Irish parliament backs recognition of Palestinian state
Epigraph: “Do not unto your neighbor what you would not have him do to you; this is the whole Law; the rest is commentary.” Beit Hillel, a Jewish teacher from […]
How the right to deny the existence of God is under threat globally
ADAM SHERWIN Tuesday 09 December 2014 Atheists and humanists are increasingly being targeted as distinct minorities in “hate campaigns” across the globe, according to a new report which found that religious and political leaders are ratcheting up rhetoric against those who believe there is no God. The report claims that […]
Ebola vaccine trial ‘interrupted’ due to joint pains
BBC News: The clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in Switzerland has been interrupted after some patients complained of joint pains in their hands and feet. READ MORE…
Swiss jihadist avoids prison sentence
A 30-year-old man from canton Vaud has been given a suspended sentence of 600 hours of community service for attempting to join the Islamic State terror group in Syria. This […]
Malala and Kailash Satyarthi receive joint Nobel award
BBC: Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi have received the Nobel Peace Prize awards. The Nobel committee described both laureates as “champions of peace”. […]
Second wife – A sister’s story
By: A Muslim Sister Source: MuslimVillage.com “Second wife! The words reverberated through my brain. Why? Am I not good enough? Never! I will never accept a second wife! If you […]
Russian billionaire pays $4.1M for James Watson’s Nobel Priz
Russian billionaire pays $4.1M for James Watson’s Nobel Prize, so he can return it to the seller — James Watson Anemona Hartocollis, The New York Times | December 9, 2014 | Last Updated: Dec 9 10:37 PM ET More from The New York Times ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images/FileJames Watson with two colleagues […]
Why millions of Muslims are signing up for online dating
By Lydia Green BBC Arabic Arranged marriages are standard practice in many societies, but the introductions and screening process can be an ordeal for the young people involved – even […]
Muslim woman attacked at Vienna bank
A 60-year-old Muslim woman was seriously injured after being attacked at a bank in Vienna, in an incident which appears to have been motivated by Islamophobia. Pensioner Selver S. was waiting in a queue to collect her pension at a Bawag bank branch in Schönbrunner Strasse (Meidling) when a man […]
De-radicalizing the Muslim Youth in the West
De-Radicalising the Muslim Diaspora in the West By Taj Hashmi December 07, 2014 SEVERAL Bangladeshi-British youths have recently been indicted in Britain for their alleged links with the ISIS. Twenty-year-old Mahdi Hassan — whose parents had migrated from Bangladesh — was one of the six former students of […]
TERRORIST GROUPS: Swiss Parliament bans Islamic State, al-Qaeda
Both houses of parliament have voted to ban the al-Qaeda and Islamic State terror groups in Switzerland. The House of Representatives followed the Senate’s lead on Monday and voted 184 to 0 in favour of the ban. It prohibits participating in or supplying the banned organisations as well as distributing […]
Thought-provoking ideas in religious studies
theguardian — Pupils from St Marylebone school, London, attend a multi-faith assembly in church. It would be a grave disservice to students “to ditch religious studies in school” (Loose canon, 5 December) and to trivialise multifaith religious education as “mushy relativism” is unjust. Educators from Bosnia visiting our comprehensive school […]
“Mosque for Peace”: 25th Anniversary Celebration of the First Ahmadiyya Mosque in Australia
Source: pressking.com The event is aimed at raising awareness on how mosques play an important role in building peace with various communities and establishing strong and sustainable relationships with the broader […]
Saint Gallen cops probe Islamic centre blaze
Published: 07 Dec 2014 22:58 GMT+01:00 Two molotov cocktails thrown into an Islamic centre started a fire in a village in the canton of Saint Gallen early Sunday morning, according […]
Robert Fisk: Isn’t it important to realise who our enemies really are? Children are so often the forgotten victims of conflict – regardless of the perpetrators
Well, heaven preserve us: the most useless “peacemaker” on earth has just used an Arabic acronym for the greatest threat to civilisation since the last greatest threat. Yup, ol’ John Kerry called it “Daesh”, which is what the Arabs call it. It stands for the “Islamic State in Iraq and […]
Prince Hassan calls for encouraging interfaith dialogue
ROME — HRH Prince Hassan has called for encouraging interfaith dialogue as a way to celebrate religious diversity and culture, and focus on similarities rather than differences. In an address […]
The diplomat’s portable handbook (wheelbarrow required) – Magazine Monitor
The Magazine in full If knowledge is power, then the British government’s secret gazetteer of the Gulf, known simply as “Lorimer” after its author, epitomises the scale of imperial ambition. Intended to be a portable handbook, it was anything but, writes Matthew Teller. It’s one of the 20th Century’s most […]
Uzbekistan: Tashkent women jailed for teaching Quran
Women inthe Islamic world Uzbekistan Jails Women for Teaching Qur’an Brits, Americans Among ISIS’s Feared Burqa Brigade Varanasi’s Muslim Women Want Ram Mandir at Ayodhya ————————– 5 December 2014 TASHKENT – A group of Muslim women has been jailed by Uzbek authorities in the capital city of Tashkent, in the […]
‘The Muslims are coming!’ Why Islamophobia is so dangerous
Source: CNN Birmingham, England (CNN) — Whether it’s Mohammed becoming the most popular baby name, or one in 10 babies in England being Muslim or the fact that halal meat is being served in Pizza Hut, a Muslim story always tends to generate more heat than light. Indeed, Islamophobia is […]
SWISS IN THE SPOTLIGHT: OSCE meeting ends with no Ukraine consensus
Switzerland has won praise for its presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE), which has now come to an end. But a key meeting in Basel has failed to find a compromise over Ukraine. The gathering of foreign ministers for OSCE countries did however make progress in the […]