The world died in Gaza, just like it did in Srebrenica
BY FARUK VELE DEC 05, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Smoke billows following Israeli strikes in Gaza City, Palestine, Oct. 11, 2023. (Reuters Photo) Similar to Europe’s demise in Sarajevo, today […]
Friday Sermon Summary 1st December 2023: ‘Incidents from the Life of the Holy Prophet (sa) – Factors Leading to the Battle of Uhud’
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba) THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SA) 1st December 2023 Add Comment After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that […]
‘Believing Men and Believing Women’
1st December 2023 Tayyaba Ahmed, UK “Surely, men who submit themselves [to God] and women who submit themselves [to Him] […] Allah has prepared for [all of] them forgiveness and a great reward.” (Surah al-Ahzab, Ch.33: V.36) I am sure for many sisters and brothers around the world, it has […]
‘It was heartbreaking’: Muslim mayor comes to terms with Dutch election result
Netherlands Ahmed Marcouch, directly targeted by Geert Wilders during his career, grapples with how best to heal country’s wounds Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent @ashifa_k Mon 4 Dec 2023 Soon […]
How do we bring about peace in a world of war and chaos? Quakers like me might have the answer
Making sense of itReligion ‘Where there is conflict and disaster, the Quaker response is through a stance of non-partisanship,’ writes Alan Clayton. Photograph: Getty Images Alan Clayton The struggle for peace […]
Solidarity with Palestinians is not hate speech, whatever would-be censors say
The ObserverIsrael-Hamas war Kenan Malik Freedom of expression is imperilled when speakers are cancelled, whether by the left or the right Sun 3 Dec 2023 An award ceremony for the […]
European officials ‘deeply concerned’ for Muslims amid surge in attacks
Islamophobia Representatives from 10 countries sign statement warning of rising hate crimes against Muslims and Jews Ashifa Kassam European Community affairs correspondent @ashifa_kThu 30 Nov 2023 French mounted police outside the […]
Volker Türk: ‘If there is one single message, it’s the centrality of human rights’
International Geneva read aloudX Who could have prepared Volker Türk, the current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, for the baptism of fire that would be his first year in […]
Rise of the far right in the EU is a clear and present danger
The results of the Dutch election leave no doubt that the presence of the far right is on its way to becoming the new normal-AFP A lot has been written, […]
United for Gaza: Time now for Palestinians to protect their collective Sumud
Nov 28,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Shortly after the start of a four-day ceasefire in the war on Gaza, the prime ministers of Spain and Belgium, Pedro Sanchez […]
British Muslim woman overseeing experimental farm at Islamic convention in UK
Attiya Shaukat has gone from growing vegetables in her garden to overseeing three farming sites, including two in Nigeria. Published Jul 30 A British Muslim woman is experimenting with a 1.5 […]
‘People looking for someone to blame’: Ex-President Wulff warns of rising anti-Muslim sentiments in Germany
Far-right is scapegoating Muslims to further their own agendas, blaming migrants for problems that have nothing to do with them, Christian Wulff tells Anadolu Ayhan Simsek |29.11.2023 – Update : […]
Muslims in Europe feel vulnerable to rising hostility over Israel-Gaza
By Layli Foroudi, Thomas Escritt, Andrew Macaskill and Sarah Marsh November 29, 2023 [1/3]Jian Omar, a German politician of Kurdish-Syrian background, poses in front of his constituency office that has been attacked three times since […]
Key Dutch party sees ‘no basis’ for talks with Wilders
bbc.com By Anna Holligan & Sam Hancock BBC News, The Hague and London A major Dutch political party has said it will not enter talks with anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders […]
Europe’s rising tide of immigration hysteria
JONATHAN GORNALL November 29, 2023 In the Netherlands, a formerly fringe far-right party wins more seats in the Dutch general election than any other political group. In Dublin, a knife attack outside […]
Sweden’s prime minister condemns far-right call to tear down mosques
Promoted Post: Videos: Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam: An Ambassador of Islam to the West Source: Dawn, Pakistan newspaper Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson denounced the leader of the far-right […]
Geert Wilders will have to scrap most of manifesto to enter government, say experts
Analysis Jon Henley Europe correspondent Far-right anti-Islam pledges and Nexit referendum promise are unacceptable to potential coalition partners Tue 28 Nov 2023 Geert Wilders, the Dutch populist whose Party for […]
Volker Türk; 55 conflicts in the world and one UN Human Rights Chief
International Geneva I’m off to the Palais Wilson this week, for a chat with UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk, the last in our series of exclusive interviews with those who lead the UN’s human rights work. You can hear that interview in full in our latest Inside Geneva podcast. […]
Top court rules EU govt offices can ban Islamic headscarves at work
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – AFP ISTANBUL NOV 28, 2023 The entrance to the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg, Oct. 5, 2015. (AP Photo) RECOMMENDED The Court of Justice of the […]
The Story of Andalusis: Al-Andalus and the reorientation of Europe’s Muslim heritage
Book Club Noshin Bokth 26 July, 2023 Book Club: Al-Andalus, the Muslim Civilization of the Iberian Peninsula, has often been viewed as a golden period of religious tolerance. With incidents […]