DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presents NATO’s annual report for 2016 during a press conference at alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 13 March 2017. (EPA Photo) North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised Saturday Turkey’s contribution to the security in Europe. “NATO would undoubtedly be […]
Source: Reuters Germany’s Bundestag lower house of parliament agreed to a draft law on Thursday that will prevent civil servants, judges and soldiers in Germany from wearing full-face veils at […]
Source: BBC Police say they have foiled an active terror plot after a woman was shot during a raid on a house in Willesden, north-west London. The 21-year-old woman was […]
Reuters International APR 28, 2017 – 16:54 Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (3rd L) talks with Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec (2nd L), as German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (4th L) and European Commissioner Johannes Hahn (R) talk, after a meeting between European Union and candidate country Foreign Ministers in […]
Source: Daily Times The acceptability of Islamophobic rhetoric has clearly become more commonplace in Western politics, perhaps best exemplified by Trump’s Muslim travel ban and the rising popularity of European […]
Source: The Guardian Anne Marie Waters attends an ‘Islam kills women’ rally and protest in Westminster last year. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock BY Peter Walker Political correspondent Ukip has been accused of “grubbing […]
Source: Galway Advertiser BY CHARLIE MCBRIDE In 2014, Galway saw the opening of its first mosque – the Mosque of Mary on the Old Monivea Road, Ballybrit. It was erected […]
Reuters International APR 28, 2017 Pope Francis waves as he leaves for his pastoral trip to Egypt at the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Tony […]
APR 27, 2017 – (Stadt Zürich) The city of Zurich has installed five special reading benches in its Sihlfeld cemetery, each equipped with a metal box full of books for people to dip into. “Cemeteries are not just places for mourning and for saying goodbye to loved ones,” the […]
Source: BBC Boris Johnson says it would be very difficult for the UK to refuse the US if it asked for support in another military strike on Syria. The foreign secretary said MPs would not necessarily have a vote on any proposed joint action. But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said […]
By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli APR 26, 2017 Judaism is a non-Christian religion which has long been recognised officially in Switzerland. (Keystone) A multicultural society is often a multi-religious one. How can Switzerland best manage its growing diversity and the frictions which can arise? We speak with a legal specialist about […]
Source: The New York Times By DAWN EDEN GOLDSTEIN Migrants and refugees at the Moria detention center on the Greek island of Lesbos during a visit by Pope Francis in […]
Source: The Atlantic By Sigal Samuel With Marine Le Pen headed to the second round of elections, a top imam says he understands why some voters fear Muslims. Marine Le […]
Source: http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/91991/galway-was-a-friendly-spiritual-city-so-i-decided-to-remain-here ‘Galway was a friendly, spiritual, city, so I decided to remain here’ Shooting the Breeze with Ibrahim Noonan, Imam of the Galway Mosque BY CHARLIE MCBRIDE Galway Advertiser, Thu, Apr 27, 2017 Imam Ibrahim Noonan at a recent lecture to young people on Islam. In 2014, Galway saw the opening […]
Source: hartlepoolmail.co.uk Mosque chiefs ‘want to remove any fears and misunderstandings’ about Islam Tahir Selby pictured outside the Brougham Terrace Mosque. 06:00Tuesday 25 April 2017 Hartlepool’s mosque is inviting people to pay a visit at an open day this weekend and speak to members. Leaders of the Nasir Mosque in Brougham […]
Source: buzzfeed.com “We as a nation must unite and honour those who sacrifice their lives for us all.” Brad Esposito BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia Hundreds of Australian Muslims took part in Anzac Day dawn services on Tuesday, paying tribute to those who have served and those who lost their lives in […]
Source: oldham-chronicle.co.uk | Reporter: Iram Ramzan Young Muslims out to do good COME rain or shine, Laiq Khan and his team of around 50 youths from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association’s North-West branch will be out in the streets of Oldham and doing their bit for their local community. Whether it is cleaning […]
ORGANISATION THANKED: Dewsbury Resident Arif Ahmad is pictured with the Prince of Wales at the special reception. Friday 21 April 2017 Arif Ahmad, representing the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK, last […]