BBC World: Audio File Ahmadiyya Muslims, British Public and Non Ahmadiyya Muslims are interviewed by BBC Newsday on what it means to be a Muslim today in Modern Britain. Commentary […]
The Guardian: by Liz Williams. The majority of pagans these days do not dwell in the country, but a yearning towards nature is marked According to the recent census, there are around 80,000 people who call themselves pagans in England and Wales today. Although they are insignificant numerically, they haunt […]
LUBP: Lord Avebury: ASWJ-LeJ terrorists condemned in House of Lords posted by Taj | July 19, 2013 | In Original Articles Pakistan: Religious Violence Question for Short Debate 2 pm Asked by Lord Avebury To ask […]
Source: Spiegel: A Slap in the Face The Defense Ministry is also very cautious compared to the BND when it comes to deferentiating the Prism program in Afghanistan from the Prism spying program that was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and involves the systematic monitoring of German communications. […]
Source: The Local The final winner of the Fraspa award for civil engagement was just about to be announced when suddenly a high-ranking city official “went flying over the piano,” as Bilddaily described it on Thursday, hitting his head against the instrument and the floor. The scuffle broke out in […]
July 18, 2013 – 21:41 The number of people who became Swiss citizens in 2012 dropped seven per cent over the previous year, according to the latest numbers from the […]
France24: The leader of feminist activist group Femen, Inna Shevchenko, on Tuesday sparked an online controversy after posting an anti-Islam message to her Twitter account. Shevchenko is one of the inspirations for France’s new official stamp depicting Marianne, the feminine symbol of the French Republic – a fact that makes […]
The Prince of Wales delivers a speech titled “Islam and the Environment” at Oxford University’s Sheldonian Theatre. Bringing together two important strands of His Royal Highness’s work over the last […]
Immigrants fleeing violence pay people smugglers thousands of dollars to enter Europe through Greece. The exodus includes children, alone and at risk. Their dreams are big, but the reality far different. Story, Irene Chapple. Film, Wojciech Treszczynski. Photo, Giorgos Moutafis Sisters’ tears for broken family Arazu has dressed carefully for […]
Source: Spiegel: He’s loved by his congregation but loathed by the archbishop. Rebellious priest Wojciech Lemanski is seen as the church’s No. 1 enemy in Poland. His dismissal highlights the deep divide between church authorities and the faithful in this staunchly Catholic nation. More:
A one-day programme organised by ‘Islamic Courses’ held on 29th September 2012 at Birkbeck College, UK. Delivered by: Professor Jonathan A.C. Brown [University of Washington, USA] And Shaykh Dr M […]
The Washington Post: By David Ignatius, Hisham Melhem, a prominent Lebanese journalist, recalls an emotional visit to the Great Mosque of Cordoba in southern Spain last May. With tears in his […]
Source: Dawn.Com Unlike most political ideologies whose adherents by and large agree with the definitional tags attributed to their respective ideologies and ideologues, Political Islam is more of an academic concoction. It works as an analytical umbrella under which political analysts lump various forces that claim to be using historical […]
July 16, 2013 – 22:08 Asylum requests in Switzerland fell by almost by a third during the first six months of the year when compared with figures for the same period of 2012. Officials are at a loss to explain why, but do not expect the trend to continue. Between […]
Well this is a pretty sweet deal. Pope Francis has offered a reward to people who follow a Catholic youth event on Twitter and other social media sites: a lightening of penalties for […]
Standard-freeholder.com: Asfand Suleman Ahmad has come to Cornwall to spread his message of peace as missionary to the local Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Suleman Ahmad, a theology major who spent seven […]
Source: The Telegraph Britain may need millions more immigrants over the next 50 years to reduce the “unsustainable” pressure that the ageing population is putting on the economy, the official forecaster has said. By Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent 1:19PM BST 17 Jul 2013 The Office for Budget Responsibility said that spending […]
Source: theprovince.com A look at what happened on previous July 16ths In 622, Prophet Mohammad fled from Mecca, where he was despised and persecuted, to the northern city of Medina, marking […]
Source: BBC Turkey was the fourth-largest donor of humanitarian assistance last year, according to an annual report by Global Humanitarian Assistance. The report says that Turkey contributed more than $1bn (£665m) – 0.13% of its national income. “It is likely” that much of this went to the surrounding region, especially […]
by Terence MacNamee, swissinfo.ch July 17, 2013 – 11:00 Campaigns to abolish church tax on companies have triggered a wide-ranging debate on state support for religion in Switzerland. The future […]