In order to spread the peaceful message of Islam, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Croatia in cooperation with Humanity First International keeps on undertaking various welfare projects. Similar project was launched on 19.09.2015 for the blood and other related tests of needy people. With kind courtesy of Mr Drazenko Pandek, the Croatian […]
By Jan Puhl SPIEGEL.DE DPA In many respects, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has emerged as the political victor in the refugee crisis. Voters support his hardline stance and other Eastern European countries are following his suit. On Monday, Hungary closed the last remaining hole […]
By Hasnain Kazim, Maximilian Popp and Samiha Shafy Emin Ozmen/ Le Journal/ DER SPIEGEL No other state has catapulted itself into the future quite as rapidly, nor relapsed back into its dark past as suddenly, as Turkey. First there was modernization, and now the beginnings of a civil war. The […]
By Amjad Yamin – Sep 23,2015 -JORDAN TIMES The first time Fareed (not his real name) thought of leaving Daraa, south Syria, was at the end of 2012. His wife worked as an English teacher at a public school in walking distance from home, and they filled their evenings with […]
theguardian: Editorial — Ministers should stop boasting about supposed British values. The debate about security in a diverse society needs to be framed in the language of human rights ‘David Cameron has talked about ditching “the passive tolerance of recent years”, and moving towards a “much more active, muscular […]
AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE Novartis offers cheap drugs for developing countries SEP 24, 2015 – 11:29 Patients in Kenya, Ethiopia and Vietnam will be the first beneficiaries of the cheap drugs (Keystone) The Swiss pharma giant Novartis has launched a portfolio of 15 affordable drugs for chronic diseases in low- and middle-income […]
ROADMAP FOR PEACE Swiss want to ‘shake up’ international community over Syria SEP 24, 2015 – 10:54 Syrian refugees arrive at the Jordan-Syria border at Al-Rugban on September 10 after fleeing Islamic State fighters and Syrian regime attacks (Keystone) Switzerland is keen to help inject a new political dynamic in […]
Telegraph: In his official address to mark the festival of Eid, David Cameron urges British Muslims to think of those “driven from their homes” by Isil and President Assad . David Cameron has urged British Muslims to think of those “maimed, murdered [and] driven from their homes” by Isil […]
By AFP – Sep 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants and refugees arrive on Kagia beach near the village of Sykamia, west of the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on Wednesday (AFP photo) BRUSSELS — The EU’s president urged leaders […]
Source: The Guardian By Miqdaad Versi — When a study finds that nearly all stories about Muslims are negative it’s clear this is the last acceptable form of bigotry – […]
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas are in Russia for the opening of the new Moscow Cathedral Mosque. Russian […]
DER SPIEGEL Chancellor Angela Merkel has shown a soft side in the refugee crisis. Germans long knew their chancellor as a rational, deliberate decision maker. But in the refugee crisis, a new Merkel has emerged, driven by empathy. Increasingly, it is looking like the emotion-driven Merkel is prone to error. […]
SEP 21, 2015 A Swiss government advisory commission Monday said that greater focus should be placed on the protection of refugees even before they arrive in Europe, rather than on the refugee crisis that the continent now faces with the influx of thousands of asylum seekers. A list of recommended […]
MIGRATION CRISIS Swiss are “too restrictive” over Syrian refugees SEP 20, 2015 – 12:36 A Syrian woman stands with her children after arriving by boat on the Greek island of Lesbos on September 19 (Pixsil) Switzerland should grant more Syrians full refugee status rather than just temporary residency, a top […]
By Reuters – Sep 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Afghan refugees struggle to swim ashore after their dinghy with a broken engine drifted out of control off the Greek island of […]
Syrian refugee crisis Swiss pledge to take part in EU refugee programme By Urs Geiser Sep 18, 2015 – 17:43 Foreign Minister Burkhalter (right) and Justice Minister Sommaruga (centre) say Switzerland is willing to cooperate with the EU to alleviate the refugee crisis (Keystone) President Simonetta Sommaruga says Switzerland will […]
Refugees Government braces for big refugee influx Sep 16, 2015 – 14:24 Refugees are to be distributed in centres across the country (Keystone) The cantonal authorities have been asked to gear up for a steep increase in the number of refugees expected to arrive in Switzerland. The State Secretariat for […]
Sep 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES BY MICHAEL JANSEN Several European Union countries should be ashamed about the way they reacted to the rising refugee crisis caused by the wars in Syria and Iraq. The country that should be most ashamed is Hungary where, following the 1956 Soviet invasion and clampdown […]
By AFP – Sep 15,2015 – CAIRO — Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who offered to buy a Mediterranean island to help hundreds of thousands of Syrians fleeing war, said Monday he was in talks to buy two private Greek islands. The businessman announced earlier this month he was looking […]
Keleti train station as never before Seeing at firsthand the hopelessness of refugees 11. September 2015 – by Alexander Stemp in Politics There has been much talk and media coverage about the human tides of refugees pouring into Europe this summer, with Budapest Keleti train station playing its part as […]