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 […]
REVOLUTIONARIES AND SPIES: When Swiss neutrality hurt the Indian freedom struggle
By Anand Chandrasekhar APR 2, 2017 – The Café de la Couronne along with Hotel Bristol in Geneva were favoured hangouts for anti-colonial activists and foreign agents(by courtesy) A forgotten […]
As ideologies shift in Europe
Apr 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The world is facing several crises today. In the Middle East, so far, there is a security crisis; other countries around the world are facing a serious ideological threat. Europe’s problems are, in part, related to external factors such as refugees, but […]
Croydon ‘hate crime’: Teenage girl among three more arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after attack on asylum seeker boy
The 17-year-old among three more people picked up by police, bringing the total number of arrests to nine Chantal Da Silva @chantaladasilva A teenage girl was among three more people arrested over a “brutal” suspected hate crime which left a teenage asylum seeker with a fractured skull and a blood […]
The small Scottish isle leading the world in electricity
Source: BBC By Karen Gardiner 30 March 2017 The Scottish island of Eigg has a precarious connection to the outside world – which I experienced first-hand when a storm forced […]
TURKISH VOTERS IN SWITZERLAND: Erdogan: a hero for some, a dictator for others
By Peter Siegenthaler APR 1, 2017 The well-protected Turkish embassy in Bern. The green container on the left is where voters have to identify themselves(Keystone) He’s brought the country […]
Refugee children in Sweden are falling into coma-like states on learning their families will be deported
Resignation syndrome, or uppgivenhetssyndrom, has been diagnosed in 60 children this year Will Worley @willrworley Police stand with refugee children in Sweden. The country has for years experienced the unique […]
How will Turkey change if it votes ‘Yes’ on April 16?
Compare current structure of executive, judiciary and legislative branches with what they might become after referendum. Umut Uras, Yarno Ritzen | 02 Apr 2017 Turkish citizens will vote on April […]
Praise for a story of hope, faith and commitment that built a children’s hospice
Source: Slough Observer The battle to get a children’s hospice for Berkshire has been praised as ‘an incredible story of hope, faith and commitment’. The comment was made by Cllr […]
Vandals desecrate 80% Jewish graves at small French cemetery
Source: http://www.rt.com The Jewish community of France has expressed “anger” over the toppling of some 40 headstones at an ancestral Jewish cemetery in Waldwisse, the same burial ground that already […]
Article 50: What will be negotiated?
Source: Aljazeera By Shafik Mandhai British Prime Minister Theresa May has invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to leave the European Union and now has two years to finalise the […]
Islam and the sceptred isle: Britain courts the Muslim world as European ties fray
History repeats itself Apr 1st 2017 GOVERNING a country polarised, uncertain and isolated from Europe, its female leader seeks salvation in faraway lands. Cutting loose from Europe, she […]
Ahmadiyya/Humanity First Help to Refugee Children in Zagreb
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Afghans deported from Europe arrive home, to war and unemployment
Reuters International MAR 31, 2017 Afghans, whose asylum applications have been rejected, arrive from Germany in Kabul airport, Afghanistan March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani(reuters_tickers) By Tommy Wilkes KABUL (Reuters) – […]
European Muslim Converts Involved in All Resonant Terror Acts of 21st Century
European Islam Converts Involved in All Resonant Terror Acts of 21st Century 29.03.2017 The terrorist act committed on March 22 in London by a former Christian Adrian Elms (Khalid Masood) still remains a mystery. What urged the native-born British citizen to convert to Islam, move to the Middle East, and […]