Source: Independent The most obvious flaw in David Cameron’s extremism plan is this. What seems to you more likely to radicalise a young British Muslim: having a mother around the […]
Source: Independent Denmark is at war – a meatball war. The country of tasteful furniture, jaw dropping architecture and Borgen is locked in battle over whether pork should feature on […]
Source: Independent Italy is setting up a council of “Italian Islam” that claims to be bringing the religion into compliance with the country’s “Christian and humanist tradition”. The reason for the […]
Fariha Khan Become a fanAhmadi Muslim, GP, Writer in progress Posted: 22/01/2016 David Cameron saying that “Muslim women must learn English” makes a catchy headline. Something that made everyone stop in their tracks and listen to what he had to say, no matter what side of the argument you […]
Interview Conducted by David Böcking and Stefan Kaiser in Davos SPIEGEL.DE REUTERS German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble says that Europe needs to invest as much money as possible as quickly as it can in the Middle East and North Africa to slow migration. Thus far, Europe has failed to […]
Source: BBC Migrants arriving in Finland are being offered classes on Finnish values and how to behave towards women. Concerned about a rise in the number of sexual assaults in […]
Source: The Guardian The tying of a severed pig’s head to the gates of an Islamic school is being treated by police as a hate crime. The head was found […]
WEF 2016 By Matthew Allen in Davos JAN 21, 2016 – 15:09 Refugees wait their turn at the Tabakika registration centre on the Greek island of Chios on January 15 (Keystone) The European Union risks being torn apart unless member states can agree on how to deal with the record […]
Ever the optimist. (World Economic Forum/swiss-image.ch) Jason Karaian OBSESSION Davos January 21, 2016 Davos, Switzerland Any chance that the first full day of the World Economic Forum in Davos would […]
Author: Orville Davis ; Last update: 21 January , 2016 1 Police patrol outside the 46th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This is his fifth consecutive year to attend the forum. Following the theme “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, the forum this year runs from […]
Source: The Guardian The French principle of secularism has been twisted by politicians and so often wrongly used to attack Islam that schoolchildren have been left baffled, the French education […]
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Thoughts turn to revolution in Davos By Matthew Allen JAN 20, 2016 – 11:00 “Waiter”! While improving lives, robots may also take jobs. (Reuters) Intelligent robots and drones, 3D printers, self-driving vehicles, data mountains, smart production lines, fintech and blockchain – the fourth industrial revolution is […]
Source: Telegraph By Allison Pearson A lecturer friend was shocked when a student asked if she could miss class to accompany her mum to hospital. The daughter needed to translate for […]
By Rosie Scammell | January 20, 2016 | 1 Comment VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is studying an invitation to visit the Grand Mosque of Rome — extended to him several […]
Source: BBC A 10-year-old Muslim boy who mistakenly wrote that he lived in a “terrorist house” during an English lesson at school has been investigated by police. The pupil, who […]
Source: Time A scandal over alleged sexual assaults by migrants puts Sweden—renowned for its gender equality and its liberality—in a difficult place Even as Germany has grappled with a scandalover […]
By DAN BILEFSKYJAN. 20, 2016 LONDON — It is being called the “meatball war.” To be precise, pork meatballs and other pork dishes such as roasts have become the latest weapons in the culture wars playing out in Europe over immigration after a Danish town voted this week to require […]
theguardian: by Peter Frankopan — After the prophet Muhammad’s death his Arab followers swept all before them to east and west – but then, theirs was a kind, tolerant and respectful faith Fifteen centuries ago, Arab armies fanned out from the Middle East in search of conquest. For some who […]
Behlül Özkan Become a fanAssistant professor at Marmara University; Author Turkey, the U.S. and Europe Are All Partly to Blame for the Festering Syria War Posted: 01/14/2016 12:46 pm EST Updated: 01/14/2016 4:00 pm EST Tweet ISTANBUL — On Tuesday, 10 German tourists lost their lives when a bomb […]
dw.com © Provided by Deutsche WelleThe Cambridge professor said that humans had to be “careful” for the next 100 years to ensure survival. His statement follows a 2015 warning on the risk of using artificial intelligence in conflicts.World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has once again issued a warning on technological […]