Sep 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Germany faces serious problems trying to integrate most of the 1.1 million refugees who entered that country in 2015 and the 300,000 expected this year. Three-quarters of refugees who travelled to Germany last year are male and two-thirds less than 33 years […]
Source: Dawn By Aisha Sarwari, who is a freelance writer based in Islamabad. She blogs at http://www.aishasarwari.wordpress.com. She can be followed on Twitter @AishaFsarwari Remember that dream where you wake […]
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY By Jo Fahy SEP 1, 2016 – 11:00 The bunker has seven levels underground, staff would have entered through this tunnel (swissinfo.ch) The Swiss city of Lucerne was once home to the biggest civilian bunker in the world. Built to shelter 20,000 people in the case […]
ARTISTIC STATEMENT SEP 7, 2016 – Crosses are a familiar sight on Swiss mountain tops(Keystone) An artist has posed the question of why so many mountain peaks are dominated […]
Source: Dawn MANY of the far-right political parties in Europe that are riding a wave of misguided anti-refugee sentiment are inclined to view Australia as a role model. They look across the sea and fawn upon a nation whose navy turns back rickety vessels overflowing with desperate asylum-seekers. They see […]
Source:Pressahmadiyya.com The Salam Mosque inaugurated by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 6 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad inaugurated the Salam Mosque (Mosque of Peace)in the German […]
● SUNDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses non-Ahmadi guests and members of Lajna Imaillah on day 2 of Jalsa Salana Germany On Saturday 3 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed an audience of more than […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Turkey will not accept a delay for visa-free travel to the European Union until the end of the year, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said on Tuesday, in response to allegations claiming that Turkey has accepted the delay. Speaking during a live broadcast on NTV news […]
Those we trust to represent us will not take up the battle against injustice these days because they are now too involved in the infliction of this injustice, albeit by proxy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 5 August 2016 Yemen children waving national flags at rally in support of the Houthi rebels on […]
More than 38,000 people attend three-day convention in Karlsruhe. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad concluded the 41st Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany on 4 September 2016 with an inspirational and faith […]
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses non-Ahmadi guests and members of Lajna Imaillah on day 2 of Jalsa Salana Germany. On Saturday 3 September 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed an audience of more than 1,000 non-Ahmadi […]
MIGRATION SERIES (PART 1) Defining the 25% foreign population in Switzerland By Duc-Quang Nguyen AUG 31, 2016 For the first time, Switzerland has 2 million foreigners living in its midst. As of last year, these non-Swiss – often the subject of political debate – accounted for nearly a quarter of the nation’s […]
theguardian: by Mia Ayliffe-Chung’s funeral will be multi-faith ceremony to counter ‘misinterperation’ of her murder as an act of terrorism British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung A British backpacker murdered in Australia will have a reading from the Qur’an at her funeral to counter the “misrepresentation” of her killing as an act […]
Ben Moshinsky Aug. 21, 2016, 10:30 AM AP If you want a university degree that boosts your earning power, go and study in Switzerland. Swiss universities occupy the top four spots of Emolument.com‘s table of European colleges with the highest earning graduates. The University of St. Gallen, known for its […]
ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS Tents of a migrant camp are pictured at the Parc des Olieux in Lille, northern France, on August 30, 2016 (AFP Photo) France is set to open its first approved refugee camp in the capital by the end of September, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced Wednesday. Hidalgo […]
Photo: Screen shot/Ouest France Bretons bathe fully clothed as Muslim asked to leave beach Published: 29 Aug 2016 Protesters in Brittany take to the sea fully clothed after video emerges of a veil-wearing Muslim woman being asked to leave the beach in Nice, despite France’s top court ruling burqini-bans are […]
Jörg Meuthen and a cake. Photo: DPA Far-right AfD leader injured by flying frozen cake Published: 30 Aug 2016 The co-leader of the far-right AfD party was attacked with a cake while attending a political event on Monday. But the fact the dessert was frozen made the act “dangerous”, according […]
Source: ET The decision to bar men from the prayers drew criticism from Syria-born Danish lawmaker Naser Khader, who told broadcaster TV 2 that it was not “good enough” in a country like Denmark — known for having a high level of gender equality — to shy away from letting […]
By Zubair Khan An email came. Sender was President International Women Club Zagreb. The club, somehow, came to know that we (husband and wife) originally belonged to Pakistan and it invited us to represent Pakistan in the International Christmas Bazar, an annual event organised regularly for many decades in prestigious […]
STOCKHOLM – Istanbul, in western Turkey, is one of Europe’s great cities. As Constantinople, it was the capital of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, and after its capture and renaming by Mehmed II in 1453, it served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire for nearly another 500 years. Throughout […]