by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch Islamophobic tweets and attacks against foreigners on Facebook, blogs, posters and TV – recent incidents involving politicians and party members have given food for thought as Switzerland prepares to appear before the Human Rights Council. Over the past few months a number of alleged discrimination cases […]
Russian TV: Massive groundwater extraction was behind the deaths of nine people, with 100 injured and thousands homeless, which was the toll of Spain’s earthquake in 2011. New research links human activity with earthquakes around the world. The earthquake in southeastern Spain in 2011 near the city of Lorca caught […]
The Local: Some 300 people joined a demonstration in solidarity with the Jewish population in Malmö on Saturday after a spate of recent attacks. Read More:
The Local: The Swiss, for example, pursue a policy of neutrality but also have a large army to defend the country. It’s not unusual to phone up a business acquaintance and find they have left for military service for a few weeks. And while the Swiss love their rules and […]
LILLE, France | Fri Oct 19, 2012 REUTERS LILLE, France (Reuters) – Police in France said on Friday they were trying to identify the skeleton of a man believed to have lain undiscovered in bed for more than 15 years. The body, found in an abandoned house in the northern […]
Source: TOI PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister says Iran appears on track to reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon by the first half of next year. Read More:
France24: Posted by: Chaudhry Maqsood ur Rehman. Anti-racism organisations in France are demanding the government launch a swift crackdown against far-right groups, following the storming of a mosque in the west of the country. In strongly worded statements released on Sunday, two of France’s most high-profile racism watchdogs and a […]
Source: TOI VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI has added seven more saints onto the roster of Catholic role models as he tries to rekindle the faith in places where it’s lagging. Two are Americans: Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint from the US and Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th […]
Source: TOI: A Land Rover built for former British PM Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday has sold for a whopping 129,000 pounds at an auction in UK. LONDON: A Land Rover built for former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday has sold for a whopping 129,000 […]
Source: Arutz Sheva By Giulio Meotti The Middle East is full of churches turned into Islamic sites, like the Umayyad in Damascus, the Ibn Tulun in Cairo and the cathedral […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Sunday, 21 October 2012 00:00 POITIERS, France – In the latest assault on Muslim worship places, a group of French far-rightists have stormed and occupied a […]
Russian TV: The Russian Foreign Ministry is concerned over Israeli plans to build more homes in East Jerusalem as an impediment to resuming Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, says a report posted on the ministry Web site. “Israeli homes built on occupied lands, including in East Jerusalem, poison the atmosphere of the already […]
By Edward Cody, The Washington Post VIERZON, France — When the Rev. Alain Krauth preached to his dwindling flock at Mass last Sunday, the subject was real estate. But it […]
By Ali Bluwi AL ARABIYYA NEWS Saturday, 20 October 2012 I have just finished reading studies that centered on the relationship between the British intelligence (MI6) and political Islamic movements. I also had discussion with three intelligence personnel who worked for security agencies in Iraq, Sudan and the Gulf. We […]
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Born 22 February 1788 Danzig (Gdańsk) Died 21 September 1860 (aged 72) Frankfurt Residence Germany Nationality German Era 19th century philosophy Region Western […]
Source: The Local Germany could lack as many as three and a half million skilled workers by 2025, because skilled immigrants are going to the UK rather than here, according to the Federal Employment Agency. Read More:
Source: The Local A radical Islamist was jailed for six years in prison in Bonn on Friday for stabbing two police officers during a demonstration in May. Read More:
Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has presented the first National Action Plan Against Human Trafficking at a forum attended by 250 representatives of the federal administration, cantons and civil society. Human […]
Source: BBC Sweden’s National Food Agency has issued a warning after as much as 20 tonnes of meat labelled as beef turned out to be coloured pork. An investigator at the agency, Pontus Elvingson, told the BBC that tests were still being done to […]
By Alessandro Speciale| Religion News Service, Published: October 19, 2012 Washington Post: VATICAN CITY — As a Vatican delegation prepares to leave for civil war-torn Syria, the Catholic Church’s fraught relation […]