Source: The New York Times By Sylvie Kauffmann PARIS — Much to our surprise in Europe, religion wasn’t a big theme in the 2016 presidential election in the United States, a country that proclaims its trust in God even on its bank notes. It may therefore be puzzling to some Americans […]
Source:BBC Greece’s Supreme Court has ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers whom the Turkish government accuses of being involved in last July’s attempted coup. The eight men fled in a helicopter to Greece after the coup attempt but say they were not involved. Presiding judge Giorgos Sakkas said the men […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday seized control of the Knights of Malta, and action that amounts to one sovereign country annexing […]
Source: RNS By Josephine McKenna VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has urged global news outlets to “stem the spiral of fear” caused by coverage of the world’s tragedies and scandals. […]
Source: The Local Bundesliga club Darmstadt said on Wednesday they have sacked German-Tunisian midfielder Anis Ben-Hatira over his work with a controversial Islamic aid organisation. Düsseldorf-based Ansaar International is reportedly under surveillance by domestic intelligence services for alleged links to Germany’s ultra-orthodox Muslim Salafist community. The 28-year-old Tunisian international – […]
By Zubair Khan In its effort to promote the introduction and unique message, “Love for all hatred for None” on 25.01.2017, Ahmadiyya visited Osijek, a city situated in the eastern part of Croatia. A lecture on the “Status of Woman in Islam” was organised to an audience comprising of […]
Decision comes days after Donald Trump’s inauguration and a year after prosecution of German comic who wrote crude poem about Turkish President By Katie Forster @katieforster Germany has decided to abolish a law which defends the honor of foreign leaders. International heads of state will no longer be able to ask the […]
SECURITY JAN 24, 2017 – Security forces were on heightened alert during the 2017 WEF annual meeting in Davos (Keystone) Two people suspected of links to terror groups were arrested during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos last week but were later released by a local court, […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL This file photo taken on January 16, 2017 shows then European Parliament President Martin Schulz waiting for the announcement of the candidates for the election. (AFP Photo) Germany’s Social Democrats leader Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday said the party had formally nominated former European Parliament chief […]
By AFP – Jan 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (3rd right) speaks during the North Atlantic Council — Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting after opening ceremony of NATO-ICI regional centre in Kuwait on Tuesday (Anadolu Agency photo) KUWAIT CITY — NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg on […]
Source: Irish News By John Monaghan THE Muslim community in Galway is hoping to produce an Irish language version of the Qur’an, if a translator for the project can be […]
Source: The Local By Luigi Albonico, Peter Maxwill, Vladimir Otasevic, Charlotte Teunis and Katharina Wecker The large number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Italy continues unabated, […]
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley January 22 NICE, France — The Mosque En-Nour is hidden on the outskirts of town, tucked away in an anonymous office park behind […]
Source: The Telegraph BY Camilla Turner, education editor 22 JANUARY 2017 • 11:45AM Achaplain to the Queen has resigned after publicly criticising a church that allowed a Koran reading during its […]
Source: The Local The German leader made a plea for people to think critically using facts rather than emotion, in statements seen as a nudge towards the new US President. Chancellor Angela Merkel held a reception on Monday at the Chancellery to celebrate the “royal couples” chosen in each state […]
Source: The Local MPs in Britain’s parliament and not the government should trigger Article 50 to begin Brexit negotiations, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, backing an earlier decision by the High Court. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government lost its appeal on Tuesday against a surprise High Court […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sebastian Christ, HuffPost Germany When thousands of “patriotic Europeans” took to the streets once again in Dresden to protest “the Islamisation of the West,” their actions […]
Source: The Guardian A Syrian family shelters in a Turkish refugee camp. 20,000 vulnerable refugees are to be resettled in Britain by 2020. Photograph: Dona B /Pacific/ Barcroft Images BY Harriet […]
TURKISH IMAM By Peter Siegenthaler (with input from Abdelhafidh Abdeleli) JAN 23, 2017 – 11:00 Friday prayers inside the Kevser mosque. (swissinfo.ch) How and what does an imam preach in a Swiss mosque? How much does he know about secular society? swissinfo.ch sought answers during a visit to a nearby […]
Source: The Local A growing trend of doing drugs at school has German officials concerned about society’s “downplaying” of the risks of certain drugs. Rolling joints in the school bathroom, pills tossed aside in courtyards: Figures released by state authorities and the federal Interior Ministry show that ever more students […]