Germany spends record 23 billion euros on refugees – document
May 20, 2019 – By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany spent a record 23 billion euros (20 billion pounds) last year on helping to integrate more than one […]
Fertility Sperm quality of Swiss youth in ‘critical’ condition
May 22, 2019 The first ever nationwide testing of young Swiss men has found that over 60% have below average sperm count, mobility or morphology. Researchers from the University of […]
I thought I understood the healing power of food during Ramadan – until I cooked with refugees who’d lost everything
Most of us can’t imagine the horror of being forced to flee our homes due to war. But food is often the balm that we need to soothe our souls […]
France’s Multicultural Challenge
Source: Charged Affair By Sheila Archambault, 20th May 2019 French identity is so deeply linked to its colonial past that there is a fear of a reversal, where there is […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community announces Big Iftar in Birmingham near end of Ramadan
Source: Birmingham Mail Family-friendly free event is part of national initiative aiming to strengthen community relations during holy month By David Bentley Families of all faiths and backgrounds are invited […]
Chagos Islands: isolated UK faces thrashing in UN vote on ownership
General assembly expected to vote in favour of UK relinquishing control of Indian Ocean archipelago claimed by Mauritius Julian Borger in Washington and Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent Tue 21 […]
Germany’s Integration Blinkers – What’s So Bad About Parallel Societies?
Source: Spiegel Chancellor Angela Merkel says that multiculturalism has been an utter failure in Germany. And many would argue that parallel societies must be avoided at all costs. But is […]
Has multiculturalism failed in the UK? Not really
Source: The Guardian By Anthony Heath Our research shows a strong inclination of first and second generation Britons to feel and act ‘British’ Fri 10 Aug 2012 There are three […]
Britain’s races ‘leading parallel lives’, says report
Monday, May 20th 2019 Britain’s communities are living a series of parallel lives because of segregation on ethnic lines, according to a report into last summer’s race riots. […]
Church offers to ‘cover up’ cross and image of Jesus for Ramadan
Amber Hicks © Provided by Trinity Mirror Shared Services Limited St Matthew and St Luke’s Church in Darlington, where men who from a nearby mosque were invited to […]
Community comes together to celebrate the Big Iftar
Monday 20 May 2019 People of all faiths came together at the weekend to celebrate the end of Ramadan fasting with Muslim friends and neighbours. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
London’s first mosque – archive
4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia From our London Staff Tue 4 Oct […]
Indicting the International Criminal Court
May 19,2019 By Aryeh Neier NEW YORK — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has come under withering criticism from the first four presidents of its oversight body, the 123-member Assembly […]
Poland’s church sex abuse scandal becomes political
Source: Politico A documentary exposing child sex abuse in Poland’s Roman Catholic Church has turned religion into a key issue ahead of the European election. The film, “Tell No One,” […]
Poland backs paedophilia law after Church documentary rattles ruling party
Source: Reuters WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland announced plans on Tuesday to tighten sentences for child sex abuse, just days after the country’s politics were upended by a documentary on paedophilia […]
Ireland bars Christian fundamentalist pastor from entering country
Source: The Guardian BY Henry McDonald An anti-gay US Christian fundamentalist pastor who has been accused of Holocaust denial has become the first person to be barred from entering Ireland under a […]
Austria’s Islamophobia and the construction of the authoritarian state
FARID HAFEZ @ferithafez Published 17.05.2019 Many people reacted with outrage when the current Austrian Minister of Interior Herbert Kickl, who is a staunch right-wing ideologue, proclaimed that “the law has […]
Archive Document: Queen Outed Herself as a Fan of the EU
Does Britain’s future lie in Europe? In 1988, long before the prospect of Brexit, the queen spoke about the issue with a German diplomat. A document viewed by DER SPIEGEL […]
Pope vows to fight nun abuse, urges service not servitude
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis vowed Friday to combat the sexual abuse of nuns and urged religious sisters to just say no when clergy want to […]
A blessed Friday at the new Markaz
17th May 2019 Islamabad, Surrey: 17 May Fridays are blessed anyway, but what better if they occur in the holy month of Ramadan; and what better when there happens to […]