Source: The Huffington Post By Karl Giberson, Ph.D: Karl Giberson runs the science and religion writing workshop at Gordon College Paul Wallace wrote recently in Religion Dispatches, in a piece […]
Huff Post: DAVOS, Switzerland — Who created Davos, and why does it exist? Questions about God and religion were rife at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of […]
Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says that marches and rallies serve no purpose. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Fifth Khalifa, has said that […]
A Real-Life Indiana Jones Who Converted To Islam And Discovered An Ancient City BASEL – Johann Ludwig Burckhardt’s bust can be seen at the foot of the monumental staircase of […]
A Polish investigation into secret CIA jails is being suppressed because it will embarrass the top echelon of the country’s government, lawyers of two men held illegally in one of […]
A new survey suggests that the majority of individuals in Turkey believe the government should abandon efforts for a full membership in the European Union. The poll, conducted by TNS […]
Source: Biz Asia UK by Lakh Baddhan 21st January 2013 19:23 @lbaddhan Lakh@bizasialive.com Takbeer TV has been put on notice by media regulator Ofcom for continuous breach of broadcasting rules including content that constituted abusive treatment of the Ahmadi community. Takbeer aired two programmes ‘Global Khatm-E-Nabuwat Movement’, broadcast on 9th June […]
by Hana Namrouqa JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The United Kingdom will provide £21 million in humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees in Jordan and the region, British International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced on Saturday. The aid includes winter clothing, food and medicines for Syrian refugees, Greening told reporters at a […]
Source. Spiegel. Read the full text of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Wednesday speech on his country’s plan to hold a referendum on the future of its membership in the European Union. DPA The Union flag is draped behind that of the EU: “All this doesn’t make us somehow un-European.” […]
(AFP) – Turkey launched Thursday a tender to build in Istanbul what aims to be the world’s largest airport at an estimated cost of over 7 billion euros ($9.3 bn), […]
by Thomas Stephens, swissinfo.ch Jan 25, 2013 – 11:00 Good offices continue to play a significant role in Swiss peace policy, according to the foreign ministry. However, the number of protecting power mandates is dwindling. Whether it’s acting as a messenger between two non-speaking states or trying to actively mediate […]
World Bulletin / News Desk: With the approval of the agreement, Muslims gained a religious community status for the first time in the history of Germany. The federal state assembly […]
Russian TV: The Russian Communist party (KPRF) blames the media for bringing the society to moral and spiritual decline and urges the government to introduce tougher censorship and preserve the […]
by Matthew Allen, in Davos, swissinfo.ch Jan 24, 2013 – 07:38 The current fighting in Mali could spark conflicts in neighbouring countries, as refugees flooding across the borders heighten existing […]
Mail Online: Tim Shipman. ‘But let me tell you what’s really dangerous. It’s when people are treated differently because they hold a different religious belief. It’s when a country turns a blind eye towards that discrimination. Fewer than one in four British voters believes Islam is compatible with the British […]
Source: Qantara.de Interview by Aygül Cizmecioglu In his book “The Myth of the Muslim Tide”, Doug Saunders puts theories from critics of immigration under the microscope. He talked to Aygül […]
By Frank Hornig, Barbara Schmid, Fidelius Schmid and Peter Wensierski SPIEGEL.DE Rape victims are being turned away, and divorced employees are losing their jobs. Catholic hospitals, kindergartens and nursing homes […]
The Swiss government says it aims to ban any companies offering mercenary services in conflict areas, in a bid to preserve Switzerland’s cherished neutrality and ensure it respects international law. […]
Publications and Record – UK Parliament: As we have heard in today’s debate, hundreds of millions of people of all religions and none find themselves facing daily threats of violence […]
by Clare O’Dea in Brunnen, swissinfo.ch An independent investigation into allegations of abuse at children’s homes run by the Swiss Ingenbohl Sisters of Mercy has found serious failings by the […]