Germany: First Muslim Woman elected Speaker of state parliament
Source: Independent The first Muslim woman has been elected as the speaker of a state parliament in Germany in what she hailed as a “historic” step for the country. Muhterem […]
Europe sells out
May 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Guy Verhofstadt Europe’s refugee crisis is far from solved, but there are signs that the agreement finalised by the European Union and Turkey on March 18 is reducing the flow of refugees and migrants from Turkey to Greece. According to Frontex, the European border-management agency, […]
Europe’s Catholic leaders are undoing the good work of Pope Francis over the migrant crisis
Cardinal Dominik Jaruslav Duka, the Archbishop of Prague, demeans Muslims and claims the Pope’s efforts are ‘just a gesture’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices 46 comments Being a Merseyide Anglican, my Dad […]
Translation of holy Quran helps Bulgarian scholar embrace Islam
May 11, 2016 – A Bulgarian university professor who has translated the Holy Quran into Bulgarian said the translation helped him and some others in his country to find the right path and convert to Islam. AhlulBayt News Agency – A Bulgarian university professor who has translated the Holy Quran […]
Germany:Dozens saved as huge refugee home burns to ground
Firefighters stand in the burned-out shell of the inflatable tent. Photo: DPA Published: 10 May 2016 www.thelocal.de A large temporary refugee home in western Germany was completely burned down on Monday night, but a prompt evacuation allowed all the inhabitants to escape unharmed. “We can be thankful that despite the large […]
Switzerland: Rejected asylum seekers who go into hiding
NO STATUS see video report: http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:42046214 EMBED CODE APR 4, 2016 – 15:45 Sometimes asylum seekers go underground, as they have no hope of getting official refugee status. They’re known as “sans papiers” (without papers). (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Asylum is only granted to those who face persecution or imprisonment in their country […]
The waves created by electing a Muslim mayor for London
Source: Swiss Info channel By Marta Dominguez Diaz What does London’s election of Sadiq Khan, a Muslim, and son of Pakistani migrants, as mayor mean for Europe amidst the prevailing […]
Britain’s enemy within
May 10,2016 – THE JORDAN TIMES – HAROLD JAMES Democracy everywhere is facing serious challenges. The United States is gripped by the most bizarre presidential primary campaign in living memory, with populist outsiders threatening to topple established party machines. Brazil is paralysed by constitutional crisis. Europeans trace their malaise to […]
Beware of Israeli doublespeak
May 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD There is a witch hunt in the British Labour Party. Britain’s opposition party leader Jeremy Corbyn is being hounded for not rooting out alleged anti-Semitism in his party. Those leading the charge are pro-Israel Zionists and their supporters within the party, who are, […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Delivers Historic Address in Copenhagen
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says world should view Islam through “lens of justice, rather than lens of prejudice” On 9 May 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at a special reception held in […]
Russia showcases Syria hardware in Red Square military parade
By Reuters – May 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Russian S-400 Triumph medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems are seen during the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Monday (Reuters photo) MOSCOW — Russia rolled out an air defence missile system of the kind used to […]
Imagining a new Bretton Woods
May 09,2016 – Jordan Times – Yanis Varoufakis The financial meltdown of 2008 prompted calls for a global financial system that curtails trade imbalances, moderates speculative capital flows and prevents systemic contagion. That, of course, was the goal of the original Bretton Woods system. But such a system today would […]
Sadiq Khan plans US visit before election ‘in case Trump wins’
Source: Guardian London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan, has said he will visit the US before this year’s presidential elections “in case Donald Trump wins”, in a reference to the presumptive […]
Swiss beard society marks 75 years of alpine tradition
Published: 09 May 2016 http://www.thelocal.ch A ‘beard society’ in the Gruyère region of Switzerland marked its 75th anniversary on the weekend with a mini festival celebrating Swiss folk traditions. Yodelling, alphorn and artisan crafts were on the programme at the festival in Vuadens, in the canton of Fribourg, from […]
France unveils new €40m plan to fight radicalization
Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the press conference. Photo: Eric Feferburg/AFP France unveils new €40m plan to fight radicalization Published: 09 May 2016 12:53 GMT+02:00 France will create centres in each region of the country to de-radicalize people or prevent them becoming involved in jihadist groups, the prime minister said […]
London’s Muslim Mayor is nothing New: 1300 yrs of Muslims who Ran Major European Cities
By Juan Cole | May. 7, 2016 | By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | The press is declaring Sadiq Khan, victor in the electoral contest for mayor of London, the “first Muslim mayor of a major European city.” They mean of course, something like ‘the first Muslim mayor of […]
Tackling anti-Ahmadiyya bigotry isn’t a job for the MCB – they’re part of the problem
Source: Double Bind. Back in 1974, under pressure from extremists, Pakistan’s secularist government enacted laws declaring Ahmadis non-Muslim. Islamists had long agitated against Ahmadiyya teachings, whose fundamental tenets include no violence and a clear separation of politics and religion. The theological debates around Ahmadis regarding the finality of the prophethood […]
When Europe Loved Islam
Source: Foreign Policy: From the outside, with its high minarets and bulbous Mughal-style dome, the Wilmersdorf mosque, located on Brienner Street in southwest Berlin, looks much the same as it did when it was built in the 1920s. But the institution, just like the city around it, has changed. Today, […]
London’s Muslim Mayor is nothing New: 1300 yrs of Muslims who Ran Major European Cities
http://www.juancole.com: The press is declaring Sadiq Khan, victor in the electoral contest for mayor of London, the “first Muslim mayor of a major European city.” They mean of course, something like ‘the first Muslim mayor of a really big Western European city in the modern period (say the past two […]
Sins of colonialism
Shashi Tharoor | Published — Saturday 7 May 2016 www.arabnews.com Shashi-Tharoor India’s Solicitor-General Ranjit Kumar recently declared that India would not seek the return of the Kohinoor diamond — one of the world’s oldest and most valuable — from the British, to whom India had “gifted” it. The […]