A Commentary by Florian Harms AFP A man fishing in the haze of severe forest fires in Indonesia this autumn. This week, the most important event of the year began: 195 countries are negotiating the future of our planet in Paris. The world’s most powerful leaders must now demand sacrifices […]
Reuters International DEC 3, 2015 – 14:49 By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Britain joined U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Thursday, but Vladimir Putin issued bitter new denunciations of Turkey for shooting down a Russian plane, demonstrating the limits to international solidarity. […]
By Andrew Hill DEC 3, 2015 – 14:23 Being multilingual can prove useful in “reading a room” during important meetings (Keystone) Having another language can aid your brain. Not having one can hurt your promotion chances. When Isabelle Allen joined KPMG in 1991, she says, the professional services group valued, […]
LONDON, UK (PRWEB UK) 3 DECEMBER 2015 One of Britain’s oldest Muslim communities, founded over a century ago as the peaceful renaissance of Islam, is launching a new campaign to counter extremist rhetoric and literally drive home a message of peace. It follows the Paris atrocity and adds to a […]
Voices Is David Cameron planning to include al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra in his group of ‘70,000 moderates?’ If he was, Nusra men are likely to prove very expensive ‘ground troops’ for the RAF and its two Tornados if they bomb Syria Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices 14 comments The former wife […]
tribune.com.pk By AFP / Web Desk Published: December 1, 2015 BERLIN: A German court Tuesday sentenced a Pakistan-born couple to life in jail for the “honour killing” of their 19-year-old daughter, who had had sex before marriage. The 52-year-old father was found guilty of strangling the teenager to death, and the 41-year-old mother was […]
PARIS, FRANCE: Police shut a mosque east of Paris and arrested the owner of a revolver found in related raids on Wednesday as part of a crackdown called after the November 13 attacks on the capital, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. He told journalists that authorities had closed another two mosques […]
Source: BBC Live Reporting By Pippa Stephens, Elaine Okyere, Harry Low, Josephine McDermott, Sarah Buckley, Neil Arun, Lesley Sixsmith and Jasmine Coleman All times stated are UK Thank you and […]
Source: The Guardian By Roy Greenslad, who is is professor of journalism at City University, and was editor of the Daily Mirror from 1990-91 US academic puts the west’s political reaction to […]
Nov 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL It is encouraging to see that Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped short of taking military action against Ankara, which could have escalated into a much larger confrontation, a fear expressed by many these past days. To be sure, the punitive measures Moscow is […]
By JT – Nov 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah delivers an address at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris on Monday, attended by several world leaders (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday said the war of “our […]
Source: Reuters When Daniela Handwerk looked out of her window earlier this month and saw the church across the street being emptied out and turned into a refugee shelter, she […]
Source: Buzz feed news Northern Ireland’s abortion law is “incompatible with human rights”, the High Court in Belfast ruled on Monday, potentially allowing women access to terminations in cases of […]
theguardian: by Michael Safi — Survey of 600 Muslims finds they are three to five times more likely to experience extreme levels of bigotry compared with other Australians Muslims in Sydney face high levels of racism, yet still believe Islam is compatible with Australian norms Muslims in Sydney are three […]
Turkey is home to 2.2 million refugees Leo Cendrowicz 19 comments A refugee camp near the Syrian-Turkish border AFP/Getty The EU has clinched an agreement with Turkey giving Ankara €3 billion (£2 billion) and a pledge to renew its membership bid in exchange for help holding back refugees trying to make their […]
Voices David Cameron, there aren’t 70,000 moderate fighters in Syria – and whoever heard of a moderate with a Kalashnikov, anyway? The Blairite Labour MPs are going to vote with Dave because they loathe Corbyn more than Isis Robert Fisk @indyvoice 36 comments Londoners protest against bombing Syria Getty […]
Source: Fox News VATICAN CITY – A Vatican official says it’s too soon to say if Mother Teresa will be made a saint during the 2016 Holy Year of Mercy. […]
Source: Reuters Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve urged French Muslim leaders on Sunday to develop an “enlightened Islam” to confront what he called the obscurantist views of Islamic State that lead […]
Source: Huffington Post On Nov. 30, more than 100 world leaders will gather in Paris in what many consider one of the last remaining attempts to squelch the growing scourge […]
Addressing suspicion Geneva Mosque rebuffs French imam charges Nov 19, 2015 – 18:04 The Geneva Mosque is Switzerland’s largest (Keystone) Management at the Geneva Mosque has defended two imams accused of featuring on a French police list of individuals who represent a threat. A local newspaper that made the […]