Europe

I’M A MUSLIM WOMAN LIVING IN FRANCE: HERE’S HOW WE REALLY FEEL

| Posted by Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb | 3 Nov 2020 After a series of barbaric terrorist attacks, suspicion and fear of Muslims has only got stronger. However I still deeply love this country, despite the hate I regularly receive. https://845809.smushcdn.com/1780145/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mahrukh-arif-being-a-french-muslim-woman.png?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1 It’s a difficult time to be a Muslim in France. The […]

Church of England warns it may cut number of paid clergy by up to 20% amid fears a FIFTH of worshippers may never return after pandemic

Sunday, Jan 31st 2021 Leaked internal document warned most dioceses intend to ‘prune’ their numbers Financial subsidies given to 5,000 loss-making parishes also called into question It comes after new Archbishop of York pledged to reform the Church of England By RAVEN SAUNT PUBLISHED: 11:19 GMT, 31 January 2021 The […]

‘We are all the same when we get round a fondue’

Source: Swiss Info https://www.swissinfo.ch/resource/image/46285942/landscape_ratio3x2/880/587/1515f53db56526141c3a7a5852444240/84E7CC88C1E8597370679F9CF445EE28/160734445_highres.jpg Swiss-Turkish comedian Semih Yavsaner talks to SWI swissinfo.ch about his best-known satirical character Müslüm, “ethnic humour” and its limits. Yavsaner is a Bern-based artist whose cabaret act includes elements of stand-up, song, dance and improvisation. He is not the only Swiss comedian who uses immigration as […]