SWISS CANDIDATE ‘Iraqi Odyssey’ to represent Switzerland at Oscars AUG 27, 2015 – 21:56 The Federal Office of Culture (OFC) confirmed on Thursday that the film “Iraqi Odyssey will be Switzerland’s official entry to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the “Best Foreign Film” category for 2016. […]
Dresden riots: Protesters in Germany attack refugee buses shouting ‘foreigners out’ At least 31 officers were hurt in violent scuffles SHEHAB KHAN Saturday 22 August 2015 Up to 1,000 protesters have clashed with police in eastern Germany in riots reportedly sparked by the arrival of 250 migrants. Police said protesters […]
LOOKING AHEAD Asylum requests expected to rise in 2016 AUG 23, 2015 – (Keystone) The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) has announced that requests for asylum in Switzerland will likely increase in 2016. In a letter to cantonal officials last week, SEM Director Mario Gattiker explained that around 30,000 applications […]
By Reuters – Aug 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A migrant tries to pass a fence near the town of Idomeni, on the border between former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece, on Saturday (AFP photo) BERLIN — Germany’s interior minister led calls on Sunday for a crackdown on right-wing militants and […]
Malala Yousufzai has been afforded police protection after increased threats on her life, just a week after passing state exams with flying colors. Mon, August 24, 2015 Malala Yousufzai, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and female education campaigner, has received 24-hour police protection from the UK government after an increase in threats to […]
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
on August 22, 2015 …as MTA gives live broadcast to the world in 16 languages By Ishola Balogun in London As the 2015 convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat opens today at the Jalsa Ground, Oakland Farm, otherwise known as Hadeeqatul Madhi, Hampshire, London, the organisation’s television studio is […]
Meliha Hayat Become a fan Freelance Writer and Religious Correspondant This weekend a makeshift city will rise from the farmlands of Hampshire as more than 30,000 Muslims from across the world will gather and raise their nations flags united under a caliph to reaffirm their faith in Islam. I […]
By Raniah Salloum in Gevgelija, Macedonia AP A dangerous bottleneck has formed in the Macedonian border town of Gevgelija, an important hub for refugees traveling to Western Europe. Those trying to reach the trains here face extreme heat, dangerous crowds and police bullying. It’s Monday, earlier this week, and what […]
In a SPIEGEL interview, Nobel Prize for medicine recipients Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and May-Britt Moser discuss the challenges women face in the male-dominated world of science and how they broke through the glass ceiling. It’s a Wednesday afternoon mid-summer in Trondheim, Norway. May-Britt Moser, 52, and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, 72, have spent […]
Syrian refugee arrives in Germany (Photo: iom.int) By ANDREW RETTMAN BRUSSELS, TODAY, 09:29 EU member states with a strong Roman Catholic heritage are showing a preference for taking in Christian migrants, despite their obligations under EU law. The Slovakian government was the latest to issue a statement. Displaced people fleeing […]
Why I Left America to Train in Jihad Under an Islamic Caliphate Posted: 08/20/2015 Kashif N. Chaudhry Become a fanPhysician, writer and human rights activist I am an American. I have a full-time job in one of Greater Boston’s renowned institutions as a medical professional. Yet, I just travelled out […]
Imams from more than 50 countries will be present together with 30,000 delegates from far afield as South Asia, New Zealand, North America, Africa and many countries in the EU to reaffirm Islam’s rejection of fanaticisms. Tight security will be in place for the event that will challenge head on […]
By REUTERS PUBLISHED: , 20 August 2015 BERLIN, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Some 11 refugees and six police officers were hurt on Wednesday night during a fight among asylum seekers at a shelter in the town of Suhl in the eastern state of Thuringia, police said. A group of about […]
Fighting Sectarianism in Islam By Sayeeda Warsi Aug 12 2015 I am a proud Muslim. I am patriotically British – indeed, one who is at her proudest when standing here in a part British-built mosque. Despite the oft asked unanswerable question as to which I am first – whether I […]
Account Of Ibrahim Noonan ‘I was born in a staunch Roman Catholic Family, a family who had priests and Missionary Nuns’ My Christian name was Michael Peter Dennis Noonan, I […]
ASYLUM POLITICS Amnesty says Switzerland should accept more refugees AUG 12, 2015 – 17:24 The UN says nearly a quarter million refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year (Keystone) The human rights organisation Amnesty International has submitted a petition to the federal government asking that it […]
War begets refugees Aug 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES On April 26, 2011, a meeting that can only be described as sinister took place between then-Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The most pressing issue discussed at the meeting in Rome was how to deal with African immigrants. […]