MAR 16, 2015 – 19:09 Similarities: Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga (left) and Kosovan counterpart Atifete Jahjaga (Keystone) Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga has expressed concern about continuing mass emigration from Kosovo during an official visit from Kosovan President Atifete Jahjaga. “The republic needs its own young, qualified citizens,” Sommaruga said in Bern […]
Jordan’s King Abdallah II delivers a speech during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG) Published — Tuesday 10 March 2015 STRASBOURG, France: King Abdallah II of Jordan urged Europeans on Tuesday to fight hostility toward Islam that […]
Jordan’s King Abdallah II delivers a speech during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG) Published — Tuesday 10 March 2015 STRASBOURG, France: King Abdallah II of Jordan urged Europeans on Tuesday to fight hostility toward Islam that […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Strange, isn’t it, how every time we have a “crisis” in the Middle East, the Russians step in to take advantage of it? Or so it looks. No sooner have we identified Isis/the Islamic Caliphate/Daesh as the most apocalyptic, end-of-the-world antagonist since Hitler/Napoleon/Nero/Genghis Khan, than […]
“I was really shocked. They were just like any of us.”- Muslim teenage girls speak out against other teenagers travelling to Syria to join Islamic State. 5 live went to a session at Altrincham Islamic Centre Youth Group in south Manchester, where young British Muslim teenagers regularly meet up to […]
Epigraph It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but truly righteous is he who believes in Allah and the Last Day and […]
by Gigi Silk Source: New Daily March 15, 2015 | By: GIGI SILK Source: New Daily There’s a little-known story about Muslims and Jews in World War II that helped to create a code of honour that still exists today. A new exhibition launching at Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre will paint a […]
By Thomas Stephens MAR 11, 2015 – 09:10 Tidjane Thiam’s face was on the cover of the main Swiss newspapers on Wednesday, along with the words “non-banker”, “carrier of hope” […]
Epigraph: Whoso saved a life, it shall be as if he had given life to all mankind. (Al Quran 5:33) The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK is pleased to announce […]
theguardian — Reversal of constitutional court’s 2003 ruling hailed as ‘good day for religious freedom Pegida demonstration in Dresden. Berlin daily Taz warned the anti-Islam protest group would seize on the ruling to argue Europe was being taken over by Islam Female Muslim teachers in Germany may wear headscarves in class […]
Source: The Local The Constitutional Court has ordered the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to review a ban on Islamic veils in its schools. The judges decided that veils do not pose a concrete threat to a school’s learning environment. The judges in Karlsruhe argued that a blanket ban on teachers […]
MAR 12, 2015 – 23:27 By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Major world powers have begun talks about a United Nations Security Council resolution to lift U.N. sanctions on Iran if a nuclear agreement is struck with Tehran, a step that could make it harder for the U.S. Congress […]
Plans for one of London’s first mosques, drawn up by a man from Windermere, have been restored by Cumbria County Council. Watch: the Windermere architect who designed London’s first Mosque The London Mosque was the first to be built in the city, and it’s the biggest in Western Europe to […]
Plans for one of London’s first mosques, drawn up by a man from Windermere, have been restored by Cumbria County Council. Watch: the Windermere architect who designed London’s first Mosque The London Mosque was the first to be built in the city, and it’s the biggest in Western Europe to […]
By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAR 11, 2015 – 16:21 Cosar’s militia allied with Kurdish fighters who eventually liberated the northern Syrian city of Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab (Keystone) Johan Cosar, a Swiss citizen who has been fighting against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, was arrested in Basel […]
MAR 12, 2015 – 19:38 The Swiss want to focus on established migration routes to tackle illegal immigration (Keystone) Swiss president Simonetta Sommaruga, called for thinking beyond the EU to stem illegal immigration at the Schengen Mixed Committee Meeting held in Brussels on Thursday. She also urged the use of […]
By Nabeela Ali, Bureau Chief Newcastle, Nawa-i-Jang London ‘It’s not the choice of a child to become an orphan, but, we do have a choice to make a difference in […]
Source: Local News Paper Süd Hessen Mr Yahya Bajwa, 26 years old Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamia Germany Student died due to a road accident on 11.03.2015. He was crossing the road while a speedy car hit him and he scumbed to injuries. Innah lillahe wa Innah Elehi Rajeoon. Previously he was […]
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Source: ET A young German woman fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria was killed over the weekend in clashes with Islamic State fighters, Kurdish officials and a Turkey-based communist group said on Monday. The Kurdish forces, backed by US air strikes and local rebel fighters, have been battling Islamic State […]