Yasri Khan. Photo: Marc Femenia/SCANPIX Published: 20 Apr 2016 A Swedish Green Party politician, who ignited a storm of controversy after refusing to shake hands with a female reporter on grounds that it violated his Muslim faith, announced on Wednesday that he was quitting politics. Yasri Khan is the second […]
Since 2013 Swiss women can legally keep their surname after marriage. Photo: Gary Minnaert Tradition still sways married Swiss women Published: 04 Apr 2016 12:20 GMT+02:00 Only one in five women married in Switzerland since 2013 chose to keep her maiden name after marriage since the law changed to allow […]
Reuters International Apr 20, 2016 – ROME (Reuters) – Up to 500 migrants might have drowned in the Mediterranean last week when human traffickers crammed people onto an already overcrowded ship, causing it to sink, the U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday. Somalia’s government said on Monday about […]
Source: Bereitbart.com All of Scotland’s major Muslim groups declined to attend the launch of a campaign against violence and discrimination directed towards the Ahmadi sect, as well as the Paris and Brussels terror attacks. Representatives of the local Sikh and Jewish communities, and the Church of Scotland’s inter-faith group were all present, […]
An election poster in Hesse reads “realists vote AfD” in March. Photo: DPA Muslims label AfD ‘Nazis’ over plan to ban minarets Published: 18 Apr 2016 10:46 GMT+02:00 Updated: 18 Apr 2016 13:35 GMT+02:00 The Central Council of Muslims responded in unequivocal terms to a hard anti-Islam stance announced by […]
Photo: Martin Abegglen Published: 18 Apr 2016 The family of the two Muslim schoolboys who refused to shake hands with their female teachers has applied for Swiss citizenship, a local […]
APR 18, 2016 – swissinfo.ch So-called guest workers, mainly from Italy, supplied Switzerland’s need for labour after the Second World War (RDB) Switzerland is still wrestling with the thorny question of how to reconcile immigration quotas with the accord on the free movement of people. History may hold some answers – or […]
APPLICATION SUSPENDED APR 18, 2016 Shaking hands at school has become a topic of international interest (Keystone) The family of the two teenagers, who refused to shake their female teachers’ hands for religious reasons, have had their application for citizenship suspended. Shaking hands with the teacher before and after class […]
By Hind Joucka – Apr 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Like going through pages of an old photo album with the narrative of a father to his children, Samir Jamal Al Din’s documentary “Iraqi Odyssey” travels through the past century to chronicle the history of a family and […]
Source: The Guardian By Libby Brooks, Scotland correspondent Sikh, Jewish and Christian representatives attend campaign launch following death of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah Ahmadi Muslims in Scotland have launched an […]
Source: BBC Scotland’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community has launched a campaign promoting “peace, love and unity” following the death of Glasgow shop keeper Asad Shah. The message “united against extremism” will be carried on posters on 50 buses. Mr Shah was an Ahmadiyya, a group known for its peaceful interfaith concerns. He died after […]
Researcher Shiraz Maher wrote he does not ‘regard Ahmadis as Muslims’ Came days after man admitted killing Asad Shah for ‘disrespecting’ Islam Glasgow shopkeeper Mr Shah was part of the the Ahmadiyya community Maher has apologised for remarks which are being investigated by King’s College London By JULIAN ROBINSON FOR […]
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s […]
Source: Mail Online Italy’s coastguard said Tuesday it had rescued some 4,000 migrants in the past two days, adding to fears of a fresh push to reach Europe via that […]
April 3, 2016 TEHRAN – South Alabama University Professor Nader Entessar believes that Machiavellianism is dominant in the Middle East. “Also, theories of imperialism will also help us better understand the current conditions in the Middle East,” Entessar tells the Tehran Times. Following is the full text of the interview: […]
Round the World flight Apr 14, 2016 – 17:47 Solar Impulse 2 during a maintenance flight over Hawaii in March 2016 (Keystone) The Swiss solar plane Solar Impulse 2 is now in ‘mission mode’ in anticipation of taking off for North America from Hawaii where it had been grounded […]
Working visit Justice minister defends asylum reforms as EU leader takes interest Apr 17, 2016 – 11:45 Sommaruga, left, and Asselborn, right, toured a new asylum centre in Zurich (Keystone) Europe has taken an interest in Switzerland’s asylum reforms, with a European Union leader examining the system which will […]
Source. Daily Mail. Co Uk. Researcher Shiraz Maher wrote he does not ‘regard Ahmadis as Muslims’ Came days after man admitted killing Asad Shah for ‘disrespecting’ Islam Glasgow shopkeeper Mr Shah was part of the the Ahmadiyya community Maher has apologised for remarks which are being investigated by King’s […]
Source. Newsmaker.com.au The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Australia will commemorate ANZAC Day 2016 by taking part in various volunteer activities, selling ANZAC badges and by joining ‘Dawn Service’ on 25th of April in all major states of Australia. Hundreds of Ahmadi Muslims, young and old, will be part of ‘Dawn Service’ […]
Source: Independent By Waqar Ahmedi As a young boy, I attended the mosque – and now I take my children. My wife proudly wears the hijab. I pray and eat halal […]