Israel’s West Bank annexation: Preparing EU policy for the day after
Commentary Hugh Lovatt 14th May, 2020 West Bank annexation will bring an end to the EU’s cherished two-state solution. International norms and the EU’s own laws will now […]
The Good Turk: The true story of Armenia’s forgotten Schindler
Twenty-five years before Oskar Schindler would save the lives of more than a thousand Jews from Nazi Germany, Cemil Kunneh protected hundreds of Armenians from genocide. Robert Fisk tells his […]
Bigotry mars return of Italy hostage who converted to Islam
SOURCE: THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, ONE PICTURE FROM DAILY SABAH Rome: A right-wing lawmaker in Italy was reprimanded Wednesday after he called a young Italian woman who converted to Islam […]
Italy magistrates open probe after freed aid worker bombarded by hate mail (after converting to Islam)
May 12, 2020 – swissinfo.ch Silvia Romano, an Italian aid worker who was kidnapped by gunmen in Kenya 18 months ago, waves at Ciampino military airport in Rome, Italy, […]
The future of handshaking
By Ashley Mantha-Hollands and Liav Orgad May 13, 2020 – http://www.swissinfo.ch The Covid-19 crisis has put a temporary stop to handshaking and taught us to cover our faces. (Keystone) […]
Swiss to re-open borders with neighbouring countries
By Urs Geiser May 13, 2020 – SWISSINFO.ch The border with neighbouring Germany was closed in mid-March as part of efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Britain’s plan to exempt France from 14-day travel quarantine must be applied to EVERY EU member state, the European Commission warns
Source: Daily Mail A European Commission spokesman said that Britain is still subject to EU free movement rules while it is in the transition period before leaving the bloc at the end of the year.’Restrictions to free movement, as well as lifting restrictions, have to comply with the principles of proportionality […]
A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one Timothy Garton Ash
Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy’s capacity to deliver change Matteo Salvini at the Chigi Palace in Rome on 23 March. ‘What kind of historical moment will this turn out to be, for Europe and the world?’ Photograph: Fabio Frustaci/EPA The coronavirus crisis seems […]
132,000 descendants of expelled Jews apply for Spanish citizenship
Application deadline passes under law designed to atone for 15th-century ‘historical wrong’ @swajones Wed 2 Oct 2019 A gift shop in the old Jewish quarters of Toledo, where Jews were […]
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, kindness isn’t just a virtue – it may heal the global economy
If businesses want to become more humane as well as productive, corporate leaders should feel obligated to credit every person in the supply chain for setting up their empire The […]
Book Review: Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years
By John Philip Jenkins, who is a professor of history at Baylor University in the United States, and co-director for Baylor’s Program on Historical Studies of Religion in the Institute for […]
Solomon Molcho: Portugal’s converso messiah
Although they are now forgotten in the minds of most Jews, their impact on conversos in Portugal and exiles from Spain cannot be underestimated. a view of Lisbon By […]
Video: What is the concept of heaven in Islam?
An interesting relevant lecture by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV, may Allah be pleased with him. Suggested reading Maulana Tariq Jameel’s Extreme Physical Paradise: Do We Need Better Theology? […]
Hundreds queue for food parcels in wealthy Geneva
Over 1,000 poorer working people and undocumented migrants waited for hours for basics Reuters in Geneva Sat 9 May 2020 More than 1,000 people queued on Saturday to get free […]
Jumbo jet sunset: coronavirus hastens the end of the Boeing 747
Stricken carriers are grounding their ageing, four-engine Richard Branson and Kate Moss on the wing of a jumbo jet in 2009. All Virgin Atlantic’s 747s are now grounded. […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims open Their Mosques in Germany
By Zubair Khalil Khan It was looking bit strange and surprising to enter the mosque for Friday prayers in conglomeration after a gap of over two months. At the same […]
Black coronavirus deaths have exposed Britain for what it really is
In some parts of the media, the tragedy that is the Covid-19 Bame death rate disparity has not been treated the way it should Nels Abbey @nelsabbey 1 day ago […]
switzerland explained : How the Swiss asylum system works
Embed code press here for video report May 6, 2020 Switzerland boasts of a long humanitarian tradition and in fact deals with relatively more asylum requests than […]
A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one
Timothy Garton Ash Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy’s capacity to deliver change @fromTGA Wed 6 May 2020 GUARDIAN The coronavirus crisis seems to […]