This year’s annual Kartepe summit on global issues took place last weekend. An important number of international participants, including academics, representatives from nongovernmental organizations, people from intergovernmental organizations and […]
Source: CNN France’s niqab ban violates the human rights of Muslim women and risks “confining them to their homes,” the United Nations Human Rights Committee said Tuesday. The committee said two women fined for wearing the full-face Islamic veils should be compensated and it called on France to review its […]
If the museum hopes to succeed in its aim, it must refrain from having a solely elitist, intellectual focus, and instead attempt to include the experiences of the anonymous masses […]
Source: CT Local churches are being encouraged to hold ‘light parties’ this Halloween. The idea is to celebrate ‘what’s life-giving and positive’, instead of what’s dark and possibly evil, according the Church of England’s promotional material. It’s a recognition, as well, that the night when ghosts appear has been seized […]
Source: Daily Sabah ANADOLU AGENCY LONDON Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi was about to disclose some detailed information about Saudi Arabia’s use of chemical weapons in Yemen and the U.K. had […]
Source: BBC News By Sophie Hardach It’s a busy autumn morning at the Spanish Nursery, a bilingual nursery school in north London. Parents help their toddlers out of cycling helmets […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Oct 28,2018 Turkish Ambassador in Amman Mourad Karagoz speaks on the free trade agreement between Turkey and Jordan, which Jordan sent Turkey an official notification of […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 11 October 2018 Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP. Switzerland’s main carrier has been criticised for displaying an-inflight map to passengers on a flight to Israel that omitted Tel […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL An imam’s efforts to raise numerous plants inside a mosque in Turkey’s central Nevşehir province gained the praise of the congregation while attracting children to the mosque. […]
Source: Time By CASEY QUACKENBUSH October 26, 2018 An artwork made by an artificial intelligence program sold at a Christie’s auction for $432,500, nearly 45 times its high estimate. Portrait of Edmond Belamy, a […]
Source: Time STRASBOURG: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against defamation of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and said such activities exceed the permissible limits of freedom of expression, Anadolu Agency reported on Thursday. […]
The date of the start of the construction of the Erfurt Mosque has been fixed. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany informed that the construction will start on 13th November of […]
By Reuters – Oct 27,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu (left) meeting with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos (centre to right) in the Omani capital […]
By AFP – Oct 27,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and French President Emmanuel Macron hold hands after a conference […]
Source: Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of protesters in Madrid are urging Spanish government and Catholic church authorities to prevent the remains of 20th-century dictator Francisco Franco from ending […]
Source: BBC News Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has announced she has converted to Islam. The artist, who is best known for her 1990 hit version of the song Nothing Compares […]
Source: The Atlantic BY YASMEEN SERHAN On Friday, Irish voters will participate in their second referendum of the year—this time, to decide whether to remove a prohibition against blasphemy from Ireland’s […]
Source: Washington Post By Associated Press BERLIN — The European Court of Human Rights says an Austrian woman’s conviction for calling the prophet of Islam a pedophile didn’t breach her freedom […]
% who say Islam is “fundamentally incompatible” with their country’s culture and values: 🇫🇮Finland 62% 🇮🇹Italy 53% 🇩🇪Germany 44% 🇬🇧UK 42% 🇪🇸Spain 37% 🇫🇷France 34% 🇸🇪Sweden 34%https://t.co/26OkMQwVSA pic.twitter.com/NYfUIwg1bW — Pew […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Stacy Meichtry and Nick Kostov PANTIN, France—Every Sunday, parents in this working-class neighborhood just north of Paris bring their children to a small school operated by the […]