Humanitarian crisis: Swiss pledge more funds for refugee crises and Ebola
The government has pledged an additional CHF40 million ($42.2 million) for the victims of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq as well as for efforts to contain the spread of […]
German Kurds Join Fight against Islamic State
Source: Spiegel DPA Kurds in Düsseldorf, Germany, demonstrate against Islamic State and show their support for besieged Kobani. Young Kurds from Germany are joining PKK’s fight against Islamic State in Syria. Security officials are concerned that tensions between Salafists and Kurds in Germany could rise once they return home. More:
International development secretary Justine Greening to speak at Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s National Peace Symposium
Source: The Guardian The largest mosque in Western Europe will host politics, faith and civic leaders at a peace symposium next month. More than 800 guests are expected to descend on Morden’s Baitul Futuh Mosque for the National Peace Symposium, which aims to promote a deeper understanding of Islam. More:
A Man Stole A Double-Decker Bus And Went On A 7-Mile Joyride Through London
Source: The daily Beast: On Saturday 15 September at around 09:15hrs, a man entered the Farnborough Hill bus depot in Orpington and drove off in a double-decker bus. The man then drove the bus through Farnborough Village, along Farnborough Common, and turned into Croydon Road. He continued into Glebe Way, […]
God is Not a Magician With a Magic Wand
Source: The Daily Beast. The pontiff takes on the daunting task of reconciling science and religion, and hopes to help humanity in the process. On Monday, when Pope Francis addressed prelates and scientists attending a plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, he yet again challenged all we’ve come […]
Thousands attend Million March to express solidarity with Kashmiris
Source: Pakistan Observer: M A Kaiserimam Monday, October 27, 2014 – London—Thousands of people supporting the Kashmir cause participated in the “Million March” here on Sunday to expressed solidarity with Kashmiri people for their decades-long struggle for the right of self-determination. The Million March started from London’s Trafalgar Square and […]
Zagreb Mayor’s Arrest Holds Important Lessons for Croatia
Source: Balkan Insight. The Mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandić, who has run the Croatian capital for over 12 years and who over this period has handled some 20 billion euros of public money, will spend at least a month in investigative custody after his arrested last week. Bandić is the […]
Karen Armstrong: Quest for power — not religion , motivating jihadists,
Is Islam inherently violent? Quest for power — not religion — motivating jihadists, author says Patricia Pearson, Special to National Post | October 24, 2014 7:01 PM ET More from Special to National Post AP Photo via Militant Website, FileISIS fighters next to a police vehicle in Iraq’s Anbar Province in […]
British forces hand over control of last base in Afghanistan
Source: Dawn British forces on Sunday handed over formal control of their last base in Afghanistan to Afghan troops, ending combat operations in the country after 13 years which cost hundreds of lives. The Union Jack was lowered at Camp Bastion in the southern province of Helmand, while the Stars […]
The Pompey jihadis: how did one English city produce six young fighters for Isis?
Huff Post: by Mark Townsend — As another Briton dies in Syria, residents ask whether Portsmouth radicalised ‘bad boys’ who flew out to join Islamic State At the Globex money transfer and flight services shop close to the mosque, one British Bangladeshi believes that youngsters who feel they have no […]
My brother wanted to be a jihadi – and society is creating many more like him
theguardian: by Robb Leech — Extremism of any kind is a symptom of an unhealthy society and, in order to eradicate it, we should look to treat its cause tremism of any kind is a symptom of unhealthy society Robb Leech’s stepbrother Richard Dart, who pleaded guilty in court in […]
Residents should throw a street party and mix with immigrant neighbours, councils told
Jane Merrick political editor THE INDEPENDENT Councils should offer their local residents cash to hold street parties with their new immigrant neighbours to foster friendship and integration, a new report […]
Seismic shift in Rome.
Source: CNN CNN) — It was described as a “dramatic shift” and a “bombshell.” One writer dubbed it a “stunning change.” Even the Human Rights Campaign, the LGBT advocacy organization, announced a “seismic shift in Rome.” So it was all the more disheartening that the Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops […]
EUROPE – As Islamists Seek to Fill Ranks, More Western Women Answer Their Call
By STEVEN ERLANGEROCT. 23, 2014 LONDON — The young Western Muslims trying to join radical Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq now include increasing numbers of young women who are seeking to fight or to become the wives of fighters. It is a new twist on a recruitment effort that […]
UK: Ahmadi Muslim Women host interfaith event at Baitul Tauhid Mosque in Fartown
A women-only event, it will include lunch and a chance to ask questions about Islamic teachings. There will also be a memorial as part of the World War centenary remembrance, to honour those who gave their lives. Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Stronger community bonds and understanding will be the aims of a peace […]
Australia: Religious men seek peace
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Members of three churches and the Langwarrin-based Ahmadiyya Muslim group got together at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Mornington, to demonstrate respect and tolerance. Religious leaders have gathered to promote […]
Belated death of a British illusion – recognition of a Palestinian state
NEIL BERRY ARABNEWS.COM Published — Thursday 23 October 2014 The “recognition” of a Palestinian state by the UK Parliament on Oct .13 has been scorned as gesture politics. The criticism is not without substance, but this was a gesture with no small symbolic significance, underlining as it did the moral […]
UK: 32nd Majlis Ansarullah Ijtema UK concludes in London with Address by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (ABA)
Source: alislam.org | 20th October 2014 | PRESS RELEASE More than 2,000 people from across the UK attend annual event On 19 October 2014, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, […]
UK: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Battersea
Home » Blog » news » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Battersea I attended an interesting lunch event this week with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as they seek to develop closer ties with some charities in Battersea. They are one of the oldest Muslim communities in the UK – established over here in 1913. They built […]
Business schools: Swiss Executive MBA programmes rise in rankings
Four Swiss business schools have appeared in the Financial Times’ ranking of 100 executive MBA (EMBA) programmes, with IMD in Lausanne performing best, climbing four places since last year to 15th. The list, published on Monday, compares programmes for working senior executives and is topped for the first time by […]