Are we living at the ‘hinge of history’?
By Richard Fisher24th September 2020 Could right now be the most influential time ever? Richard Fisher looks at the case for and against – and why it matters. What is […]
Does Boris Johnson take the population for idiots? His latest offering suggests so
What the prime minister’s served up this week was full of flummery, cliche, pointless idiom and the inevitable whopper, writes Robert Fisk Yasser Arafat, when at his most distressed – angry, […]
Airlines prepare for pre-flight testing to restart aviation
September 23 2020 Workers of the Ministry of Health are seen at the airport as passengers wait to board a ‘Covid free’ flight at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, Italy, September 16, […]
Islam still faces obstacles on path to be part of Germany
Some ten years ago, German President Christian Wulff said Islam was very much part of German society. What about today? It was a short statement that had a […]
Do it like the Turks: How to detox your mind, body and fall pantry
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL EXPAT CORNER SEP 17, 2020 Turkish baths and spas have been a detox practice that has been around for centuries. (iStock Photo) With the fun and […]
Sweden beware, The United States may invade!
In debate, Rashid accuses Wittman ad of ‘tying him to Islamic terrorism.’ Wittman says it’s ‘an outright lie.’ By Jill Palermo Times Staff Writer Sep 22, 2020 Rep. Rob Wittman’s […]
Why Muslims in France fear a bill on Islamic ‘separatism’
4 HOURS AGO Macron has pushed for a “French Islam” for years, and his latest proposed bill may give him the unbridled powers to see it happen. French politics has […]
Access and Aspiration: The Islamic Approach to Education
Syeda Nooresahar Ahmad – UK CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES • ISLAM 20th September 2020 Syeda Nooresehar Ahmad, UK When we first began feeling the effects of COVID-19, it was originally imagined that […]
Muslim inventions that shaped the modern world
By Olivia Sterns for CNN January 29, 2010 — In 9th century Spain, Muslim inventor Abbas ibn Firnas designed a flying machine — hundreds of years before da Vinci drew plans of […]
Leaks show Chelsea owner Abramovich funded Israeli settler group
Russian oligarch’s firms donated £74m to Elad, who are accused of trying to seize Palestinian neighbourhoods Roman Abramovich was granted Israeli citizenship in 2018 and has been an avid philanthropist […]
Study suggests dengue may provide some immunity against COVID-19
PEDRO FONSECAREUTERS Rio de Janeiro / Tue, September 22, 2020 / Places with lower coronavirus infection rates and slower case growth were locations that had suffered intense dengue outbreaks this […]
Facebook says it may quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US
EU court in July ruled there were insufficient safeguards against snooping by US intelligence agencies Nick Clegg, Facebook’s head of global affairs, argued that international data transfers ‘underpin the global economy and support services that are fundamental to our daily lives’. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Alex Hern @alexhern Tue 22 Sep 2020 […]
Significance of religion in crisis
Epigraph: Allah it is Who enables you to journey through land and sea until, when you are on board the ships and they sail with them with a fair breeze and they […]
Europe should take in 1 million refugees, not a few hundred
Source: Daily Sabah By Klaus Jurgens My generation always believed in the idea that post-war Europe stood for something, represented values and defended the common good. Correction: for quite some […]
Why the UN’s 75th general assembly could be worse than the world’s worst Zoom meeting
The worst parts of UN events will be on display, the endless speechifying first among them, but none of what normally makes the general assembly indispensable Unlike a Zoom meeting, […]
Turkey is the biggest threat to Europe today, and the Greeks need our help
As one former foreign minister put it, ‘if the EU’s foreign policy is now vegetarian, German foreign policy is vegan’ Denis Macshane@DenisMacShane 14 hours ago Greece and Cyprus have been […]
Vatican’s Secret Rules for Catholic Priests Who Have Children
Source: New York Times By Jason Horowitz and Elisabetta Povoledo Feb. 18, 2019 ROME — Vincent Doyle, a psychotherapist in Ireland, was 28 when he learned from his mother that the Roman Catholic priest he had always known as his godfather was in truth his biological father. The discovery led him to create […]
The Swiss woman uniting people in Jerusalem
Source: Swiss Info Irène Pollak-Rein has been made an honorary citizen of Jerusalem for her dedication to the only school open to both Jewish and Arab children. Pollak-Rein’s interest in the […]
Afghan interpreter is stuck in a ‘hellhole’ migrant camp
David Williams and Larisa Brown for the Daily Mail 7 hrs ago © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A former interpreter trapped in a ‘hellhole’ migrant camp has narrowly missed […]
Skepticism in Kosovo, Serbia over Trump-brokered ‘peace’ deal
BY FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BELGRADE EUROPE SEP 19, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump (C) speaks after participating in a signing ceremony with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (L) and Kosovar […]