Baby girl born mid-air on Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A French woman successfully gave birth mid-flight with the help of the cabin crew on a Turkish Airlines flight on Friday as the aircraft was on its […]
Turkish baths, a source of healing
ARDA SAYINER@ardasayiner ISTANBUL Çemberlitaş Bath From the conquest of Constantinople on, the Ottoman Empire built thousands of public baths in every corner of the city as well as in Anatolian […]
Ankara says Greek Cyprus hydrocarbon bid ‘unacceptable’
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The deal Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum signed with Greek Cyprus was construed as the unilateral utilization of the island’s resources by Turkey, hence not acceptable. (Reuters […]
Norway to build landmark ship tunnel
Source: BBC Norway is taking radical steps to try and make a hazardous stretch of coastline safer, by building a tunnel big enough for ships. Original Story
Ken Livingstone faces fresh inquiry over Hitler Zionism remarks
Source: The Guardian By Rowena Mason Deputy political editor Ken Livingstone will face a new investigation into his recent comments that Hitler supported Zionism, as Jeremy Corbyn criticised his old ally […]
CONDEMNATION: Switzerland calls for truth behind Syria chemical attack
APR 5, 2017 – UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (left) and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter during the Syria conference in Brussels(Keystone) Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter […]
LAND OF MANY TONGUES: Has migration changed the Swiss language map?
By Kai Reusser & Balz Rigendinger APR 5, 2017 – 18:15 Switzerland has always been a multilingual country – and is becoming a place of ever more languages. Since […]
Pope to meet with UK imams in bid to promote moderate Islam
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is scheduled to meet Wednesday with four British imams two weeks after the London extremist attack, part of […]
Cadbury’s ‘War on Easter’ Brings Out the Inner Churchill in Theresa May
Source: Time By Dan Stewart At last, Britain’s Prime Minister is really angry about something. No, not Scotland’s renewed bid for independence. Not even the E.U.’s apparent attempt to use Gibraltar […]
Theresa May criticises Cadbury over Easter egg hunt
Source: BBC Theresa May has described the decision to drop the word Easter from the name of Cadbury and National Trust egg hunts as “absolutely ridiculous”. Her comments come after […]
EXORCISMS: Driving out the devil in Switzerland
http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43080614&locale=en EMBED CODE APR 3, 2017 – 17:59 Every year, about 1,400 people ask Swiss churches for help with exorcisms, and the number is growing. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The practice of ridding […]
A Bizarre SS Expedition to Tibet
Nazis on the Roof of the World: A Bizarre SS Expedition to Tibet In 1938, an SS expedition led by German zoologist Ernst Schäfer trekked to Tibet, returning with priceless animal specimens. Many believe they had actually been sent to search for a lost Aryan race, but a new book argues that […]
This is how we can reclaim the British Muslim identity from extremists
Public debate has become toxic and polarised: on one side are the people who call all Muslims terrorists and extremists, and on the other are the people who cry ‘Islamophobia’ the moment anyone opens a discussion about Islamist extremism in Britain Sara Khan @sarakhaninspire Muslim children carrying flowers join a vigil […]
Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta organises Annual Peace Symposium 2017
Source: https://ahmadiyyamalta.org/2017/04/04/ahmadiyya-malta-organised-annual-peace-symposium-2017/ Official website of Ahmadiyya Muslim Malta: http://www.Ahmadiyya.org.mt Email: amjmalta@gmail.com | Call: 7932 0139 Twitter: twitter.com/ahmadiyyamalta | Facebook: facebook.com/ahmadiyyamalta The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta, in collaboration with KSU (university student council), held an exhibition about the Holy Quran and the annual Peace Symposium titled “Jihad & Terrorism” in the KSU Common Room, […]
Muslims protest with street prayer in Paris suburb
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Hemmed in and closely watched by police, hundreds of Muslims unrolled rugs and prayed outdoors Friday in the busy streets of a Paris suburb […]
Germany’s anti-immigrant AfD scolds Bayern star Lahm for tackling politics
Reuters International APR 3, 2017 – www.swissinfo.ch Bayern Munich’s Philipp Lahm speaks during a news conference at the team’s hotel ahead of their Champions League group F soccer match against Olympiacos in Athens, Greece, September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Hanna (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – The anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) […]
Germany dismisses ‘Islam law’ as integration debate resurfaces
A woman wears a burka while visiting Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany August 16, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has no plans to introduce an ‘Islam law’ codifying the rights and obligations of Muslims, a government spokesman said on Monday, dismissing an idea floated by allies of Chancellor […]
Switzerland: CULTURAL DIVERSITY: Wanted: Teachers of all origins
By Isobel Leybold-Johnson APR 4, 2017 A trainee teacher during her final internship at a primary school in Thun, canton Bern (Keystone) Are teachers in Swiss schools too Swiss? One university of teacher training thinks so. It plans to launch an innovative campaign to find trainee teachers from immigrant backgrounds […]
Russia: 10 dead in St. Petersburg metro explosion
Source: CNN At least 10 people have been killed in twin blasts on a metro in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, state-run TASS reported. The explosions took place on a subway car at the station. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin was aware of the reports of […]
Credit Suisse’s Khan Says He’s `Surprised’ by Timing of Raids
Bloomberg APR 1, 2017 – (Bloomberg) — Iqbal Khan, Credit Suisse Group AG’s head of international wealth management, said he’s surprised by the timing of a tax evasion investigation […]