Swiss to vote on passport rules for 3rd gen foreigners
File photo: Martin Abegglen Published: 12 Oct 2016 The Swiss people will go to the polls next February to vote on whether it should be easier for third generation immigrants […]
Jihad losing appeal, says Swiss intelligence chief
ISLAMIC STATE OCT 15, 2016 – Since 2001, 77 Swiss have left the country for conflict regions to take part in jihad (Keystone) According to Markus Seiler, head of the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS), hardly anyone from Switzerland wants to join the Islamic State (IS) anymore. In an interview with […]
A beautiful mosque and the dark period of the Armenian genocide
The city of Gaziantep and the ‘Liberation’ mosque is a milestone on the journey between one great crime of the 20th century, and another seen during the Second World War Robert Fisk Gaziantep @indyvoices The ‘Liberation’ Mosque is a fine, neo-classical, almost Gothic construction with striped black-and-white stone banding, unusual […]
Germany threatens Facebook with hate speech law
Source: The Local The threat from Volker Kauder, a key member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, follows a similar warning by Justice Minister Heiko Maas, in a growing sign of German politicians’ frustration with such websites.”The time for round-tables is over. I’ve run out of patience,” said Volker Kauder, chairman […]
70 Years Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Switzerland – Open Day Mahmud Moschee Zurich
It was just one year after the second world war ended, which brought death and destruction over Europe, when three young Muslim Missionaries from British India, arriving via England, stopped over in Switzerland on 13th October 1946. The actual destination was Germany, but at that moment the entry was […]
The late Thai king’s youth in Switzerland
BHUMIBOL OBITUARY The late Thai king’s youth in Switzerland By Luigi Jorio OCT 13, 2016 King Bhumibol of Thailand, who reigned for seven decades, died in hospital aged 88(Keystone) Thailand’s […]
Pope to canonize ‘gaucho priest,’ earlier version of himself
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE- In this Sunday, May 17, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a canonization. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis this […]
Louis Smith: I’ve had death threats for mocking Islam
Source: BBC Olympic medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith has told BBC 5 livethat he’s had death threats “every day” since a video was leaked showing him mocking Islamic prayers. Talking to Emma Barnett, he admitted that he and fellow gymnast Luke Carson were drunk when they filmed the late-night video, which […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Inaugurates Baitul Afiyat Mosque in Scarborough, Canada
New Mosque majority funded by Ahmadi Muslim Ladies. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 11 October 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the […]
World faces cold-war-era threat levels, says former MI6 chief
Sir John Sawers says Moscow has shifted balance of power but criticises Boris Johnson’s call for demo outside embassy Sir John Sawers: ‘We are not treating Russia and China as major powers that can cause us a great deal of damage.’ Photograph: Elyse Marks/Edelman/PA Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Wednesday 12 […]
Don’t let the Tories tell you that making women show their passports while giving birth will save the NHS
You can’t have an isolationist policy on climate change, global terrorism, weapons deals, international cyber-crime, the Zika virus epidemic or the refugee crisis – and you can’t have an isolationist policy on birth Holly Baxter @h0llyb4xter 28 comments It is pointless for Theresa May’s Government to demand passports before giving […]
After failed coup, what sort of Turkey does Erdogan want?
Reuters International OCT 11, 2016 – 13:16 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan attend Democracy and Martyrs Rally, organized by him and supported by ruling AK Party (AKP), oppositions Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), to protest against last month’s failed military coup attempt, […]
Managing a multipolar Europe
Oct 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MARK LEONARD People used to think that the most important decisions affecting Europe were made in Paris, Berlin or Brussels. But in recent months, as the European Union has confronted the refugee crisis, and the Syrian conflict that is fuelling it, Moscow and Ankara […]
Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom Win the Nobel Prize in Economics
Source: Time (STOCKHOLM)—British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to contract theory, shedding light on how contracts help people deal with conflicting interests. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their theories “are valuable to the understanding of […]
Germany manhunt: ‘IS link’ to bomb suspect Al-Bakr – police
Source: BBC German police say a Syrian man arrested after a two-day manhunt probably had links to so-called Islamic State (IS). Jaber al-Bakr, who arrived in Germany as a refugee, […]
Democracy is not incompatible with Islam, but with extremists
By Nabeela Ali Believe it or not, like it or not, accept it or not, Islam is a super democratic religion in the world. Unfortunately, extremists has tailored it old-fashioned and declared it incompatible with contemporary democratic values just to put into practice their own beliefs to maintain their personal […]
“ONE DAY WE WILL WIN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE” – HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad interviewed by Canadian media at Jalsa Salana Canada. On 7 October 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad held a Press Conference with representatives of the Canadian print, broadcast and ethnic media. Media […]
On either side of the Turkish-Syrian border, you encounter a past and a present which puts Britain to shame
When a Syrian peasant woman approaches our table in a small Ottoman restaurant, the locals step forward to give her coins. It puts to shame the liars of the Brexit campaign and their hatred of the foreigners who supposedly threaten little England Robert Fisk Kilis @indyvoices 176 comments Syrian refugees […]
There is one sure way to save our ailing churches – give them away
Source: The Guardian By Simon Jenkins As desanctified, secularised buildings owned by the community or local trusts, ailing churches may just survive. More Muslims go to mosques than Anglicans go to […]
Geneva police to lift ban on bearded officers
Flouting the rules? Photo: AFP, Richard Juilliard Geneva police to lift ban on bearded officers Published: 07 Oct 2016 10:12 GMT+02:00 Canton Geneva police intend to fall into line with the rest of the country and lift a centuries-old ban on officers sporting beards, in a move likely to please […]