Source: RNS Farhad Ahmad, an imam at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center near the attack site, said Muslims in the neighborhood are living with more apprehension than ever before.“The situation in the country, there is so much more division,” he said. “You see a change in the tide. The three […]
Source: BBC Some 30 boys have worn skirts to school in protest at being told they were not allowed to wear shorts. The pupils from ISCA Academy in Exeter asked permission to modify their uniform because of the hot weather. One of the boys who took part in the protest […]
Source: BBC News A host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the UK for a “smooth and orderly” departure from the EU have been announced in the Queen’s Speech. […]
Source: BBC News A man suspected of setting off a bomb at Brussels Central Station on Tuesday has been identified as a 36-year-old Moroccan from a city district that has […]
Source: The New York Times By AKRAM BELKAÏD PARIS — On June 8, I was invited to break the Ramadan fast at the residence of the United States ambassador. It […]
Source: The Guardian By Alan Travis Home affairs editor The prime minister had previously made it clear her ‘drive against extremism’ was aimed at radical Islamist ideology Theresa May’s Downing […]
Source: Time Associated Press 9:17 AM ET (LONDON) — British media have identified the suspect held in connection with the van attack outside a London mosque as Darren Osborne, from […]
Britain’s crippled Prime Minister Theresa May is stumbling into Brexit negotiations, which are set to finally begin next week. She is doing all she can to cling to power, but […]
Don’t tell me today that Islamophobia doesn’t exist, or that it’s been overplayed by Muslims ‘playing the victim’. If anything, Muslims are wary of reporting hate crimes against their communities […]
JUN 15, 2017 – Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Tama’s mum, who was a structural draughtswoman back home in Colombo, found a job as a cleaner in Switzerland. She has given up on attempts to arrange a marriage for her daughter. […]
Source: Washington Post By Anthony Faiola and Stephanie Kirchner June 17 BERLIN — Inside the red-brick building that now houses the German capital’s newest and perhaps most unusual mosque, Seyran […]
Source: BBC News A terror attack near a London mosque is “every bit as sickening” as others in recent weeks, Theresa May says. A man drove a van into worshippers […]
Source:CNN Germany’s statistics office said Tuesday that the number of Brits who took German citizenship spiked by 361% in 2016 to 2,865.”There appears to be a link with Brexit,” the agency said in a statement. Foreigners are eligible to be naturalized in Germany after living in the country for at least […]
Source: BBC Seventy-nine people are either dead or missing presumed dead after the fire at Grenfell Tower, police have said. Met Police Commander Stuart Cundy confirmed the figure in a statement on Monday, adding it may still change. Fire swept through the 24-storey block in North Kensington, west London, shortly […]
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 […]