Chitralekha Massey, the new Pacific representative of the office says politicians must show courage and close Australian-run detention centres Australian immigration minister Peter Dutton talks to prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in parliament. The UN human rights office has said Australia must end offshore immigration detention. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the […]
‘Neither the UK homeland nor a deployed force could be protected from a concerted Russian air effort,’ says retired general Jacob Furedi 7 hours ago 297 comments Russian tanks in Moscow’s Red Square Getty The United Kingdom’s armed forces have “withered” and would not be able to defend the country against […]
Mirror Jeff Parsons Stephen Hawking has tackled the mysteries of the universe his entire life. Now the world-renowned scientist has some new things to say about a potential alien invasion . “If aliens visit us, the outcome could be much like when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication of America, Winter 2013 volume By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After my training of six years to […]
REPORT from Amnesty International Published on 19 May 2016 —View Original Download PDF (591.6 KB) New “Refugees Welcome Index” shows government refugee policies out of touch with public –China, Germany, UK top index measuring public acceptance of refugees; Russia bottom – Globally, 1 in 10 would let refugees stay in […]
COMMUNITIES Switzerland: Jenish and Sinti fully recognised as minorities SEP 16, 2016 – 11:14 Interior Minister Alain Berset on Thursday attended the opening of the Feckerchilbi, a four-day traditional celebration in Bern of Jenish and Sinti culture, that dates back to the 18th century (Keystone) The Swiss authorities have accorded the […]
SLOW START By Matthew Allen SEP 15, 2016 – Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann, center right, and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during a Swiss state visit to Iran in February (Keystone) The potential for trade with Iran, as sanctions are lifted, is tremendous, according to former Swiss ambassador to Tehran Philippe […]
PAYING IT FORWARD SEP 15, 2016 – 14:01 In 2015, more charitable donations went to supporting foreign aid efforts in response to events such as the Nepal earthquake. (Keystone) Swiss charities that are considered to be responsible and transparent in their operations raised a total of CHF 1.8 billion […]
Source: BBC A restaurant manager in Bielefeld, northern Germany, triggered a social media storm after expelling a woman wearing the Islamic full-face veil (niqab) from his premises. On Facebook, Christian Schulz said he had to defend his Seekrug restaurant against “negative judgments”. So, he said, he had “deleted two of […]
Source: The Local In the town of Bautzen in the former East German state of Saxony violence between locals and refugees has broken out again. Police reported on Thursday that around 80 men and women associated with the far-right scene descended on a square in the town on Wednesday evening. […]
Source:RT According to Police, a spokesperson for Germany’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community was attacked on Tuesday evening. The attacker who is thought to be a 40 to 45-year-old man shouted xenophobic slogans and praised the rightwing AFD party. 33-year-old Suleman Malik who is of Pakistani origin was racially abused and attacked […]
Ambassador has served in several Arab countries Published: 16:14 September 13, 2016 Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: Simon Collis has become the first British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia to perform […]
File photo: Martin Abegglen Published: 08 Sep 2016 Some people in Switzerland can be left ‘stateless’ when the authorities withdraw their Swiss passport on suspicion of a sham marriage, the Tages Anzeiger has reported. Under Swiss rules, a foreign national who obtained Swiss citizenship through marriage to a Swiss can […]