Paris mayor may ban black feminist Nyansapo festival
Source: BBC The mayor of Paris has called for a black feminist festival in the city to be banned on the grounds that it excludes white people. At the Nyansapo […]
Most in former Yugoslavia favor multicultural society, although some tensions remain
Source: Pew Research Center BY SCOTT GARDNER AND JONATHAN EVANS2 COMMENTS The former Yugoslavia spent much of the 1990s in turmoil, with a series of wars taking place amid the […]
Majorities in Europe, North America worried about Islamic extremis
Source: Pew Research Center BY JACOB POUSHTER2 COMMENTS Even before this week’s terrorist bombing at a pop concert in Manchester, England, people across Europe and in the U.S. and Canada […]
Belgrade authorities demolish illegal mosque ahead of Ramadan
Reuters International MAY 26, 2017 – BELGRADE (Reuters) – Local authorities demolished an illegal mosque on the outskirts of Belgrade after Serbian police secured the area in a pre-dawn action on Friday, ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, despite protests by local Muslims and Islamic clergy. The construction […]
Jeremy Corbyn is right: we can be honest about the causes of terrorism while still refusing to justify it
Politically unpopular or not, this kind of conversation is vital if we are to take terrorism seriously, and if we are to hope effectively to combat it. I know: I’ve spent […]
Trump in Brussels’The Germans Are Bad, Very Bad’
At a meeting with European Union leaders on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump was sharply critical of Germany. DER SPIEGEL spoke with meeting participants. By Peter Müller in Brussels DPA U.S. President Donald Trump May 26, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump voiced significant displeasure over Germany’s trade surplus on Thursday […]
British Airways: All flights cancelled amid IT crash
Source; BBC British Airways has cancelled all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick because of global computer problems. A “major IT system failure is causing very severe disruption to our flight […]
Oversold: Oil traders punish OPEC for promising too much
Source: Reuters By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Rania El Gamal and Ernest Scheyder | VIENNA (Reuters) – As OPEC’s latest meeting wrapped up in Vienna on Thursday night, ministers congratulated each other […]
Theresa May tells G7 summit leaders: Stop jihadis before they bring their terror home
Source: The Telegraph By Gordon Rayner, political editor 26 MAY 2017 British jihadis who go to Syria and Iraq to fight for Isil must be stopped and brought to justice in […]
London airports mayhem
Source: CNN British Airways has canceled all Saturday flights from London’s two biggest airports after what it called “a major IT system failure.” “We are working hard to get our customers who were due to fly today onto the next available flights over the course of the rest of the […]
Ahmadiyya Children (Atfal)
Source: Mr Fatihuhaq (UK) National Majlis Atfalul Ahmadiya organized a charity walk to raise money for Forget me not and Kirkwokd hospice . 90 Atfal participated from different regions. This event was attended by West Yorkshire police ,Fire services and local Councillors and Deputy Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire as […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Condemns ‘Utterly Barbaric’ Manchester Terror Attack
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says attack “completely opposed to the teachings of Islam” The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has categorically condemned Monday’s terrorist attack in Manchester. Speaking, during his weekly Friday Sermon, delivered from the Baitul Futuh Mosque […]
Salman Abedi wasn’t a lone wolf – he was a known wolf, and the Muslim community tried to warn us about him
Our Prime Minister was Home Secretary and in charge of MI5 when they were tipped off about Abedi – do the victims’ families have a right to an explanation of why the warnings were not heard? Muddassar Ahmed 16 hours ago 17 comments “What more can a law abiding Muslim […]
Bayonne Muslims file federal lawsuit against city after mosque plan voted down
Source: NJ.com BY COREY MCDONALD cmcdonald@jjournal.com The Jersey Journal BAYONNE — A federal lawsuit filed against the city asserts the Bayonne Zoning Board violated federal law by denying a Muslim group’s application to build a mosque and community center on the east side of town. The complaint, which was filed in federal […]
UK achieves solar power record as temperatures soar
Source: BBC A record amount of solar power was generated on Friday as Britain basked in sunshine and temperatures of up to 28C, the National Grid has said. It said […]
Young Muslims From Across the World on the Challenges and Joys of Ramadan
Source: Time BY Ryan Kilpatrick The holy month of Ramadan begins on Saturday for about 1.6 billion Muslims around the world. During the 30 days, Muslims will fast from dawn until dusk — abstaining from food, drink and acts or thoughts considered immoral. The month is also a time for Muslims […]
General election 2017: Corbyn pledges change ‘at home and abroad’ on terror
Source: BBC UK foreign policy would change under a Labour government to one that “reduces rather than increases the threat” to the country, Jeremy Corbyn has said. He said “many […]
Serbian Mufti Denounces Demolition of Mosque
Source: Balkan Insight A mosque on the outskirts of Belgrade lay in ruins on Friday morning after the city authorities destroyed it overnight, despite protests by local Muslims. N1 television reported that police forces blocked the area until Friday morning. The Mufti of Belgrade, Muhamed Jusufspahic, condemned the overnight demolition […]
Trump pushes past Montenegro’s PM
Source:BBC US President Donald Trump has given Nato leaders a dressing down over not paying enough into the military alliance. Ahead of his speech in Brussels, he was filmed apparently pushing the Montenegrin president aside. More:
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Imam at London’s Baitul Futuh Mosque drives to Manchester to pay tribute to attack victims
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/23/world/muslim-youth-show-support-for-manchester-attack-victims/ (CNN)Imams and Muslim youth from around the UK drove to Manchester, England on Tuesday in a display of solidarity after the city’s deadly terror attack. Zishan Ahmad, an imam at London’s Baitul Futuh Mosque, made the 8-hour round trip to pay tribute to the victims at a vigil outside […]