Young Muslims take to streets to clean up after New Year’s Eve celebrations
Adam Smith Tuesday 1 Jan 2019 Young Muslims woke up before dawn today to clean the streets of 50 UK towns and cities as a lot of the country were […]
Muslim charity aims to deliver 7000 meals to homeless by New Year’s Day
The charity is engaging youth in positive social action to counter radicalisation and challenge Islamophobic opinions Anu Shukla The Independent Muslim youth charity AMYA deliver meals to homeless people in […]
AfD fails in court bid against Merkel’s refugee policy
The Local news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 18 December 2018 Photo: DPA Germany’s top court has rejected complaints by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary group against the government’s refugee policy. The […]
Swiss activists among group jailed for illegally aiding migrants
AFP news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 14 December 2018 JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP A court in southeast France on Thursday sentenced seven people including three foreigners for illegally helping a group of migrants […]
An Ahmadiyya Muslim from Kosovo declared as an exemplary principal for the year 2017/18.
Source: Jinhauddin Saif Mr Rexhep Hasani, born on 08.12.1979 currently working as Principal of municipality school Kosovo has been declared, by Ministry of Education Kosovo, as an exemplary Principal for the year 2017-2018. The nomination for the best director of the municipality comes from the education ministry. One of the purposes […]
Regional effects of US withdrawal from Syria
Dec 30,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The US decision to withdraw its troops from Syria should be considered from a political perspective, as well as from its military implications. […]
View from Turkey: Saudis have one option to save face in the world
İHSAN AKTAŞ @ihsanaktas December 28, 2018 In order to secure their position in the Middle East, Saudis have no choice but to adapt their policies according to regional developments and […]
Britain’s WW3 THREAT: Russia, China and NORTH and SOUTH POLES are UK dangers in 2019
BRITAIN and its allies have faced a turbulent year in 2018, with the fight against Islamic State in Syria, fears of spying from China and state-sponsored murder by Russia. By […]
Book Review: Can reason and religion ever really co-exist?
Source: Independent About the Author: Vitaly Malkin (born 16 September 1952) is a Russian businessman and investor. He has been a physicist, banker and senator (from 2004 to 2013). […]
Vatican official urges Iraq’s Christians to forgive, rebuild
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state urged Iraqi Christians who have endured years of Islamic extremist persecution to forgive, reconcile and […]
SNP MPs call on UK to grant Asia Bibi and her family asylum
Source: The Guardian BY Dan Sabbagh Scottish National party MPs have written to Theresa May calling on the UK to grant asylum to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi and her family, […]
Bomb at Greek church injures 2 after no warning given
Source: Associated Press By DEREK GATOPOULOS and ELENA BECATOROS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A crudely-made bomb exploded outside one of Athens’ most important churches early Thursday, injuring its caretaker and […]
BBC Page: Slavery in Islam
Slaves were owned in all Islamic societies, both sedentary and nomadic, ranging from Arabia in the centre to North Africa in the west and to what is now Pakistan and […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Association on the Financial Independence of German Muslims
“No practice in the Islamic world” According to the Association of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, German Muslims must free themselves from dependence on foreign donors. However, they reject a reference […]
The A-Z of Believing: S is for Sex
Ed Kessler, head of the Woolf Institute, presents the 19th part in a series on belief and skepticism Indy/Life S is for… Sex May the wine go straight […]
The Dangerous New Face of Salvini’s Italy
Matteo Salvini Has Emboldened Fascists in Italy A .38-Caliber Rosary The Dangerous New Face of Salvini’s Italy Shots fired at foreigners, assaults on minorities, neo-fascist marches: Italy’s extreme right wing […]
Syrian surprise: How Trump’s phone call changed the war
Dec 28, 2018 By Orhan Coskun and Lesley Wroughton ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling U.S. troops from […]
Muslims love Jesus. So why does everyone think we hate Christmas?
While most British Muslims might be indifferent to the celebrations underway this season, perhaps we can play a small part in reviving the generosity, kindness and true Christmas spirit associated […]
With support from Steve Bannon, a medieval monastery could become a populist training ground
Source: The Washington Post By Chico Harlan December 25 COLLEPARDO, Italy — Inside the stone walls of the Trisulti monastery, for more than eight centuries, monks have lived in quiet seclusion, praying, […]
Sister Wendy Beckett, Nun Who Became a BBC Star, Dies at 88
Source: The New York Times By Robert D. McFadden Sister Wendy Beckett, a Roman Catholic nun who interrupted a cloistered life of prayer in England in 1991 and soared to […]