Inside Bayernkaserne, one of Munich’s largest refugee camps
Inside Bayernkaserne, one of Munich’s largest refugee camps
PERSON OF THE YEAR 2015 – ANGELA MERKEL
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Pope: Mercy trumps moralizing as he opens Vatican Holy Door
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis pushed open the great bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday to launch his Holy Year of Mercy, declaring that […]
Switzerland: Migrants continue to fuel population growth
DEMOGRAPHICS Migrants continue to fuel population growth DEC 8, 2015 – 11:00 Not everyone is happy with the way that Switzerland’s population is developing (Keystone) The Swiss population grew 1.2% to reach 8,237,666 at the end of 2014, driven up largely by migration and a surplus of births over deaths. […]
Europe’s refugee challenge incomparable with Jordan’s — German president
By JT – Dec 07,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania receive Germany’s President Joachim Gauck and the First Lady in Amman on Monday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania on Monday received German President Joachim Gauck […]
The difficulty of being Muslim in France
Source: Aljazeera Paris, France – Kamel Fertass and his friends are sitting outside their local McDonalds. It is in the middle of a roundabout in the suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. “You […]
#YouAintNoMuslimBruv: Passer-by’s shouted rebuke to London knifeman goes viral
Source: ABC news The hashtag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv has exploded on Twitter after a passer-by shouted the remark at a knife-wielding man who injured three people in a London Underground station. A […]
German Vice Chancellor warns Saudi Arabia over Islamist funding
Source: Reuters German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel urged Saudi Arabia on Sunday to stop supporting religious radicals, amid growing concern among some lawmakers in Berlin about the funding of militant […]
Christianity in Britain declining as Islam more popular, report shows
Source: RT.com Modern Britain is no longer a Christian country, a report by the Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life concludes. It calls on institutions to adapt to […]
Coronation of next monarch should reflect ‘less Christian’ Britain, report says
The Guardian: Commission calls for number of bishops in House of Lords to be reduced and other public institutions to reflect more diverse and less religious country The most potent […]
Top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily Christian worship in UK schools
theguardian: by Harriet Sherwood — Influential report urges end to religious assemblies and raises concern over segregation Schools should no longer face a legal requirement to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character, under radical reforms being proposed by a top-level inquiry into the place of faith in […]
‘Terrorism’ — the indefinable word
Dec 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES. The pictures have been added by the Muslim Times By John V. Whitbeck, who is an international lawyer who writes frequently on the Middle East […]
European Satellites: How Islamic State Takes Its Terror To the Web
By Nicolai Kwasniewski AFP/ AL-FURQAN MEDIA An Islamic State propaganda video Shows fighters marching at an undisclosed location. Islamic State is a master at using the Internet to spread propaganda. SPIEGEL ONLINE research indicates European companies may be providing the terrorist organization Internet access by satellite dish. No terror organization uses the […]
Need for common anti-terrorism strategy
Dec 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Although everybody approves of the necessity to have an efficient strategy to fight Daesh, the shape and objectives of this strategy are still profoundly paradoxical. Since the first day the international coalition launched the strikes against Daesh, a state of confusion emerged, […]
The politics of Islamophobia
Dec 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Ian Buruma There are many roads to political disaster: greed, hubris, the charisma of the demagogue and, perhaps most dangerous of all, fear. When people panic, they can become hysterical, and hysteria often leads to mass violence. When politicians convince people that they are in […]
East-West Tensions Growing ‘Dangerous’
World Affairs: Features East-West Tensions Growing ‘Dangerous’ By: Credit Suisse Published: March 23, 2015 At Credit Suisse’s 18th Annual Asian Investment Conference, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Dr. Bobo Lo, an independent Russian and Chinese foreign policy expert, discussed rising tensions in East-West relations. Economic sanctions, they […]
The needless interrogation of a Belgian academic is exactly what Isis wants from us
Voices Watching our Parliament’s grotesque debate on Syrian airstrikes last week (which had more to do with the destruction of Corbyn than the destruction of Isis), I do wonder what the future holds for Britain Robert Fisk @indyvoices Writer and researcher on radicalism and extremism, Montasser-al-De’emeh Getty Now that we’re all supposedly […]
Breaking: Putin Tells Army to prepare for World War III with US in Syria
Source: usapoliticstoday.com Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian military forces to prepare for World War III. Read More
Italy rules out joining Syria airstrikes, says another strategy needed
Sunday 6 Dec 2015 File Photo: Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi June 10, 2014 (Photo: Reuters) Italy has no intention of joining a U.S.-led coalition that is attacking Islamic State targets in Syria, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Sunday, warning that the air campaign would only add to […]
Russia accuses Turkey’s Erdogan over Daesh oil trade
By AFP – Dec 02,2015 – JORDAN TIMES MOSCOW — Russia on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trading with Daesh militants, ratcheting up the heat in a dispute over Ankara’s downing of one of Moscow’s warplanes. The Turkish leader […]