Bern calls for new office to debate questions of religion
Source: The Local Is a burqa ban against the Swiss constitution? How do you deal with a Muslim schoolboy who refuses to shake his female teacher’s hand? Do burkinis contravene […]
Nicolas Sarkozy: French ex-president ordered to stand trial
Source: BBC A French judge has ordered ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial in an illegal campaign finance case. Mr Sarkozy faces accusations that his party falsified accounts in order […]
Islam Ahmadiyya – A force for good in the community of Micronesia
Source: http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/02/how-islam-is-gaining-a-foothold-in-micronesia/ Hawaii How Islam Is Gaining A Foothold In Micronesia A mosque and a Muslim congregation are flourishing in the Marshall Islands by demonstrating Islam is a force for good in the community. By Jon Letman / February 6, 2017 MAJURO, The Republic of the Marshall Islands — Tucked onto a […]
Muslims and gays ‘are unwelcome here’
Source: BBC Muslim dress and “homosexual propaganda” have been banned in a remote village in southern Hungary. The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme reports. More:
Nicolas Sarkozy: French ex-president ordered to stand trial
Source: BBC A French judge has ordered ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial in an illegal campaign finance case. Mr Sarkozy faces accusations that his party falsified accounts in order to hide 18m euros (£15m; $20m) of campaign spending in 2012. Mr Sarkozy has repeatedly denied that he was aware of the […]
Conservative criticism intensifies against Pope Francis
Source: Yahoo News By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Conservative criticism of Pope Francis intensified Saturday after his intervention in the Knights of Malta order, with posters appearing around Rome […]
Anger simmers in Greek migrant camp over living conditions
Reuters International FEB 6, 2017 – Refugees and migrants, most of them Afghans, block the entrance of the refugee camp at the disused Hellenikon airport as police officers try to disperse them, in Athens, Greece, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis (reuters_tickers) By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) – A group […]
With François Fillon in the Gutter, France Can Expect a Battle of Insurgents
Source: Time By Vivienne Walt/Paris Until just 10 days ago, the easy frontrunner to be France’s next president was François Fillon, a conservative Republican and former Prime Minister, whose straight-ace family […]
Martin Schulz Accuses Trump of being ‘un-American’
Source> The Local Martin Schulz. Photo: DPA Martin Schulz, the Social Democrat who is to take on Angela Merkel in September’s national election, has said that Donald Trump has not acted like an American since becoming US President. “What Trump is doing is un-American,” Schulz told the Funke media group. […]
Trump beheading Statue of Liberty
Source: The Local The Der Spiegel cover image being used during a protest in Denver, Colorado, USA. Photo: DPA German news magazine Der Spiegel sparked controversy Saturday with a cover depicting US President Donald Trump holding the severed head of the Statue of Liberty in one hand and a bloodied […]
UK mosques open their doors as Jeremy Corbyn sends message to Trump
Source: The Guardian As hundreds of Islamic centres across the country welcome visitors, Labour leader warns against ‘demonisation’ of Muslims Jeremy Corbyn has challenged the “demonisation” of Muslims and sent […]
Trump’s top EU pick warns German media of ‘seismic shift’ in ties
Source: The Local Ted Malloch, President Donald Trump’s reported choice of US ambassador to the EU, predicts “seismic shifts” in transatlantic ties and the bloc’s disintegration, in comments to a German news weekly published Friday. After last year’s Brexit vote for Britain to leave the EU, he told Der Spiegel […]
Was German FM’s first Washington visit a success or failure? Still not clear
Source: The Local The German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister was the first Berlin official to meet the new Donald Trump administration. But whether he managed to solidify transatlantic ties depends on who you ask. Vice Chancellor and newly appointed Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel met his brand new counterpart, US […]
Merkel says Europe’s future could be two-speed
Source: The Local German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European leaders may commit to a union of “different speeds” when they make a major declaration on its future at a summit in Rome next month. The European Union has long been riven by debate about whether all countries must commit to […]
View from Turkey: Merkel tries to explain the unexplainable
İLNUR ÇEVIK@ilnurcevik Published February 3, 2017 The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Ankara was not the bed of roses predicted. Besides frank discussions over the outstanding issues between Ankara and Berlin, she came here with an agenda to prod Ankara over the alleged human rights problems in Turkey and […]
More than 150 UK mosques hold open day for non-Muslims
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Friday 3 February 2017 11.50 GMTLast modified on Friday 3 February 2017 14.35 GMT More than 150 mosques around the UK will open their doors […]
French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre
Source: BBC A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete shouting “Allahu Akbar”, police say. The […]
What the history of Greece can tell us about the fight against Isis
Modern Greece and its crises were shaped by the legacy of a violent conflict in the post-war years – an atrocity long forgotten as the fight to stabilise the Middle East distracts our leaders Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 2 February 2017 184 https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheIndependentOnline%2F&width=450&layout=button&action=like&size=large&show_faces=false&share=false&height=35&appId=235586169789578 Click to follow The Independent Online Golden Dawn supporters […]
“He is the President of the United States and as such he is entitled to have his say”
Source: Wasim Shah, outreach coordinator for the West Birmingham Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said it was vital that the UK kept open ‘channels for discussion’ with Mr Trump.The US President provoked worldwide outrage when he enacted an order barring immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries from visiting the US, and blocking entry […]
Merkel heads to Turkey to salvage battered alliance
Source: The Local Angela Merkel and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: DPA German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey on Thursday for the first time since the failed July coup, seeking to keep a key partnership alive after a series of crises. Merkel is expected to meet both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]