The Local news@thelocal.ch 28 February 2017 An asylum seeker centre in Switzerland. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Certain measures limiting the freedom of movement of asylum seekers in Switzerland are too restrictive and violate their fundamental rights, according to a new report. Undertaken by the University of Zurich but commissioned by the […]
Source: The Economist Learning from a Christian-Muslim debate on religious literacy Mar 3rd 2017 by ERASMUS YOU may find this reassuring, or disturbing, or something in between. Earlier this week, […]
Source: Boston Globe By Lisa Wangsness GLOBE STAFF MARCH 03, 2017 Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley vowed Thursday to make sure clergy sexual abuse victims have a voice on a Vatican […]
Source: CNN The European Parliament has launched a hate speech investigation into a Polish politician after he stated that “women must earn less than men, because they are weaker, they are smaller, they are less intelligent” during a debate this week on the gender pay gap. Janusz Korwin-Mikke is an […]
At the Q&A with the producers, director and some of the participants, we were told how difficult it was to find Muslims who were willing to participate in the documentary. That didn’t come as a surprise Nishaat Ismail 17 hours ago 14 comments Two young British Muslims dance in The […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 3 March 2017 burkinipayernecarnival File photo: Mohd Rasfan/AFP A group of friends participating in this weekend’s Brandons de Payerne carnival intend to wear burkinis and parade alongside […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo The mayor of the northern French port city of Calais has taken measures to stop people from giving food to refugees as authorities struggle to […]
Reuters International MAR 2, 2017 – Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz(reuters_tickers) By Kole Casule SKOPJE (Reuters) – The EU on Thursday asked Macedonia’s president to reverse a move to block a […]
Mar 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says “no problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from”. In both the US and the EU, the focus […]
By AFP – Mar 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands following a news conference at El Thadiya presidential […]
Reuters International MAR 2, 2017 – Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and Member of the European Parliament, attends the election of the new President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File photo (reuters_tickers) By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – […]
MAR 2, 2017 – UN investigator Carla Del Ponte at the presentation of the latest report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria on human rights violations committed during the battle for Aleppo (Keystone) United Nations investigators have accused both sides in the battle for Aleppo of committing war […]
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The European Parliament voted Thursday to lift the immunity from prosecution for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting gruesome images of Islamic […]
Source: The Guardian Sharia councils say they offer Muslim women a way out of religious marriage but critics argue this parallel legal system can leave vulnerable people trapped in abuse. […]
Source: Bloomberg by Siraj Datoo March 2, 2017, 9:53 AM GMT+5 Something curious has happened to the fashion industry in the last few years: So-called modest fashion has started to […]
Source: BBC Swedish mother’s successful stand against sugar has turned her into a social media sensation. Anna Larsson decided to cut out sweet treats after realising how bad her young […]
Source: BBC By Secunder Kermani and Sajid Iqbal BBC News Image captionTanveer Ahmed claimed that he murdered Mr Shah as he had “disrespected” Islam When Tanveer Ahmed was sentenced to […]
Source: The Guardian The academic believes Islam and the west shouldn’t be at odds, but was banned from the US and slated in the Sun. Isis hates him, too – […]
“Compromised robots can be used to physically damage something or even kill someone,” say researchers exposing the flaws. BY ANTHONY CUTHBERTSON ON 3/1/17 Leaked video shows Boston Dynamics’ new ‘nightmare inducing’ wheeled robot Robots built by leading manufacturers are at “critical risk” of being hacked and posing a serious threat […]
The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says: “No problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from.” In both the US and EU, the focus is increasingly on the problem of immigration. President […]