Migrant boat sinks off Turkey, children among 61 dead
AHMETBEYLI, Turkey — At least 61 migrants including Palestinians and Syrians, more than half of them children, died after their overcrowded boat sank just tens of metres off Turkey’s western […]
German Speedy “BIKE” Group reaches UK Jalsa Gah (Alhamdolillah)
Source: Hammad Haerter. Alhamdolillah the speedy “BIKE” Group of German Ahamdies under the dynamic leadership of Amir of Germany reached safe and sound Hadeeqatul Mehdi in the evening, Thursday, 06.09.2012. At arrival recieved by the special welcome team of UK. En route the service team offered delecious Pasta to the […]
EUROPEAN UNION Court affirms asylum for religious persecution
JUSTICE EU court affirms asylum for religious persecution The Court of Justice for the European Union has decided that those unable to openly practice their religion have the right to seek asylum. The decision is likely to affect German asylum policies. Not every interference with free religious practice constitutes persecution, […]
”God’s Particle”
Hadron Collider By Munir A Varraich, Sweeden There is so much excitement amongst the scientist community on the discovery of what has been nick named as “God’s Particle”. The “Theologians” […]
JUSTICE: EU court upholds asylum for religiously persecuted – decision in favor of members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Germany
The Court of Justice for the European Union has decided that those unable to openly practice their religion have the right to seek asylum. The decision is likely to affect […]
Euro imams, rabbis pledge to combat hate preachers
Source: Jerusalem Post: PARIS – Seventy European Muslim and Jewish leaders pledged on Wednesday to show “zero tolerance” to hate preachers of any faith including their own ranks, citing what […]
Jewish Leader Lays into Germany ‘Do You Still Want Us Jews?’
Source: Spiegel DDP Charlotte Knobloch was president of the Council of Jews in Germany from 2006 until 2010. Charlotte Knobloch, the former head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, wrote a stinging editorial on Wednesday attacking the circumcision debate, calling talk of a Jewish revival a sham and […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims Highlight Plight of ‘Blasphemy’ Girl
LONDON, September 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Annual Convention: 7th- 9thSeptember 2012, East Worldham, Alton, Hampshire A Muslim community has highlighted the plight of persecuted minorities in the wake of a Pakistani Christian girl accused of defaming Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has joined religious and secular groups worldwide that have […]
Evacuations and Contingency Planning
Source: Stratfor: When the London 2012 Paralympic Games conclude the week of Sept. 9, the British navy reportedly will send a task force to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it will participate in amphibious exercises off the coasts of Albania, Sardinia and Turkey before lingering off the coast of Cyprus. […]
Jewish graves vandalized in northern Germany
Source: The Local Unknown vandals desecrated six Jewish tombstones at a cemetery in the northeastern German city of Rostock with graffiti including Nazi swastikas, police said Wednesday. More:
Lufthansa cancels 1,200 Friday flights
Credit: The Local. The Independent Flight Attendants’ Organisation (UFO) announced the strike late Wednesday, a day after its members staged eight-hour walkouts at three key German airports in a dispute over pay and conditions. The strike Friday will hit Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, said a statement on […]
For Jalsa UK, German “BIKE” Group crossed the Englsih Channel
Source: Hammad Haerter As reported earlier a group called Speedy Cyclists of German Ahamdies under the leadership of Mr Abdullah Wagishauser, Amir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany, along with Mr Muhammad Hammad Haerter, Stefan Haerter, Mr Samee Ullah Khan, Mr Shahzad Ahmad Arif and Akeel Hussain are on BIKES to […]
Pakistan orders Save the Children foreign workers to leave
Guardian: Pakistan has given foreigners working for Save the Children a week to leave the country after becoming convinced that the aid organisation was used as cover by US spies hunting Osama bin Laden. The aid group had been under suspicion from authorities ever since a doctor accused of assisting […]
Berlin offers legal protection for religious circumcisions, under strict conditions
Debate over the practice had been causing an uproar in the Jewish and Muslim communities. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle says, ‘It must be made clear that Jewish and Muslim […]
Decision of the European Court of Justice: EU judges strengthen persecuted religious persons’ right to asylum. Decision in favor of members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at!
The European Court has strengthened the rights of asylum for refugees who are persecuted because of their religion in their own country. (sda / Reuters) Anyone who is persecuted in his home country because of the exercise of his/her religion, has the right to asylum in the EU – at […]
Girl gang attacks Munich man for talking on mobile too loudly
Credit: The Local A multi-cultural group of teenage girls attacked a man in a Munich metro train on Monday evening because he was talking on his mobile phone too loudly, Bavarian police reported on Tuesday. Read More:
US nuclear bombs will remain in Germany
Credit: The Local American nuclear weapons will not be removed from Germany, despite their departure being a long-term aim of the German government, it has emerged. More:
Switzerland remains most competitive economy
Switzerland is the most economically competitive country in the world for the fourth year in a row, according to an annual World Economic Forum (WEF) report. The Global Competitiveness Report, […]
Swiss to send more support for Syrian civilians
Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter has pledged an additional SFr2 million ($2.1 million) to Syria. Governments and humanitarian organisations in various locations discussed Tuesday how best to help victims of […]
They are travelling by “BIKEs” to UK Jalsa-Salana
By Zubair Khan Amir and Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany, Mr Abdullah Wagishauser misses no chance of adventurism. Be it swimming, mountaineering, cycling, running or taking part in marathons. Even at the age of 62 plus physically he is more fit than any youngster of 25 to 30 years […]