In this April 11, 2007 file photo, Egyptian cleric Osama Hassan Mustafa Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, who was allegedly kidnapped by CIA agents off the streets of an Italiancity and taken to Egypt where he said he was tortured, talks on his mobile phone as he walks in […]
When you look at Muslim scholar Dalia Mogahed, what do you see: a woman of faith? a scholar, a mom, a sister? or an oppressed, brainwashed, potential terrorist? In this […]
Source: The Local Imam Yakup Aynagoz, whose salary is paid by Turkey and who was until now an imam at the Ahi Evran mosque in St Veit an der Gölsen in Lower Austria, was ordered to leave the country within seven days after his visa was not extended. The controversial […]
Source: The Local The survey by Mercer put together a list of the 230 world cities with the best standard of living and rated Munich (4), Düsseldorf (6) and Frankfurt (7) all worthy of a place in the top ten. With Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Nuremberg all also ranked in […]
By SPIEGEL Staff DER SPIEGEL The New Germany: Within only 12 months, over 1 million people moved to Germany. How will they integrate? More than a million refugees are now living in Germany. The next task is to integrate them. SPIEGEL spoke with dozens of experts and people working in […]
Photo: Christophe G Published: 23 Feb 2016 More and more foreigners in Switzerland are seeking Swiss citizenship according to official figures, reversing a downward trend over the previous 10 years. Figures from the Swiss immigration office show that the number of naturalizations rose by around 20 percent in 2015, with […]
SCHOOL DRESSCODE FEB 22, 2016 – 20:54 Two young women studying in Zurich (Keystone) With an eye on Muslim hijab, Swiss People’s Party members in canton Valais have collected more than 4,000 signatures calling for a ban on headgear in public schools – despite a recent federal court decision rejecting […]
Source: Huffington Post By Muhammad Abdul Bari: Educationalist, community activist, author and parenting consultant Ignorance of others in a pluralist democracy is a big enemy. In recent decades the lack of […]
RECIPES FROM ON HIGH By Jo Fahy OCT 26, 2014 – From the pope’s favourite sweet treats to the Swiss Guards’ pasta preferences, it’s all in the book (Katarzyna Artymiak ) When a young cook from Zurich chose to follow in his father’s footsteps and join the Swiss Guard, he […]
“Whoever wants to let refugees, men, women and children be shot at the border, they represent inhumane positions,” according to Germany’s Justice Minister Heiko Maas, who says there is a […]
READER RESPONSE Social media divided on religion in school By Stefania Summermatter and Gaby Ochsenbein POLITICS Education Religion FEB 18, 2016 – Potential for conflict: religion at school (Keystone) Do pupils have a right to pray in state schools? An article on this issue published by swissinfo.ch in ten languages […]
By Veronica DeVore swissinfo.ch FEB 19, 2016 – 11:00 Two participants in a food service apprenticeship for refugees show off their creations. Launched in 2006 on a national level, the programme now continues to be run by canton Lucerne. (Hotel & Gastro Formation) After first testing the waters […]
Suspect ‘completely eliminated’ from inquiry as Jalalia Jamé mosque website recommends its patrons ‘wait for the facts to be established by the police’ Jay Uddin was found with serious head injuries on Thursday night and died in hospital soon afterwards. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Nadia Khomami @nadiakhomami Saturday 20 February 2016 […]
18 FEB 2016 BY ROBERT CUMBER The mosque in Wellington Road South will serve free hot meals to those who need it most on the first Friday and Saturday of each month The launch of the community kitchen and food bank at Hounslow Mosque. Pictured left to right are Amin […]
SYRIA CRISIS By swissinfo.ch and agencies FEB 9, 2016 – 10:54 Syrians huddle in a lorry near the Turkish border to protect themselves against the cold on February 6 (Keystone) For three years Switzerland has been dealing directly with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad concerning the humanitarian situation in […]
STATE VISIT By Slaheddine Jourchi FEB 18, 2016 – 17:30 Tunisia’s president visits Bern to talk about democracy building and frozen assets (Reuters) On his first state visit to Bern as the first democratically elected president of Tunisia, Essebsi said the neutral Swiss government had been particularly helpful because it […]
Pope Francis questions Donald Trump’s Christianity Source: BBC The Pope has questioned US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Christianity over his call to build a border wall with Mexico. Pope […]
BY BETHAN MCKERNAN Warning: Some people may find some of the photos in this article distressing An image of a man passing a baby under a barbed wire fence […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Ahmadiyya mosque in Zurich(built in 1963). Islam in Switzerland has mostly arrived via immigration since the late 20th century. Numbering below 1% of total population in 1980, the fraction of Muslims in the population of permanent residents in Switzerland has quintupled in thirty years, […]
By AP – Feb 16,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Turkish Coast Guard fast rigid-hulled inflatable boat tows refugees and migrants in a dinghy in Turkish territorial waters of the north Aegean Sea, following a failed attempt at crossing to the Greek island of Lesbos, off the shores of Canakkale, […]