Kosovo returns families of jihadists from Syria
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 20, 2019 PRISTINA AIRPORT, Kosovo (Reuters) – An airplane has returned women and children who are relatives to Kosovo jihadists in Syria to […]
CRIME STATISTICS: Why most of Switzerland’s prisoners are not Swiss
By Patricia Islas THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 17, 2019 The profiles of those behind bars in Switzerland are as diverse as the causes that can lead […]
LIBYAN CONFLICT: ‘We haven’t yet learned from the 2015 refugee crisis’
By Katy Romy THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 18, 2019 Over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, more than at any other time since the […]
Who owns the country? The secretive companies hoarding England’s land
‘Companies today own around 2.6m hectares of land – 18% of England and Wales.’ Illustration: Lee Martin/Guardian Design Multi-million pound corporations with complex structures have purchased the very ground we […]
An interview with an Iraqi scholar has led me to think very differently about Brexit and extremism in Europe
‘In Shiasm,’ the great man, Sayed Hakeem, reminds me, ‘the more knowledge a scholar has, the more humble he must be – otherwise he will become a dictator’ Robert FiskNajaf, southern Iraq @indyvoices The […]
France’s Paradoxes, Embodied in a Cathedral
Source: The Atlantic By RACHEL DONADIO PARIS—It was the morning after the fire ravaged Notre-Dame, consuming its oak latticework and lead roof, damaging rose windows, toppling its spire. There was a […]
What Will the Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire Mean for the Catholic Imagination?
Source: Vanity Fair BY JOHN CORNWELL The cathedral is at once an icon and a sacred place, and thus the response to Monday’s disaster is a crisis of faith […]
3 spectacular Istanbul mosques along Bosphorus
The mosques on the Bosphorus shore fascinate those who see their unique architecture and amazing view. Ortaköy Mosque Ortaköy Mosque was built by Sultan Abdulmecid in 1853. The architect of […]
INSIDE GENEVA: What to do with the children of Islamic State?
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 18, 2019 A child rides in a makeshift cart at Al-Hol camp in Syria on March 31, […]
Slavery was supposed to be abolished over 180 years ago – so why is it rife within modern Britain?
If we want to end slavery, we must disrupt the entire system that makes people vulnerable and enables their exploitation. We must change the way we do business, economics and […]
Notre Dame is heartbreaking – but so is France’s looting of black history
I was in the cathedral just before it was evacuated. But I can’t help but think the intense mourning of its destruction serves as a metaphor for where we stand in […]
Swiss Education: Are 14-year olds ready to make a career choice?
EDUCATION By Isobel Leybold-Johnson THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 16, 2019 Starting young: a bicycle mechanic apprentice goes about his work (Christian Beutler / Keystone) Students make big […]
Foundation-stone laying of mosque in Hauts-de-France
Mansoor Ahmed Mubashir France Correspondance On 31 March 2019, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat France had the opportunity to lay the foundation-stone of a mosque – the first Ahmadi mosque is […]
British Muslim imams discuss Islam in London
Video A group of young British men training to be imams are trying to dispel negative perceptions about Islam. They travel to central London on weekends with messages on whiteboards […]
Western powers’ sanctions on Syria harm its people rather than its government
Apr 17,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN After losing the war on Syria’s battlefields, the US and the EU are prosecuting the war by economic means. Although they imposed sanctions […]
If you believe in human rights, Madonna, don’t play Tel Aviv
Roger Waters Until the Israeli government recognises the Palestinians’ right to self-determination, artists should stay away Wed 17 Apr 2019 ‘I would urge all the young contestants – in fact […]
Move to Islamabad: A Historic Moment in Ahmadiyya History
Source: pressahmadiyya.com HISTORIC MOMENT – ISLAMABAD IN SURREY BECOMES THE NEW HEADQUARTERS AND CENTRE OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY. After 35 blessed and prosperous years at Fazl Mosque, the new […]
We’re often told Islamophobia has no place in British society – so why does it keep rearing its ugly head?
Many politicians, institutions and news outlets pay lip-service to the issue – but there’s a clear reluctance to treat far-right extremism with as much severity as other forms of terror […]
The brutal truth of Windrush is that one year on, the ‘hostile environment’ is more entrenched than ever
This scandal didn’t come out of nowhere. It comes from an institutionally racist consensus maintained by politicians of all parties Gracie Bradley The spring of 2018 saw story after harrowing […]
Climate : The Time to Act is Now
Speech Statement by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon at UN General Assembly Climate and Sustainable Development for All Summit Published 3 April 2019 From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Lord Ahmad […]