Really cool series. . . BBC documentary – Science and Islam: The Language of Science (part 1) ————————————————————— BBC documentary – Science and Islam: The Empire of Reason (part 2) ——————————————————————- BBC documentary – Science and Islam: The Power of Doubt (part 3)
For years, few were interested in unearthing what lay beneath old gallows and scaffolds. But, in Germany, growing interest in “execution site archaeology” is throwing much light on how the […]
Source: CNN Rome (CNN)— Pope Francis has appointed a group of eight cardinals from around the world to look into ways of reforming the Catholic Church, the Vatican said Saturday. The group, which includes U.S. Cardinal Sean O’Malley from Boston, will examine ways to revise the Vatican constitution, Pastor Bonus, […]
Der Speigel: A court has ruled that a ban on Muslim teachers wearing headscarves in schools was legal. It said that teachers who covered their heads violated their obligations to […]
Source: The Local. Germany is able to attract immigrants who are both younger and better qualified than the majority of its own citizens, a report released on Friday by the German Foundation for Integration and Migration, showed. More:
Huff Post UK: Faith campaigners have called on the government to include more Muslim history in the national curriculum, as a way of engaging young Muslim pupils, and educating non-Muslims […]
Editors note: “Haven’t read Koran so couldn’t quote chapter and verse like I can for Bible. But [I] often say Islam [is the] greatest force for evil today.” Dawkins While […]
The Independent: Atheists Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris face Islamophobia backlash Dawkins surprised his fans and critics when he admitted he had not read the Koran JEROME TAYLOR […]
Source: The Local: A university in the eastern Germany state of Saxony has become the first to raise tuition fees drastically for non-EU foreign students. The fee hike from €220 to €3,600 each year could set a nationwide precedent. More:
Source: The Local: “The discussions will focus on current questions related to European policy as well as international issues such as the situation in Syria and the upcoming G8 summit under the British presidency,” the statement said. Cameron alarmed fellow EU leaders in January when he set out plans to […]
Friday 12 April 2013 ARABNEWS ROME: The caretaker of a housing complex near Florence in Italy used a knife to scare off a thief trying to steal copper wiring and called in the police to arrest him. The next day, he offered the same man a job. “What kind of […]
news cnet.com: The renowned theoretical physicist urges humans to go into space in order to save ourselves. by Dara Kerr Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. (Credit: BBC Screenshot: Chris […]
Switzerland – what images does it conjure up for an outsider? Among them are probably snow-capped mountains, chocolate and pen-knives with lots of attachments. Ah, but do they represent the real Switzerland? Here, Paul Bilton, author of The Xenophobe’s Guide to the Swiss, explodes (and confirms) a few myths. CLICK […]
Rfi. France’s far-right Front National (FN) has been caught up in the fallout from the tax avoidance scandal that toppled Socialist budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac with revelations that party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen had a Swiss bank account. The news is an embarrassment for his daughter, Marine Le Pen, who […]
Al Arabiya – The controversy surrounding the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, has been rekindled in France this week after the French Court of Cassation annulled the 2008 dismissal of a Muslim nurse from a private daycare center because she refused to stop wearing the hijab. The court’s decision created a […]
A Turkish shoe shiner has won a legal case against British courts after his visa application was refused by the country. Metin Ali Kalkan, 34, appealed to the British Consulate General in Istanbul a year ago to get a visa and run a business in London, where his brother lives, […]
ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency HUEEIYET DAILY NEWS The 50th anniversary of the first labor migration agreement between Turkey and Germany is the subject of a continuing documentary series. The second episode of the series will be aired on TRT tonight The second episode of a four-part documentary series, “Almanya’da […]
Source: Daily Jang Following news item appeared in daily Jang (10.04.2013) on the news pages of Europe: According to the news item more than 4000 people have moved an application in the state Hessen parliament of Germany against the approval given to Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat to conduct Islam teachings classes […]
Source: BBC Australia’s Foreign Minister Bob Carr has described comments made by Baroness Thatcher as “unabashedly racist”. In a conversation with her “in her retirement”, Mr Carr said the former […]