Khan – Politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Pakistan *1893-1985) Khan was one of Pakistan’s founders, and its first minister of foreign affairs, the first Asian president of International court of Justic, President of UN General Assembly, Amir of Lahore’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, He received his BA from King’s in […]
The Telegraph: Some 27% of the thousand 18 to 24-year-olds questioned said they did not trust them, while fewer than three in 10 (29%) thought Muslims were doing enough to […]
Source: The Local Three days after the election handed Angela Merkel’s party a clear victory whilst destroying its key ally, the isolated victors are no closer to forming a new government. Josie Le Blond looks at where the Chancellor goes from here. More:
By Bruno Schrep Spiegel.de After three-and-a-half years of legal wrangling, there’s still no end in sight. At least officially, the case centers on €290.70 ($392). The K. family, thus identified […]
When it comes to Muslim-related issues we, in Britain, do things differently. We do not ban the face veil which is worn by some Muslim women, like they do in […]
September 24, 2013 – 12:04 Private security contractors based in Switzerland will no longer be allowed to provide mercenaries and will have to report to the federal authorities any services they plan to supply beyond the country’s borders. New legislation, which was approved Monday by parliament, will be applied to […]
Cairo, Egypt, Sep 23, 2013 / 01:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has indicated respect “for Islam and Muslims” in a letter to the head of the main cultural institution of Sunni Islam, marking the end of Ramadan. Ahmed el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar University, perhaps the highest authority in […]
BERLIN (AP) – A Senegal-born chemist has become Germany’s first black federal lawmaker, and a woman of Turkish origin has become the first Muslim elected to Parliament from Chancellor Angela […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch September 22, 2013 – 20:13 Switzerland will remain one of the last countries in western Europe with mandatory military service after voters overwhelmingly rejected a pacifist […]
NY Times: BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel scored a stunning personal triumph Sunday in the national elections in Germany, becoming the only major leader to be re-elected twice since the […]
World leaders are booking their flights to New York for the annual UN General Assembly which begins this week. But does the UN, founded after the World War II, reflect […]
Epigraph: And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which […]
by Gerhard Lob with agencies, swissinfo.ch September 22, 2013 – 18:08 Ticino has become the first Swiss canton to approve a ban on face-covering headgear in public places, following a […]
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN September 17, 2013 I was at a conference in Bern, Switzerland, last week and struggling with my column. News of Russia’s proposal for Syria to surrender its poison gas was just breaking and changing every hour, forcing me to rewrite my column every hour. To clear […]
Source: crossmap.christianpost.com In a recent article, Pope Francis opened up about his thoughts on the Roman Catholic Church’s focus on abortion and gay marriage — two issues that the Pope has sparingly discussed in the […]
One of the most enduring (and incorrect) accusations made about the Ottoman Empire is that it was intellectually stagnant. Orientalist historians claim that the Ottomans saw science and religion as […]
Reuters , Saturday 21 Sep 2013 (Photo: Reuters) Russia’s senior Islamic clerics warned the country’s leaders on Friday unrest could erupt in Muslim communities in Russia and beyond if […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — It’s time to stop being surprised by Pope Francis. Since he became pontiff, he’s made a lot of news. His tweets echo around the world. He embodies principles of humility and piety. He eschews the fancy trappings of office favored by his predecessor, from the Popemobile to […]
Source: Moroco World News. DIJON, France — An appeals court in France convicted a woman on Friday for sending her son, named “Jihad,” to nursery school with a shirt that read “I am a bomb.” He arrived at school in another shirt reading “Jihad: Born on Sept. 11.” The child was, […]
Source: Spiegel Several recent controversies in Germany — from the treatment of refugees to the obstacles faced by immigrants in the job market — have thrown the issue of racial discrimination into the limelight. SPIEGEL spoke to 15 people of foreign descent to find out how racism affects their daily […]