Merkel in surprise visit to Afghanistan
Source:The Local Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere have arrived in Afghanistan for a surprise visit, a German government spokesman said early Friday. More:
Swiss Government report finds Muslims well-integrated
A joint cantonal and governmental report conducted in the wake of the 2009 minaret ban finds that most Muslims in Switzerland are well-integrated and don’t generally experience problems related to […]
What Do Muslim-Western Relations Mean?
By Michael Young HUFFINGTON POST BEIRUT — It is a fact that the notion of a clash of civilisations, first popularised by the American academic Samuel Huntington, is more relevant than ever in the minds of many people. Especially when it concerns Muslim-Western relations, there is a view that Muslim […]
Church of Scotland agrees to reword report on Israeli settlements
Guardian: The Church of Scotland has moved to defuse a furious row with Jewish leaders and the Israeli government after agreeing to change a controversial report on Israeli settlements. Senior […]
Ramadan Start: French Muslims Look To Science To Determine Holy Month Beginning
Source: The Huffington Post Reuters | By Tom Heneghan Posted: 05/09/2013 3:09 pm EDT PARIS, May 9 (Reuters) – France’s Muslim leaders have agreed to end almost 1,400 years of Islamic tradition […]
Islam and Misconceptions – A presentation by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta
Source: www.ahmadiyyamalta.org The Youth Reach – a youth group invited Laiq Ahmed Atif, president Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta to give presentation about Islam and Misconceptions about it. The event was held […]
Swiss-based Anne Frank Fund compares rival Dutch Foundation to Nazis in bitter dispute over family archive
Yves Kugelmann says ‘it’s a matter of fact’ that a Dutch institution is again trying to seize the family’s possessions STEVE ANDERSON THE INDPENDENT UK A bitter row between two […]
Questions of equality at the fore in German Islam Conference
DW: At an annual conference, Muslim organizations in Germany will discuss changes they hope will lead to more parity with German Christians. But the event has drawn criticism both from […]
EU donates €300,000 Nobel Peace Prize money to UNICEF Pakistan
Express Tribune: ISLAMABAD: The European Union has provided €300,000 from its Nobel Peace Prize money to Unicef Pakistan to support its educational activities for children affected by a lack of security […]
Israel boycott: Stephen Hawking refuses to attend Jerusalem conference
Global Post: Hawking, a theoretical physicist and math professor at the University of Cambridge, wrote a letter to the Israeli president saying that he had changed his mind about headlining […]
Afghan interpreters begin legal bid for right to live in Britain
Reuters, London – Alarabiya.net Three men who worked as interpreters for British forces in Afghanistan began a legal challenge on Friday to win the right to live in Britain, arguing […]
World from Berlin: ‘Germany Fooling Itself in Battle against Neo-Nazis’
The series of racist murders perpetrated by the neo-Nazi terror trio National Socialist Underground represents a massive failure on the part of German law enforcement officials. But as the trial starts on Monday, editorialists say that German society is also to blame. It is difficult to overstate the importance of […]
Blunder in Burma: Scrapping of EU Sanctions Sends Wrong Message – A Commentary by Lotte Leicht
Source: Spiegel.de Although Burma is shrugging off the burden of five decades of military dictatorship, its transition to democracy is still far from complete. Reform remains precarious, and ethnic violence […]
So, I visited my friendly local mosque…
theranttmistressblog: A few weeks ago, I wrote about a ridiculous piece in the Daily Mail, where David Goodhart, a writer with a book to peddle, portrayed Merton, the borough where I live, […]
Britain Discovers Germany as a Model
Source:The Spiegel. Britain, which has yet to recover from the 2008 financial crash, is peering enviously at Germany’s economic structure with its focus on engineering, its medium-sized firms, apprenticeships, regional banks and long-term business approach. The opposition Labour Party, but also the Conservative-led government, are starting to embrace German ideas. […]
Turkish Airlines crew banned from wearing red lipstick and nail polish
theguardian Europe’s fourth-biggest carrier says bright makeup ‘impairs visual integrity’, triggering concerns over creeping Islamisation Turkey‘s national airline has barred flight attendants from wearing red lipstick and nail polish, triggering concerns among secular Turks that the country is becoming more Islamic. Turkish Airlines, Europe’s fourth-biggest carrier, said the ban was […]
Robert Fisk: The truth is that after Israel’s air strikes, we are involved If the EU and US say nothing about these attacks, approval is granted
Lights in the sky over Damascus. Another Israeli raid – “daring” of course, in the words of Israel’s supporters, and the second in two days – on Bashar al-Assad’s weaponry and military facilities and weapons stores. The story is already familiar: the Israelis wanted to prevent a shipment of Iranian-made […]
Muslim as a label
Source: The Local. Just to name two examples – of course a democracy must reform its citizenship laws if the danger emerges that a growing part of its population is being shut out of the political process because they have no right to vote. And of course schools need to […]
Finding a new home in Islam – Why a young man from Herford (Germany) converted to Islam
by CORINA LASS (please bear with us – Google translate from German being used). Herford. The years after 2000 were troubled. Parental divorce, comprehensive school Friedenstal, vocational training year, training […]
Rare Painting of Prophet Muhammad (saw)’s footprints to be auctioned
Source: www.hindustantimes.com A rare painting of the footprints of Prophet Muhammad will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch 10,000-15,000 pounds at a British auction later in May. The painting made during the 18th century Ottoman Empire will be auctioned at the Mullock’s Auctions. Mullock’s auctioneer, Richard Westwood Brookes […]