Source:BBC Portugal has declared three days of mourning for the 62 victims of one of the country’s deadliest forest fires. Four children are among the victims, many of whom were found dead inside their cars as they tried to flee the central forested region of Pedrógão Grande. Hundreds of firefighters […]
A van ploughed into a crowd on Seven Sisters Road near Finsbury Park Mosque at around 20 past midnight Muslims were leaving taraweeh, late night prayers observed during the festival […]
Jun 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Project Syndicate Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a heavily orchestrated “Belt and Road” forum in Beijing. The two-day event attracted 29 heads […]
Follow the developments as one person is arrested after a vehicle struck pedestrians in Seven Sisters Road, north London LIVE Updated 8m ago Police and ambulance crews on the scene in Finsbury Park. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock Bonnie Malkin Monday 19 June 2017 04.22 BSTFirst published on Monday 19 June 201701.51 BST Show […]
Source: BBC News A catastrophic forest fire in Portugal has claimed at least 58 lives, officials say. Most died while trying to flee the Pedrógão Grande area, 50 km (30 […]
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — Seyran Ates’ vision of a liberal mosque where all Muslims can pray together — women and men, Sunni and Shiite, straight […]
Source: The Guardian BY Kate Connolly in Berlin The Nicht Mit Uns – or Not With Us – march has been planned as opposition to violence in the name of […]
Source: Religion News Service By Josephine McKenna | June 15, 2017 VATICAN CITY (RNS) Several progressive Catholic groups are launching an initiative aimed at giving lay Catholics and clergy across […]
Source: Time BY Mark Leftly / London Jun 16, 2017 Hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters will descend upon Westminster Friday evening calling for justice for the victims of the […]
Source: The Local A large majority of Europeans have a positive view of Germany, while seeing Berlin as still having too much power in EU affairs, a new survey shows. The Pew Research Centre study released on Thursday showed that 71 percent of respondents outside of Germany had a favourable view of […]
Source:The Local With a mission to spread a liberal form of Islam, a mosque where men and women pray side by side has opened its doors in Berlin, complete with female imams. The Arabic phrase “Allahu Akbar” (‘God is greatest’) resonated through the crowded Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque Friday as US-Malaysian Ani Zonneveld, […]
Source:CNN German statesman Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification after the end of the Cold War, has died, his Christian Democratic Union party announced Friday. He was 87. Kohl served as chancellor for 16 years — from 1982 to 1998 — and was Germany’s longest-serving leader since 1945. He […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is once again flexing his papal muscle by seeking to keep tabs on his cardinals who live in […]
Source: BBC News At least 17 people died in a massive fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, police said, as they warned that figure could rise further. […]
Source: Vox Since British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party suffered a shocking loss of seats in the UK’s House of Commons during last Thursday’s election, ceding their overall majority, […]
Source: http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/15342373.Young_Muslims_from_Kingston_give_out_hundreds_of_food_packs_to_homeless_people/ | By Calum Rutter Young Muslims from Kingston spent their Sunday distributing food packs to homeless people in central London. Ten members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) Kingston chapter gave out hundreds of packs as part of their ‘Muslims for Humanity’ campaign. During the campaign members perform actions […]
Source: http://www.loveforallhatredfornone.org/gillingham-imam-safeer-khan-calls-on-muslims-to-stand-up-and-condemn-acts-of-terrorism/ More Muslims need to “stand up” and condemn acts of terrorism to counter radicalisation and prevent further terror attacks. That’s the message from Gillingham Imam Safeer Khan, who has spoken out on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. After last Saturday’s London attacks Mr Khan said the community was […]
JUN 14, 2017 – The head of the initiative committee, Richard Koller, (centre) explaining the aims of his campaign (Keystone) Opponents of the government’s immigration policy are making a new attempt at protecting domestic labour in Switzerland from foreign nationals. A committee, led by a local member of the […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Akbar Ahmed, Contributor CAMBRIDGE, England ― When Tim Winter became a Muslim in 1979, Islam was still something of a mystery to the West. He was a […]
Unknown number of people killed and dozens injured as firefighters battle to put out fire in west London tower block London fire – latest updates What we know so far […]