Source: Quartz By Annabelle Timsit France has tried several controversial tactics to stop the rise of Islamism in the country, thus far with little success. Now, a former French government official has a […]
Source: The Economist MANY recent reports about religion in China have concerned repression, from the mass internment of Muslims in the north-west to the demolition or closure of Protestant churches. […]
Manijeh Daneshpour[1] alliant international university Elham Fathi[2] allameh tabataba’i university Abstract This paper reviews research studies that have examined Muslim marriage trends in the western world for the past ten […]
Germanyʹs Ahmadiyya community “Integration is the least of our problems” Recently some 45,000 Muslims of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat met for their annual peace conference, the so-called “Jalsa Salana”. Nermin […]
In France, a veiled woman is stuck with remaining just that – a veiled woman – along with all of the stereotypes that go along with it Hajar El Jahidi […]
Source: Harper Collins Robert Fisk’s bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis. The history of the […]
Diane Abbott is the shadow home secretary and Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington It has been widely trailed that Theresa May will announce a clampdown on immigration in […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and JARI TANNER TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Pope Francis conceded Tuesday that priestly sex abuse scandals are outraging the Catholic faithful and driving them […]
Source: Mosaic By Seth Kaplan, who lectures at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), is the author of, among other books, Fixing Fragile States and Pathways for Peace: […]
Holocaust expert Israel Charny’s new book makes uncomfortable reading, as he asks us to examine ‘a truth we haven’t faced fully enough’ Robert Fisk in Jerusalem @indyvoices The Independent Voices […]
Source: The New York Times By Ian Johnson BEIJING — Over the last two years, China’s estimated 60 million Christians have felt the power of a newly assertive government eager […]
Source: DW The canton of St Gallen has become the second in Switzerland to vote in favor of a ban on facial coverings in public. The Swiss also voted against […]
Source: Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – A French Muslim rapper said on Friday he was cancelling two gigs at a Paris concert hall attacked by Islamist militants three years ago, saying […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Tens of thousands of Lithuanians lined the narrow streets of the Old Town of Vilnius and […]
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican and China said Saturday they had signed a “provisional agreement” over the appointment of bishops, a breakthrough on […]
Former German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel speaks to DER SPIEGEL about his call for the country to take on a new global role and why Germans are underestimating the dangers […]
By Luca Beti THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 Eritrean refugee Solomon Aklilu is learning the roofing trade in Bern.(Luca Beti) Like many refugees in Switzerland, […]
By Reuters – Sep 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES UNITED NATIONS/BRUSSELS — At a meeting in Washington after Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in May, a senior […]
https://players.brightcove.net/624246174001/BJXA5Px6f_default/index.html?videoId=5838203230001&customParams=videoID%3A5838203230001%3BarticleId%3A8552281%3Bgs_channels%3ANONE%3Bplayertype%3Aautoplay%3Btopictags%3Aungeneral_assembly%2Cinternallydisplaced_people%2Ctyphoonmangkhut&customTargeting=%2F71347885%2F_main_independent%2Fin_voices%2Fin_voices_article&playsinline=true In 2005, my stepfather in Zambia, David Busiku Mainza contributed to a pamphlet on the Tonga people, some 57,000 of whom were resettled in 1957 and 1958 from the Zambezi […]
Friday Sermon: Harmful innovations in religion October 29th, 2010 Hudhur gave an exposition on harmful innovations in religion in his Friday Sermon today. He began by reciting the following Quranic […]