Africans in Switzerland find a common voice
by Stefania Summermatter, swissinfo.ch Some fled from a country torn by war. Others were following the dream of a better future: a job, a home, a family. At the end […]
One rule for Jesus, another for Muhammad?
Equality is essential, but complicated – that is why some Christians feel that Muslims get an easy ride Simple things can be so difficult. Take equality, for instance. Britain now has an Equality Act, to promote that good thing. But when you start looking at what it means in practice, […]
Press Release: In the shadow of the sword by Tom Holland
TOM HOLLAND IN THE SHADOW of the SWORD The Battle for Global Empire and the end of the Ancient World Published by Little, Brown on Thursday 5th April, price £25.00 […]
UK could lose coveted AAA rating, warns Fitch
Fitch Ratings has warned it could downgrade the United Kingdom’s AAA rating in the next couple of years if the government fails to contain the expansion of its public debt. […]
Israel-bashing, America-bashing, UK-bashing … and absolute justice.
Written by Rafiq A. Tschannen When covering News of Palestine and Israel and of the ‘open Western wars’ of Iraq and Afghanistan and the ‘covered Western wars’ of Libya, Syria and Yemen (and so many other locations…) we are sometimes accused of ‘Israel-bashing’ or ‘America-bashing’ and ‘other-nations-bashings’. It is pointed out […]
Belgium’s Muslims in shock after deadly mosque arson
BRUSSELS — Belgium’s Muslim community was in shock Tuesday after a man set fire to a Shiite mosque in Brussels, leaving the imam dead in an act some linked to tensions between Shiites and Sunnis. As investigators interrogated the suspect, a self-described Muslim in his mid-30s, members of the Shiite […]
Switzerland: Twenty eight dead in Valais coach crash
A coach crash in Valais, southern Switzerland, on Tuesday night has left 28 people dead – 22 of them children. The dead and injured were among a Belgian school group […]
Encyclopedia Britannica halts print publication after 244 years
Source: Guardian Unlimited Its legacy winds back through centuries and across continents, past the birth of America to the waning days of the Enlightenment. It is a record of humanity’s […]
Russia to finally send man to the Moon
Russia will send a team of cosmonauts to the Moon, 60 years after Neil Armstrong’s Apollo mission effectively ended the US-Soviet space race. A spacecraft will “conduct a demonstrative manned […]
Brits cut back on Champagne as austerity bites
Britons drank almost one million fewer bottles of Champagne last year than they did in 2010, in the latest sign that consumers are cutting back on the finer things in […]
Norway: Ahmadiyya Bait-un-Nasr Mosque to add planned community, cultural center
Ahmadiyya Times: Aftenposten By Magnus Brattset Drabløs: Ahmadiyya community in Oslo wants to build housing, cultural and business center around the mosque site, writes Aftenposten. It is uncertain who will be charged with development of […]
Belgian mosque attacked, imam dies
ArabNews. BRUSSELS: A mosque near Brussels was the target Monday evening of an arson attack in which the imam died, Belgian authorities said late Monday. One man was arrested — a Muslim who said he was born in 1978 — in the attack on the mosque in Anderlecht, a suburb […]
Peace Symposium 2012 in Malta
Speakers: Hon. Simon Busuttil – Member of European Parliament Hon. Evarist Bartolo – Member of Maltese Parliament Ms. Angele Deguara – Malta Green Party Fr. Edgar Busuttil SJ – Representing […]
Is Sarkozy going to lose election?
Credit: Spiegel International-Germany. Nicolas Sarkozy is unpopular because he has behaved more like an upstart than a president. He’s trying to get re-elected,claiming to have changed, but it’s probably too late. The French people prefer his Socialist opponent François Hollande,who would bring change to France and upheaval to Europe. By Mathieu […]
It’s a huge mistake to forbid a tiny act of Christian worship
The Daily Telegraph; By Boris Johnson: If I were Nadia Eweida, I would be starting to think that the whole world had gone completely mad. You remember Nadia, the mild-looking […]
Bishop defends hard line on divorce
The Roman Catholic bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, has defended a pastoral letter in which he reminded church-goers that divorced Catholics who remarry cannot receive communion. “The ten commandments were […]
Lessons from Asia: Austerity can work
The measures used to overcome the Asian financial crisis should not be overlooked by Europe. by Stephen S. Roach, who is Non Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and author of The Next Asia. (AlJazeera) New Haven, CT – The austerity debate was the topic du jour at this year’s […]
European prisoner population doubles over decade
The number of European criminals in English prisons has doubled over the past decade, while only a handful are being sent home to complete their sentences. Official figures show […]
UK: Our big mistake was to assume we had won, says British ambassador to Afghanistan
Sir William Patey, the British ambassador to Afghanistan, has spoken frankly about what he sees as the errors and failings in the country over the past decade. With two weeks […]
Pope Benedict denounces push to legalize gay marriage
(Reuters) – Pope Benedict on Friday denounced the “powerful political and cultural currents” seeking to legalize gay marriage in the United States, where Maryland has just become the eighth state […]