Source: croydonadvertiser.co.uk NEW ADDINGTON could be on course to get its first mosque, with local leaders of a minority Muslim sect considering the area for a new base. The Shirley branch […]
Source: Balkan Insight: The death toll from the floods in Bosnia continues to rise as several towns remain under water following the torrential rain of the past few days. Photo AP/ Amel Emric So far 14 bodies had been recovered in Doboj, northern Bosnia, as flood waters receded. Three other […]
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and the game of hazard. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than […]
A British-born man suspected of masterminding Boko Haram bomb attacks in Nigeria that left around 100 people dead became radicalised during his years at a Welsh university, it has been claimed. Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche is believed to have led a double life in the UK as an aspiring businessman while […]
theguardian: by Richard Adams — Hasan Sajad is a year-11 student at Park View academy in Birmingham. He should be thinking about sitting his GCSEs shortly, but his school’s emergence at the centre of a political furore about alleged Islamist takeovers has given him something else to worry about: his future. […]
theguardian: by Andrew Brown — “These conflicts are not about religion. They are about identity, and resources, and power,” he said. “Even Boko Haram is not about religion. In modern days there is no such thing as a religious conflict, which is to say a conflict which is about religious […]
ALEXANDER WINNING BAKHCHISARAY, Crimea (Reuters) – Seventy years after their families’ mass deportation under Soviet leader Josef Stalin, the Crimean Tatars are in a quandary: should they cooperate with their homeland’s new Russian authorities or resist them? Some Tatars – Sunni Muslims of Turkic origin – fear a return to […]
May 16, 2014 – 10:55 FIFA President Sepp Blatter says awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a “mistake”. But in an interview with Swiss public television on Thursday […]
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 […]