AP/dpa For years, a sense of disillusionment has been growing on the right. Now, the refugee crisis has magnified that frustration. Increasingly, people from the very center of society are identifying with the movement — even as political debate coarsens and violence increases. By SPIEGEL Staff Martin Bahrmann, a local […]
Interview by Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Christoph Scheuermann Andrew Testa / DER SPIEGEL Turkish author Elif Shafak is concerned about polarization in her country: “Erdogan is, in my eyes, the most polarizing politician in recent Turkish political history.” Turkish author Elif Shafak sees her country as a “wobbly democracy,” increasingly […]
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Federal Court rejects school headscarf ban DEC 11, 2015 – 15:33 School authorities appealed a cantonal administrative court decision that gave the green light to wear the headscarves. […]
SOUTH AMERICA’S DEMOCRACIES ‘The perfect system does not exist’ By Claudinê Gonçalves DEC 11, 2015 – 15:00 In Appenzell, a rural region of eastern Switzerland, decisions are still taken by the annual open air assembly – a landmark of Swiss direct democracy (Keystone) The Swiss system of direct democracy is […]
Reuters International DEC 11, 2015 – 13:48 By Emmanuel Jarry and David Stanway PARIS (Reuters) – Efforts to craft a global accord to combat climate change stumbled on Friday with China and many other nations refusing to yield ground, forcing host France to extend the U.N. summit by a day […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar with input from Pradyot Debbaraman, The Northeast Today DEC 10, 2015 – The watch was purchased at an auction and is now in the Jaeger-LeCoultre museum (Jaeger-LeCoultre) […]
Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The continuing stream of recent terror attacks against targets in several countries across four continents continues to vex governments and other institutions that seek desperately to counter and eventually stop this dangerous trend. The evidence of policy actions and new research […]
By JT – Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah addresses the Mediterranean Dialogue conference in Rome on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday said the Arab world and Europe are so connected that they “rise or fall together”. […]
By Hasher Nisar; Senior Fellow – Humanity in Action; Student at Middlebury College Source: Huffington Post The humanity and compassion of mankind are tested in times of uncertainty and fear. […]
Published time: 10 Dec, 2015 Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) shakes hands with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi near Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte May 29, 2007. © Leon Neal / Reuters Tony Blair will be grilled by MPs on Friday about his links to former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi […]
By AFP Published: December 10, 2015 Erdogan, who once threatened to ban Facebook in his country, used his official page to respond to Zuckerberg ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for emphasising the difference between Islam and terror, after the billionaire social network tycoon […]
Source: Gozo News On Saturday, The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta visited Sant Anna Ward and the Geriatrics ward at the Gozo General Hospital. Laiq Ahmed Atif, President of Ahmadiyya Community, […]
LET’S MAKE A DEAL Climate talks serve as a networking opportunity By Paula Dupraz-Dobias in Paris DEC 8, 2015 – 19:20 Young activists try to get their message across to the COP21 negotiators in Paris (Paula Dupraz-Dobias) Networking is as important as diplomatic manoeuvring at the United Nations climate talks […]
Regular price: $30.00 Sale price: $25.00 Author: Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rh, 4th Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Description: Any divide between revelation and rationality, religion and logic has to be irrational. If religion and rationality cannot proceed hand in hand, there has to be something deeply wrong with either […]
By Tim Hume, CNN London (CNN) A petition calling for Donald Trump to be banned from entering the UK has attracted more than a quarter of a million signatures — more […]
King to address Rome-hosted Mediterranean Dialogue By JT – Dec 09,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Rome on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Rania, on Wednesday […]
A religion based on beliefs (Zuism) from thousands of years ago is allowing some Icelandic citizens to avoid mandatory religious taxes. The Biblical apostle Paul, in a letter to the […]
Source: BBC A German woman accused of being part of neo-Nazi cell that murdered 10 people has denied involvement in the killings. Breaking her silence for the first time in […]
Source: BBC A petition calling for Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be barred from entering UK has passed 100,000, meaning MPs will have to consider debating the issue. The […]
Young Afghans hoping to travel through Iran towards Europe face arrest, beatings, torture and gunfire from Iranian guards blocking access to Turkey Image Credit: Tim Craig/Washington Post Ali Shah Yaqubi, 22, who returned to his house in Kabul after being deported from Iran this summer, vows he will continue efforts […]