Source: The Washington Post By Heba Habib A little mosque in the Danish capital of Copenhagen joined a quiet revolution last week by hosting its first Friday prayer led by […]
MIGRATION SERIES (PART 1) Defining the 25% foreign population in Switzerland By Duc-Quang Nguyen AUG 31, 2016 For the first time, Switzerland has 2 million foreigners living in its midst. As of last year, these non-Swiss – often the subject of political debate – accounted for nearly a quarter of the nation’s […]
Ben Moshinsky Aug. 21, 2016, 10:30 AM AP If you want a university degree that boosts your earning power, go and study in Switzerland. Swiss universities occupy the top four spots of Emolument.com‘s table of European colleges with the highest earning graduates. The University of St. Gallen, known for its […]
ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS Tents of a migrant camp are pictured at the Parc des Olieux in Lille, northern France, on August 30, 2016 (AFP Photo) France is set to open its first approved refugee camp in the capital by the end of September, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced Wednesday. Hidalgo […]
Photo: Screen shot/Ouest France Bretons bathe fully clothed as Muslim asked to leave beach Published: 29 Aug 2016 Protesters in Brittany take to the sea fully clothed after video emerges of a veil-wearing Muslim woman being asked to leave the beach in Nice, despite France’s top court ruling burqini-bans are […]
Jörg Meuthen and a cake. Photo: DPA Far-right AfD leader injured by flying frozen cake Published: 30 Aug 2016 The co-leader of the far-right AfD party was attacked with a cake while attending a political event on Monday. But the fact the dessert was frozen made the act “dangerous”, according […]
Source: Independent By Jon Stone The British public want to ban Muslim women from wearing the Islamic veil or burqa by an overwhelming margin of more than two-to-one, a poll has […]
Source: http://www.tvtechnology.com/thewire/presteigne-broadcast-hire-supports-50th-jalsa-uk/6829/view Crawley, West Sussex, 31 August, 2016 – The 50th anniversary of Jalsa Salana UK, the three-day international convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, took place at Hadiqat-ul-Mahdi (Oaklands Farm, near Alton, Hampshire) from 12-14 August, attracting upwards of 40,000 Ahmadi Muslims plus other interested dignitaries and participants from around […]
Source: Press Release Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says Islam has liberated women and granted them true freedomThe Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 30 August 2016, the […]
Source: The Guardian By Paul Valley Mother Teresa once went to a cash-and-carry-in London. She filled a huge trolley with food for her hostel for homeless men in Waterloo. At […]
Source: The Guardian While the burkini debate has stoked considerable coverage and discussion abroad, the debate is nothing new at home. To me, it seems to be a follow-up in […]
The ban on burkinis in France is not only ‘‘a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms’‘ but a ‘‘stupid reaction’‘ to recent terror attacks, the UN human rights office has said. Demanding its immediate end, a spokesperson for the rights agency insisted the suspension had only succeeded in increasing […]
Source: ET The decision to bar men from the prayers drew criticism from Syria-born Danish lawmaker Naser Khader, who told broadcaster TV 2 that it was not “good enough” in a country like Denmark — known for having a high level of gender equality — to shy away from letting […]
By Zubair Khan An email came. Sender was President International Women Club Zagreb. The club, somehow, came to know that we (husband and wife) originally belonged to Pakistan and it invited us to represent Pakistan in the International Christmas Bazar, an annual event organised regularly for many decades in prestigious […]
Source: Associated Press By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister said Monday that the country is at war with an enemy trying to pit Muslims against non-Muslims, making […]
Source: The Guardian The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, told an audience this weekend that he was ‘consumed with horror’ at the church’s treatment of gay people. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP […]
Source: Aljazeera Muslim leaders and politicians in France have met Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to discuss the future of Islam in the country. Tensions are high between France and its Muslim community […]
STOCKHOLM – Istanbul, in western Turkey, is one of Europe’s great cities. As Constantinople, it was the capital of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, and after its capture and renaming by Mehmed II in 1453, it served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire for nearly another 500 years. Throughout […]
BERLIN – European security, to the surprise of many, is under threat once again. So, once again, Europe’s security must top our political agenda. Even before the Ukraine conflict began in 2014, there were growing signs of a brewing confrontation between rival blocs. This new confrontation, however, is not defined […]
Source: Times of Israel By Simone Klugman This summer the burkini (a bathing costume which covers all of a woman’s body except for the face) made a brief appearance on […]