Istanbul trial pits church against Italian royal heirs
Source: Daily Sabah St. Anthony of Padua, the largest Roman Catholic church in Istanbul, is nowadays entangled in a legal battle over its ownership. Descendants of Italian royalty seek the […]
President of Ghana visits Switzerland to help attract investors
By Kathrin Ammann Feb 28, 2020 – swissinfo.ch For the first time in 60 years, Switzerland has organised a state visit for a leader from Sub-Saharan Africa – Ghana’s […]
Syrian refugees flock to shores, bus stations on way to European borders
by Daily Sabah with Agencies ISTANBUL Politics Feb 28, 2020 Given the green light to seek their way to Europe, hundreds of irregular migrants on Friday flocked to shores and […]
Germany upholds headscarf ban for trainee Muslim lawyers
Source: The Local Germany’s highest court on Thursday upheld a ban on headscarves for Muslim trainee lawyers in courts, finding that the requirement of maintaining religious neutrality was justified. The Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling came after a Frankfurt-born German-Moroccan legal trainee filed a challenge to Hesse state’s rules.In the western […]
Assange’s UK extradition hearing paused until May
By AFP – Feb 27,2020 – Last updated at Feb 27,2020 0 0 googleplus0 0 0 LONDON — A British judge on Thursday paused Julian Assange’s extradition hearing following four […]
Turkey, with more dead troops, says it won’t stop Syrian refugees reaching Europe
Feb 28, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Orhan Coskun and Ezgi Erkoyun ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey, faced with a possible new wave of Syrian migrants and dozens more dead Turkish […]
Human Rights Council : Swiss minister warns against spread of online hate speech
Feb 24, 2020 – swissinfo.ch Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has warned against the anonymous nature of cyberspace and the dangers of online hate speech in his address to the […]
Muslim women who have pledged to serve Islam meet with Hazrat Khalifatul Masih
On 16 February, Lajna Waqifaat-e-Nau from the UK had a sitting with Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah be his Helper. The class commenced with the recitation of the Holy […]
Greta Thunberg and Malala Yousafzai meet at Oxford University
Swedish climate activist visits Yousafzai’s college while in UK for Bristol youth protes THE GUARDIAN The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has met Malala Yousafzai at the University of […]
An exodus of British Muslims is happening right under our noses – and still we’re asking whether Islamophobia exists
Voices As normalised hate trickles from the top down in society, adults and children born and raised here have been left feeling like there’s no choice but to leave Shayma […]
Book Review: “Debt – The First 5,000 Years” by David Graeber
by Trevor Hilder Published on: 8th August 2012 Economics textbooks claim that money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to […]
Emmanuel Macron’s War on Islamism Is Europe’s Future
Source: FP The French president’s recent speech is a sign that moderate leaders are waking up to the threat posed by political Islam. By Lorenzo Vidino | February 24, 2020, […]
102 years since death of Sultan Abdulhamid II marked
Tuesday, February 25 2020 34th Ottoman sultan ruled empire for 33 years, and significantly improved education, literacy, and public works ISTANBUL (Rahnuma) Sultan Abdulhamid II, the 34th sultan of the […]
Policing in the community – A report by Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Wolverhampton
By External affair Wolverhampton, Dr Abdul Salam On the 15th of February we were surprised by a visit from the local police team as well as the counter terrorism unit. They discussed many practices that they have observed in the community. This was a great platform for members to meet […]
Islam in Moderation? – The Moderate Muslim Debate
Komal Hadi, Nudrat Ahmad 13th February 2020 Egyptian-American comedian, Ramy Youssef, recently won his first Golden Globe Award earlier in the year for his show Ramy – a ‘comedy-drama’ […]
Darus Salaam Mosque Inaugural Reception Address Summary – 23.02.2020
On 23rdFebruary 2020, hundreds of people, guests and members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community gathered in Southall, UK, to attend the opening the Darus Salaam (Abode of Peace) Mosque […]
When Far-Right Hatred Turns Into Terrorism
The man responsible for the massacre in Hanau was not only a racist, but also a confused and clearly troubled person. He may have acted alone, but he […]
Western powers could help conclude the war in Yemen swiftly – instead they’re protracting it for profit
The United States, United Kingdom and France continue to provide weapons for a war that they admit in private moments is morally bankrupt and strategically counterproductive Borzou Daragahi @borzou 22nd […]
10 Fabrications Muslim Leaders Need to Stop Making About Ahmadi Muslims
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid: Author, Human Rights Lawyer, Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies 09/24/2014 It is no secret I’ve been critical […]