Source: “Look at this whole Muslim community that attended Mass,” she said. “I find this very heartwarming; I am confident. I say to myself that this assassination won’t be lost, that it will maybe relaunch us better than politics can do; maybe we will react in a better way.” Many of […]
23.01.2015 DR. JUERGEN TODENHOEFER Dear friends, Today, heads of states and foreign ministers are discussing ISIS at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Have they really understood that phenomenon, called ISIS, and its root causes? 1. Terrorism has as little to do with Islam as rape has to do with […]
At some point, we in the West are going to have to learn that if we intervene militarily in Mali or Iraq or Libya or Syria or interfere in Turkey, or Egypt, or the Gulf, or the Maghreb – then we will not be safe ‘at home’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices […]
July 26, 2016 DANIEL ESTRIN i Majda Belaroui, 21, answered the call to volunteer for the French military reserves following the recent terrorist attack in Nice. But Majda, a Muslim, refused to remove her headscarf and hijab, as required under a French law that prohibits displays of religion in government […]
Source. Dawn Editorial RARELY has a politician adhered so unwaveringly to principles when his or her political survival itself is possibly at stake. But Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has […]
How come a Muslim can be a terrorist in Europe but a mere ‘attacker’ in south-west Asia? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Monday 25 July 2016 377 comments The frightful and bloody […]
By Zubair K Khan In last few weeks, while analysing reactions of the inhabitants of various European cities, the public unease was never far from the surface. Callers to various electronic and print media houses said they were apprehensive of visiting popular festivals, shopping centres and malls . A shaken […]
Source. CNN (CNN)In the past week I have seen flowers and candles carpeting a street in Munich, the tranquility of asmall Bavarian town shattered by a suicide bomb and a small church in suburban France sealed off after itsoctogenarian priest had his throat cut. Before these horrific events, there was […]
Source. CNN (CNN)Muslim community leaders have refused to bury one of the terrorists who killed a Catholic priest this week in northern France, according to the president of a local Muslim organization. Adel Kermiche was one of two men who took five people hostage during morning Mass on Tuesday at a […]
Source. The Local As Turkish authorities on Friday widened their sweeping post-coup crackdown to the business sector, the European Union’s enlargement commissioner implicitly warned that the bloc would freeze Turkey’s accession talks if the crackdown violated the rule of law. More.
Kermiche was an attention-seeking child whose behavioural problems led him to a psychiatric hospital Image Credit: Supplied This still image taken from video shows the two men, Abdel Malik Nabil Petitjean and Adel Kermiche, behind the church attack in Normandy in this video released July 28, 2016. Published: 14:13 […]
Source.Irish Examiner Imam Ibrahim Noonan said there are some Imams here who are “telling young men to fight the West ideologically” and that these young people are further radicalised online. Imam Noonan told the Irish Examiner that he has met, and debated with, some young Muslim men born or brought up […]
Source. The Local Fighting the causes of the refugee crisis has come to sound like “a hollow phrase”, Cem Özdemir, Green Party leader, told the Funk Media Group. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are trapped in Aleppo in northern Syria, said Özdemir. “This is an unimaginable misery – and the […]
Source. The Local The magazine cover comes as tensions between Germany and Turkey are extremely high. Following an attempted coup on July 15th, skirmishes have broken out between Erdogan’s supporters and critics in Germany’s large Turkish community. And since Germany declared the massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a “genocide”, […]
Source: blacktownsun.com.au | Harrison Vesey @harrisonvesey Rafah Mahmood, Aqeel Choudhry and Raza Mohammad at the Baitul Huda Mosque, Marsden Park. Picture: Isabella Lettini Local Muslims who love Australia are calling for peace and understanding during a time of increased fear and division. Raza Mohammad, 19, was born and raised in Blacktown and is currently […]
Jewish community leader condemns remarks by Sweden Democrats politician as ‘good old rightwing antisemitism The leader of Sweden’s Jewish community has condemned as “good old rightwing antisemitism” remarks by a far-right leader who said Jews cannot be Swedes unless they abandon their Jewish identity. Lena Posner Körösi, president of […]
Manuel Valls, under fire after recent attacks, says he is open to idea of banning foreign financing of mosques Manuel Valls meeting religious representatives at the Elysee Palace in Paris earlier this week. Photograph: Messyaz/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock Agence France-Presse in Paris Friday 29 July 2016 France’s prime minister has said he would […]
Exclusive: Prime Minister accused of helping create the ‘hostile environment’ that paved the way for ‘F*** off to Poland’ messages, excrement through letter boxes, and racist abuse from children as young as ten Adam Lusher The full extent and true nature of the “blatant hate” that has beset post-Brexit Britain is […]
CROWD INNOVATION Vote on fresh ideas to tackle immigration policy By Urs Geiser JUL 25, 2016 – 17:00 Workshops in Lausanne and six other Swiss cities generated ideas that help promote a fresh approach of the country’s immigration policy (foraus.crowdicity.com) How to break a perceived stalemate in Switzerland’s immigration policy? […]
The girl was staying in a centre for asylum seekers in Zweisimmen. Photo: Vasile Cotovanu Young migrant injured after jumping from window Published: 28 Jul 2016 10:03 GMT+02:00 A 15-year-old girl due to be deported from Switzerland is in hospital after jumping from a window on Wednesday morning. The girl, […]