Source: Religion & Politics By Gregory L. Freeze The image of the Russian Orthodox Church as the “handmaiden” of the state long prevailed in Tsarist Russia. After decades of Soviet persecution, […]
Source: Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Baha’i poet who was jailed for almost a decade in Iran has won a writing award celebrating free speech. Mahvash Sabet shares the […]
Source: BBC News Three people from ethnic minority backgrounds in Britain have told the BBC how they believe race inequality has affected their lives. One woman, Shazia Khan from Birmingham, […]
Source: The Guardian BY Helena Smith in Athens Greece’s leftwing government has passed legislation enabling citizens to determine their gender identity amid fierce condemnation from the Orthodox church and accusations the law […]
Source:pressahmadiyya.com Caliph and Archbishop speak of need for worldwide religious freedom On 10 October 2017, the Most Reverend, the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace, Justin Welby visited London’s oldest Mosque, the Fazl Mosque where he met with the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. […]
Source: The New York Times By John T. Sidel LONDON — For a brief moment after the Bolshevik uprisings of 1917, it looked like revolution might be waged across vast swaths […]
Source: The Economist Mustafa Akyol’s arrest in Malaysia has been linked to his views on coercion NOT long ago, Turkey and Malaysia were often bracketed together as countries that inspired […]
Source: http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/wimbledonnews/15589718.Women_of_different_faiths_unite_for_international_peace_day/ In celebration of International Peace day, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s association, Raynes Park Branch, held an interfaith event attended by Deputy Mayor of Merton Judy Saunders. The event was attended by women from any faith or no faith to explore the subject of ‘Why there is suffering’ in the […]
Source: http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/let-them-eat-cake-muslim-women-s-group-joins-in-world-s-biggest-coffee-morning-in-clayhall-1-5230059 | Rosaleen Fenton Ladies from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association raised hundreds of pounds for Macmillan at a coffee morning last week. Attendees shared tasty treats at the event in Monkswood Gardens, in Clayhall, last Friday, which raised vital funds for the cancer charity. About 30 members, friends and neighbours […]
Source: DEUTSCHE WELLE A man dressed as a shark has been fined under new anti-burqa laws in Austria. The shark was advertising the opening of a new electronics store called McShark. […]
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43460444&locale=en Embed code This content was published on October 10, 2017 5:00 PMOct 10, 2017 – 17:00 Swiss engineer, Frédéric Guerne, has dedicated half his life to making machines that […]
Adela Suliman | Thomson Reuters Foundation | Published — Tuesday 10 October 2017 LONDON: From a jaded TV chat show host to a Middle Eastern actress who longs to […]
Reuters International This content was published on October 10, 2017 7:27 PMOct 10, 2017 – 19:27 Catalan President Carles Puigdemont leaves after addressing deputies in the chamber at the Catalonian regional parliament in Barcelona, Spain, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea (reuters_tickers) By Angus Berwick and Sonya Dowsett BARCELONA (Reuters) […]
Robert Fisk travelled to Hong Kong in 2015 to meet the grande dame of war reporting Robert Fisk @indyvoices Tuesday 10 October 2017 Clare Hollingworth pictured in 2009 AFP/Getty When Suzanne and Helen opened the door of the cramped, box-like apartment in Albert Road, I didn’t even notice the small, huddled […]
Source: The Independent By Rachel Roberts Hate crimes targeting mosques across the UK more than doubled between 2016 and 2017, new figures have revealed. Police forces recorded 110 hate crimes directed at Muslim places […]
By swissinfo.ch and agencies This content was published on September 26, 2017 4:10 PMSep 26, 2017 – 16:10 The Swiss parliament has rejected a motion demanding that students in Swiss schools be required to shake their teacher’s hand, regardless of religious reservations. Educational policy in Switzerland is managed at […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS ISTANBUL A young Kurdish girl walks along the muddy road framed with tents and shacks in the makeshift migrant camp in grande-synthe near Dunkirk, […]
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Reuters International This content was published on October 6, 2017 The logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is seen in front of its headquarters in […]
Source: http://timesofahmad.blogspot.in/2017/09/uk-ahmadiyya-muslims-and-catholics-come.html Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Slough and South Bucks helped the Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Peace church sort out clothing for those in need on Saturday, September 23. Five members of the community helped volunteers from the church, in Lower Britwell Road, with clothing donations, which […]