By THE EDITORIAL BOARDAUG. 18, 2016 A woman wearing a burkini, a swimsuit that leaves only the face, hands and feet exposed, as she swims at Marseille, France. CreditReuters After bans on full-face veils, head scarves in schools and rules about students’ skirt lengths, France’s perennial problem with Muslim women’s […]
Source: The Local Economy Minister and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel was swift to condemn it, saying: “A factory worker, a shop assistant, a nurse, a care-giver would find this idea nuts. So do I.” The offending idea is a passage in this month’s Bundesbank report, which noted that “the currently satisfactory […]
Source: The Local Germany will introduce its first civil defence strategy since the end of the Cold War, calling on the population to stockpile enough food and water for several days, according to a report Sunday. The plan, which makes civilian backing of troops a priority while boosting the resilience […]
Source: Rabwah Times https://player.vimeo.com/video/179397746 The controversy over the Burkini Ban that has gripped France for the past few months now appears to be spilling over to Germany. The ‘Burkini” a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women was originally banned by the French town of Cannes during the annual film festival. […]
Source: The Guardian By William Hutton, who has written a weekly column for more than 15 years: six years at the Guardian and nine years at the Observer. He is principal […]
Source:www.farnhamherald.com He felt the traffic chaos was caused “by everyone trying to get to the site in time for the raising of the flag at the start of the convention”, and although Ahmadiyya Muslims stewards were at the gates there were none further up the road to help keep the […]
Source: ET Volunteer surf life saver Mecca Laalaa runs along a beach. PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON: The ban on the Islamic burkini swimsuit on some French beaches has triggered disdain in English-speaking countries, where outlawing religion-oriented clothing is seen as hampering integration. Newspaper commentators have condemned the ban as an absurdity, and […]
Source: TOI Authorities blamed that attack on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has launched a campaign of car bombings targeting police stations or roadside bomb attacks on police vehicles. Last week, PKK commander Cemil Bayik threatened increased attacks against police in Turkish cities. Hours later, another car bombing hit […]
Source: The Local Neighbors in the west German town of Kaarst started to get worried on Tuesday when they heard someone calling out in distress, local police reported.“They said it sounded like a child crying for help,” police spokeswoman Daniela Dässel told The Local. So the good citizens naturally called police […]
Source: The Local Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized on Wednesday that the “phenomenon of terror” was not started in Germany by refugees. Police arrest ‘Islamist’ terror suspect near Polish border (17 […]
Source: Balkan Insight The announcement by Croatia’s interior minister that ‘false Serb residents’ of the town of Vukovar will be deleted from its population list, thus enabling the Serbian language and Cyrillic script to be abolished as one of its official languages, has sparked yet another rise in tensions between […]
Source: The Local A police special forces unit arrested a terror suspect in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, on Wednesday, state interior minister Dietmar Woidke said. More:
Source: The Local US presidential candidate Donald Trump has been on the attack against Chancellor Angela Merkel once again. The lies he told about Germany show how dangerous he is. […]
Source: BBC The attack took place on the Shchelkovskoye highway in Balashikha, 20km (12 miles) from Moscow.Police were investigating whether the men were from the North Caucasus area. Russia has battled an insurgency in the region since two bitter separatist conflicts in its republic of Chechnya.Separately, in St Petersburg on Wednesday, […]
Press and Media UK 50th Jalsa Salana UK concluded by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. The 50th Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United Kingdom concluded on Sunday 14 August 2016 with a powerful and faith-inspiring address by the World Head the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the […]
We’ll uphold Ahmadis ideal on peace, campaign against extremism— Theresa May Source: Vanguard, August 14, 2016 By Ishola Balogun, London Prime Minister of Britain, Theresa Mary May has said that […]
Source: Economist By Erasmus IN WHAT organisers called one of the biggest Muslim gatherings in the Western world, tens of thousands of faithful gathered this weekend in a green and pleasant part of southern […]
Source: The Local Quite how the 31-year-old ended up spending over a week in a refugee home in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, is not totally clear,broadcaster WDR reported on Monday. But it appears that he has the German Red Cross (DRK) to thank for finally freeing him from his ordeal. Indeed, if […]
Source: The Local An 18-year-old Syrian refugee who was offered a traineeship with a logistics company in Nuremberg was later informed that the offer had been rescinded “due to serious attacks in Germany”, news siteNordbayern.de reported on Tuesday. The refugee, who arrived in Germany 11 months ago, wanted to secure an internship […]
Source: The Local Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière is set to publish a draft law on Thursday which would create major changes, including the abolition of dual citizenship and softening […]