Erratic Erdogan must rediscover his golden touch
AFSHIN MOLAVI September 09, 2018 In the early days of the Arab uprisings, when hope still mingled with smoke on the streets of Cairo, a prominent Egyptian investor, Ahmed Heikal, […]
PEACE POLICY: Syrian civil society meets in Geneva to discuss peace
By Kathrin Ammann THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 A Syrian girl walks past a hospital in Jarablus, northern Syria, in May. The three red […]
Peace Conference in Karlsruhe – Ahmadiyya Annual Gathering in Rheinstetten, Germany
SWR Aktuell September, 2018 About 40’000 Muslims are coming this weekend to a peaceful conference of the Ahmadiyya Community in the Karlsruhe Stadium in Rheinstetten. Dialogue and Peace are being […]
UNIVERSITY COMPARISON SERIES: Is part-time work viable while studying at a Swiss university?
By Tony Ganzer, Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi and Leo Shearmur THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 The relatively high cost of living can be offset by exchanging […]
The far-right Sweden Democrats seized on social tensions caused by welfare cuts – that’s why they’ll win big in the Swedish election
Sweden is famous the world over for its pioneering work on gay rights, the environment, peace building, gender equality and humanitarian work. The far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) party, on the […]
In France, rebel priest takes on church bosses on sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By JOHN LEICESTER SAINT-MARTIN-EN-VERCORS, France (AP) — When a lowly Roman Catholic father rebels against the church hierarchy, publicly castigating a prominent cardinal’s handling of child sex-abuse […]
Three years after Germany’s borders opened: How migrants are lost in bureaucratic web
AFP news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 5 September 2018 Photo: DPA Zaid al-Ahmad fled from war in Iraq, but the 23-year-old is still struggling to get out of a bureaucratic web in Berlin. […]
PARADISE LOST? Switzerland named among biggest losers in expat survey
By Thomas Stephens THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 The ups and downs of life in Switzerland (Keystone) Switzerland is now the 44th best country to live […]
Islam shows its female face with rise of women mosques
By Lin Taylor, Reuters COPENHAGEN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Relegated to the basement, silenced by the imam and barred from the front door, some Muslim women have had enough of […]
Belgian minister calls for religious TV ban after reading on female submission
Source: The Guardian The future of Songs of Praise-style religious programmes on Belgian television has been thrown into doubt after a Catholic lay reader gave an on-screen Bible reading calling for women […]
Kosovo-Serbia talks: Why land swap could bridge divide
By Guy DelauneyBBC News, Balkans correspondent Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionUnder a land swap, Serbia would take back control over an area to the north of this bridge in Mitrovica A […]
Swiss retiree invents ‘king of all barbecues’
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 23 May 2018 Photo: Grillrad.ch Some people are at a loss when they retire, but Swiss engineer and sausage lover Gabriel Strebel didn’t waste any time. […]
Erdogan has limited options to save Turkey from financial crisis
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A 20 lira banknote is seen through a magnifying lens in this illustration picture taken in Istanbul […]
Three years on from Alan Kurdi’s death and life is no better for child refugees in Europe
Though many grassroots organisations and charities are filling the gaps, they’re doing the work that the government should be doing Katy Fallon 80 years on from the Kindertransport and three […]
Labour adopts IHRA antisemitism definition in full
Source: The Guardian By Dan Sabbagh Labour’s ruling body has agreed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism in full after a tense meeting in which an accompanying […]
Man who stabbed two american tourists blames Geert Wilders for motivation
Man who stabbed American tourists in Amsterdam names Wilders, cites ‘insults’ to Islam Source: Reuters AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam’s central station last […]
Pope Francis is facing the greatest challenge of his papacy
As crisis envelops Catholic Church, is Pope Francis facing a ‘watershed moment’? Source: Washington Post By Chico Harlan September 3 ROME — For some, the accusations sending tremors through the Catholic Church […]
The Grand Bazaar: The beating heart of Istanbul for five centuries
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL 89-year-old Şemsettin Şengör has spent most of his life in the carpet shop he began working in at the age of 6. Once a center of […]
Gambia: Barrow receives International Association of Ahmadi architects, engineers
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 His Excellency President Adama Barrow on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, received in audience the members of the International Association of Ahmadi Architects and Engineers. The […]
Dynamic Religious Movements
Dynamic Religious Movements Edited by David Hesselgrave Publishers: Baker Book House, Michigan (1978) Asif M Basit The last four decades of the twentieth-century saw a major shift in […]