Geert Wilders is dragging all of Dutch politics in a nationalist direction Feb 11th 2017 | AMSTERDAM “THERE’S something wrong with our country,” began an open letter to the Dutch people published last month. It went on to moan about those who “abuse our country’s freedom to cause havoc, when they […]
Source: The Local Up until recently it seemed a very safe bet that Angela Merkel would win another term as Chancellor in September’s election. But more and more polling suggests otherwise. The most recent poll by YouGov published on Monday showed that 64 percent of Germans are in favour of […]
Source: The Local The major parties making up Germany’s coalition government have agreed to a proposed law that would invalidate marriages involving children under 16. Leaders of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Union parties said they had agreed on a proposed law to ban marriage for […]
Reuters International FEB 14, 2017 – FILE PHOTO:Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders attends a news conference after a European far-right leaders meeting in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (reuters_tickers) By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Campaigning for the Dutch election kicks off on Wednesday […]
Source: Reuters By Karolina Tagaris | ATHENS Athens’s half a million Muslims are set to get their first official mosque in more than a century. The city has not had […]
Source: NPR By ELEANOR BEARDSLEY The carpeted prayer hall at the grand mosque in the French city of Bordeaux is full on a recent Friday afternoon. Behind a sculpted wooden railing […]
Source: BBC The Swedish government has defended its decision to have its officials wear headscarves during a trip to Iran, saying that failing to do so would have broken the […]
The trolling of President Donald Trump continues with a global viral video trend. After the Dutch show ‘Zondag met Lubach’ created an “America First” spoof“Netherlands Second” in January, the joke took off as countries from Iran to Slovenia jumped on the bandwagon with Trump-style pitches of their own. In a […]
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/89325722/arrest-over-racial-attack-on-muslim-kiwis-in-huntly Arrest over racial attack on Muslim Kiwis in Huntly SUPPLIED/JESSIE CASSON Corporate communications consultant Mehpara Khan was the subject of a vicious tirade of racist and foul-mouthed abuse. An arrest has been made over a racial attack in Huntly in which a group of friends were abused for being […]
Source: BBC Chaos in one of the biggest prisons in the country has been revealed in secret filming for the BBC. An undercover reporter spent two months at HMP Northumberland, […]
Source: Time By Ian Bremmer Every four years, plenty of Americans wish they were given more than two serious options for president. The French, however, are comparatively spoiled for choice with […]
Reuters International FEB 12, 2017 – FILE PHOTO:France’s National Front leader Marine Le Pen and Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders take a Selfie during a European far-right leaders meeting to discuss about the European Union, in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By […]
Source: http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/15074961.Muslim_community_to_host_peace_exhibition/ Muslim community to host peace exhibition By Bev Holder ONE of Britain’s oldest Muslim communities is to host a peace exhibition in Hagley as part of a new campaign to counter extremist rhetoric and drive home a message of peace. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community based in Halesowen is organising the […]
Source: http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/15084389.Day_care_centre_thrilled_with___500_donation_to_support_disadvantaged/ Day care centre thrilled with £500 donation to support disadvantaged people across Harrow Bethan Marsh, Reporter A £500 donation was awarded to Harrow’s day care centre to help organisers support more people across the borough. Members of the Greenford and Harrow branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association presented the […]
Source: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/02/muslim-kiwis-attacked-in-huntly-get-out-of-my-patch.html?ref=RLrotator Muslim Kiwis attacked in Huntly – ‘Get out of my patch!’ 12/02/2017 | By Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Simon Wong A group of Muslim women subjected to a tirade of abuse from a stranger say they will not be made to feel scared and intimidated in their own country. The […]
Source: The Independent By Laiq Ahmed Atif, who is president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta Recently Malta hosted a summit with European leaders about the need to stem migration through the Mediterranean and to discuss the future of Europe. Last year the Britain voted in favour of Brexit. The post […]
Source: The Guardian By Philip Oltermann Voters support proposal to make it easier for third-generation immigrants to become citizens, despite opposition from populists Women cast their ballots in Obersaxen Meierhof. More […]
Source: Time By Anne Hidalgo, Clover Moore, Miguel Ángel Mancera Hidalgo is Mayor of Paris. Moore is Lord Mayor of Sydney. Mancera is Mayor of Mexico City. As the mayors of […]
Source: BBC Former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been elected president by a parliamentary assembly. The Social Democrat, 61, is one of Germany’s most popular politicians. The post is […]
VOTE FEBRUARY 12 By Urs Geiser FEB 12, 2017 – It took four nationwide votes since the 1980s to ease the strict citizenship procedure for third generation immigrants (Keystone) Voters have endorsed a proposal to simplify the citizenship procedure for immigrants whose grandparents came to Switzerland. Final results show just […]