MARCH 01, 2015 LAUREN FRAYER Muslim men attend Friday prayers at La Pau Islamic Center in Tarragona, a Mediterranean coastal town where Muslims comprise about 10 percent of the population. Lauren Frayer/NPR Spain’s Mediterranean coast is home to the country’s biggest Muslim community. And in one town there, local politicians […]
MARCH 01, 2015 LAUREN FRAYER Muslim men attend Friday prayers at La Pau Islamic Center in Tarragona, a Mediterranean coastal town where Muslims comprise about 10 percent of the population. Lauren Frayer/NPR Spain’s Mediterranean coast is home to the country’s biggest Muslim community. And in one town there, local politicians […]
By Tom Bousfield and Catrin NyeBBC Asian Network 17 April 2013 From the sectionLondon The Bosnian Hardaga family helped shelter a family of Jews A new exhibition aims to celebrate the role Muslims played in saving Jewish lives during the Holocaust. The Righteous Muslim Exhibition is being launched at the […]
By Peter Maxwill in Berlin DPA Many Jews in Germany are nervous about wearing the kippah in public or showing any visible signs of their Jewishness. How anti-Semitic is Germany? […]
Judge rules trial at Liverpool Crown Court could not proceed after blunder Christians swear on the Bible in court, while Muslims swear on the Koran By DAILY MAIL REPORTER A […]
Published time: February 28, 2015 Fewer than 300 people turned up in Newcastle for the first-ever rally of anti-Islamist group Pegida in the UK, while at least 1,500 gathered to protest the demo, just hundreds of yards away. “We are here because nobody else who should be talking about the […]
Source:NewsGeeks From an outsider’s point of view, Germany is the land of perfect streets and flawless infrastructure. With a population of more than 82 million people, the residents are extremely patriotic, too. Not many people would leave Germany to work or live someplace else. More:
Mohammed Emwazi, who became ‘Jihadi John’, pictured grinning left, aged 11, and in another class photo, right, a world away from the ‘evil killer’ he would become. THIS is Islamic State monster Jihadi John as a baby-faced primary school pupil Mohammad Emwazi with a cheeky grin.
HEATHER SAUL Friday 27 February 2015 A woman has given a powerful response to learning that she lives in the same neighbourhood as the man identified in reports as Jihadi John, insisting: “everyone lives in peace and love. The Christians live with the Muslims, the Muslims live with the Christians. […]
By Jo Fahy Whether it’s a turban or a headscarf, showing your religion in Switzerland can make others treat you extremely differently. From stares in the street to difficulty in […]
How France Plans To Promote Dialogue With Its Growing Muslim Community Source: Huffington Post | By SYLVIE CORBET Posted: 02/25/2015 10:45 am EST Updated: 02/25/2015 10:59 am EST PARIS (AP) […]
Ensaf Haidar. File photo: APA/epa Saudi blogger’s wife appeals to Austria Published: 24 Feb 2015 16:31 GMT+01:00 Ensaf Haidar, the wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, has called on the Austrian government to close a Saudi-financed dialogue centre in Vienna, and to help end her husband’s suffering and […]
Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters The Austrian parliament has passed a controversial bill that bans foreign funding for the religion in Austria, as well as foreign imams, many of whom are paid by neighboring Turkey. While Muslim activists have claimed the law is discriminatory to the 600,000 Muslims living in Austria […]
Finland: National radio to read Koran ‘cover to cover’ 24 February 2015 Share Finland’s public broadcaster describes the series as an “unprecedented” project The Koran will be read from cover to cover on Finnish public radio as part of a new series, it’s been announced. The country’s public broadcaster, Yle, […]
Kamprad, 88, moved back to his home country of Sweden last year after living in Switzerland for almost four decades. The house in Epalinges, a bedroom suburb north of […]
theguardian: by Humaira Patel — Speaking to teenage girls from east London showed me that too many are left feeling that no one is listening to them An EDL protest in Tower Hamlets in 2011. ‘We live in the East End, where the EDL and Britain First take great […]
ARMED CONFLICT Global response to atrocities by states and armed groups ‘shameful and ineffective’ 25 February 2015, 15:54 UTC • Amnesty International releases Annual Report along with forecast of human rights trends for the coming year • Says governments must ‘stop pretending the protection of civilians is beyond their […]
The British woman previously travelled to Syria to marry an Isis fighter JON STONE Sunday 22 February 2015 The family of a British woman living with Isis fighters in Syriahas branded her a “disgrace” after it emerged she may have enticed three missing young UK girls to join her. Police […]
By Zubair Khan He has God given instinct and potential for the politics. Few years back, under this instinct, he wanted to lead Pakistan Political Party Muslim League Germany Overseas Wing. However his attention was drawn to anti Ahmadiyya stance of PML and was advised to try his luck in German Politics. He took […]
Source: OnIslam.net By Farrukh I. Younus Freelance Writer – United Kingdom Tuesday, 24 February 2015 00:00 LONDON – With the upcoming political elections in the UK a new initiative the Muslim Manifesto, was launched at the House of Lords on February 23rd. “I have been in politics for 38 years, […]