NSA surveillance: Spain demands US explain 'monitoring'
Source: BBC Spain has urged the US to give details of any eavesdropping, amid that reports it monitored 60 million Spanish telephone calls in a month. The US ambassador to […]
Muslim Fair in Brussels attracts thousands
Organizers think the fair will reach a total visitors number of 25 thousand by the end of tomorrow, the final day of the fair. World Bulletin / News Desk A […]
Leading English prelate addresses Muslims
Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster addressed the Muslim Council of Wales on the topic of “The Need for Spirituality in the Modern World.” After discussing the transcendence of God and […]
Secret filming exposes apparent Muslim work prejudice
3 hours ago BBC Employers are seemingly discriminating against people because they are Muslim, a BBC Inside Out undercover investigation has revealed. The programme found apparent discrimination in the workplace when it sent two undercover reporters, one Muslim and a non-Muslim, to apply for 40 jobs. The non-Muslim applicant succeeded […]
Book Review: "Thou Shalt Not Kill" – by Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer
Epigraph: We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — it […]
Book Review: “Thou Shalt Not Kill” – by Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer
Epigraph: We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — it […]
Germany warns Israel to face UN rights panel: Report
STORY SUMMARY Germany has warned Israel to attend a periodic UN human rights review on Tuesday or face “severe diplomatic damage”, Haaretz newspaper reported on Sunday. Israel cut all ties with the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council in March 2012, after it announced it would probe how Israeli settlements may […]
FRENCH FOOTBALL PLAYER FRANK RIBERY, ISLAM HAS STRENGTHEN ME
Franck Ribery: Islam has strengthened me French football player Ribery says that religion was his privacy and he felt stronger since he preferred Islam. World Bulletin/News Desk The Frenchman – who was named the UEFA Best Player in Europe last season – is among the top contenders along with […]
How Europe came to forget about its Arabic heritage
BY ABDUL HAQ COMPIER Summary: Traditional education about Western civilisation tells the story of how around 1500, Greek texts recovered the lost memory of Europe’s Greek and Roman past and […]
Turkey’s lost illusions on strength of being crossroads of the world
By Dominique Moisi The Daily Star Story Summary In reality, nearly three years after the beginning of the “Arab Spring,” Turkey is more in search of itself than it is of Europe, even if it needs Europe more than Turks are willing to admit. The Arab Spring was initially seen […]
Serb president wants Turkey’s apology on Kosovo
BELGRADE: Serbia’s president says he won’t take part in a Balkan initiative with Turkey in protest over reported remarks by Turkey’s prime minister in Kosovo. Serbian media have quoted Recep […]
Serb president wants Turkey's apology on Kosovo
BELGRADE: Serbia’s president says he won’t take part in a Balkan initiative with Turkey in protest over reported remarks by Turkey’s prime minister in Kosovo. Serbian media have quoted Recep […]
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivers Friday Sermon from Queensland
Source: press@amjinternational.org. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, inaugurated the Masroor Mosque in Brisbane on 25 October 2013. After unveiling a plaque to commemorate the opening, His Holiness led the Friday Prayers from the new Mosque. During his sermon, Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]
Made in China? US warns Turkey its missile deal with Beijing may be incompatible with NATO
Russia Today: Washington is talking to Ankara over a $3.4 billion Turkish-Chinese deal, in which the two countries agreed to co-produce a long-range air and missile defense system. The US […]
Why the children of the Romany are made to suffer
The trauma of youngsters wrongfully taken from their parents by officials reveals an entrenched prejudice PETER POPHAM Author Biography THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER 2013 THE INDEPENDENT Their blonde hair and blue eyes marked them as unusual, extraordinary even. And when authorities were alerted to their presence in Romany communities police acted […]
How can Aung San Suu Kyi – a Nobel Peace Prize winner – fail to condemn anti-Muslim violence?
Telegraph: I never thought I would write this, but Aung San Suu Kyi sent a shiver down my spine when she appeared on the Today programme this morning. Her equivocal attitude […]
Student gets 40 years in jail for racially motivated murder, mosque attacks in U.K.
By: The Associated Press, Published on Fri Oct 25 2013 LONDON—A white supremacist Ukrainian student who murdered an elderly Muslim man and plotted a terrorist bombing campaign against mosques in […]
EU says distrust of US on spying may harm terror fight
Source: BBC EU leaders meeting in Brussels say distrust of the US over spying could harm the fight against terrorism. A statement agreed by the leaders says that “a lack of trust could prejudice” intelligence-gathering co-operation. France and Germany are pushing for talks with the US to find a new […]
Russia not interested in tensions between West and Muslim world – Putin
Source: Voice of Russia Voices of Russian Muslim figures should sound louder on an international level as well as in the global Muslim community, Putin said at a meeting of […]
Islam Shines In Russian Culture: Putin
Source: OnIslam October 2013 BASHKORTOSTAN – Appealing to the Muslim minority, Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Muslims as ‘vital’ component in the country’s diverse and rich society during his […]