May 15, 2014 Swissinfo.ch How do young men who grew up in Switzerland become extremists? Following this Swiss TV report on three cases, the Federal Intelligence Service confirmed that of 15 Swiss citizens who have travelled to Syria, five became Jihadists. (SRF Rundschau, swissinfo.ch) A team from the Swiss TV […]
Source: leamingtoncourier.co.uk Leamington and Warwick MP joins Lord Ahmed in talk covering EU politics and discrimination Lord Ahmed of Wimbledon and Chris White, MP for Leamington and Warwick, visited the Ahmadiyya […]
Officials say death toll from explosion at mine in western Turkey likely to be around 300, but some say more are trapped. The final death toll from Turkey‘s mine disaster will likely be around 300, government officials have said, though furious locals say the authorities are covering up far greater loss […]
Guardian: ONS figures reveal growing wealth disparity and north-south divide, with nation’s top 10% owning 44% of household wealth. Britain’s richest 1% have accumulated as much wealth as the poorest 55% of the population put together, according to the latest official analysis of who owns the nation’s £9.5tn of property, pensions and […]
Source: CNN Yusuf Yerkel, an aide to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a person who is being wrestled to the ground by two police officers during protests in Soma, Turkey, on Wednesday, May 14. Hundreds have taken to the streets across the country since nearly 300 miners […]
Telegraph: More than 60 passengers had to be flown back to London City Airport after part of the plane’s wing fell off shortly after it took off. A plane carrying more than 60 people had to turn back after take-off because part of its wing fell off mid-flight. The pilot […]
The participation of foreign fighters in the Syrian conflict is a growing concern, particularly among Western governments that are not only struggling to track the movement of their citizens, but are also fearful that those travelling to the conflict may become radicalised and return home with their extremist ideology. By […]
DESMOND BUTLER | AP ARABNEWS Published — Thursday 15 May 2014 SOMA, Turkey: Anger and grief boiled over into a violent protest Wednesday in the western Turkish town of Soma, where officials said at least 245 miners died in a coal mine explosion and fire. Nearly 450 other miners were […]
Johanna Neumann was nine years old when her family escaped from Nazi Germany to seek refuge in Albania. They spent six years there and survived the war thanks to a number of Muslim families who sheltered them along the way. Neumann’s is one of many stories that demonstrate Albania’s often […]
Source: CNN Soma, Turkey (CNN) — A sullen throng maintained a vigil outside a coal mine in Soma, Turkey, on Wednesday as hopes flagged for finding survivors inside the burning complex of tunnels. “It’s too late. There’s no more hope,” said miner Veysel Sengul, who had already lost four friends […]
The Washington Post: There are a number of interesting points in the report, but one striking section shows the varied views about minorities in the region. And while perspectives on […]
Source: halesowennews.co.uk TWENTY young Halesowen Muslims helped raise hundreds of thousands of pounds in a 10k charity run and walk in London. The group from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association were among volunteers […]
Amnesty International — Amnesty International has accused governments around the world of betraying their commitments to stamp out torture, three decades after the ground-breaking Convention Against Torture was adopted by the UN in 1984. “Governments around the world are two-faced on torture – prohibiting it in law, but facilitating it […]
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STORY SUMMARY In the chess game that is the Ukraine crisis, it’s increasingly clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t thought his way through to the endgame. This complex picture […]
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlin May 12, 2014 A new World Health Organization report released on Monday finds the dangerous consumption of alcohol led to 3.3 million deaths around […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in In London, UK, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association organised a visit by its members to the Central Gurdwara (Khalsa Jattha). Central Gurdwara is the oldest established Sikh place of […]
theguardian: by Nesrine Malik — Halal meat is on every menu; sharia law is taking over; the niqab is undermining the nation. Ever noticed how often the same old stories keep appearing about Muslims in Britain? Here’s the truth about these and other media myths In Britain, there is now […]
Source: economicvoice.com Statement by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – Panorama programme on Muslims in Prisons raises serious questions Monday’s BBC Panorama will tell us that nearly one in seven inmates at British prisons are […]
Source: The Daily Beast: The leader of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic of Ukraine called on Russia to “absorb” the region following Sunday’s referendum. Referencing the 89 percent of voters in Donetsk and 96 percent in Luhansk who reportedly favor “self-rule,” Denis Pushillin called on Moscow to listen to the […]