Britain needs to recognise Palestine as an independent state
Ian Black It’s time to get off the fence and resolve this most toxic of global conflicts in the only way possible @ian_black Tue 7 May 2019 Israeli airstrikes […]
Turkey to continue working toward strategic goal of becoming full member of EU, Erdoğan says
Source: Daily Sabah Turkey will continue working toward its strategic goal of becoming a full member of the European Union, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday, underscoring that without Turkey […]
Britain used to ask Muslims to move here. What happened to us?
Diana Darke Arabic-speaking ‘recruitment’ videos the British government made in the 1960s show a more tolerant nation than today’s hostile environment Thu 9 May 2019 A still from the […]
Ahmadiyya Community files construction proposal for Mosque in Leipzig – Eastern Germany
In 2020 it should start. After years of talks and years of delay the Islamic Ahmadiyya Community has now filed an application for the construction of a Mosque in Leipzig. […]
On the banks of the Tigris, the lost grave of Scottish shepherd David Bell takes us deep into Iraq’s bloody past
A barren war cemetery in Amara houses the dead from the allies’ most calamitous defeat in the First World War. It was a request from a canny grandmother in Lincolnshire that took […]
U.N. genocide expert says Europe’s far right recalls rise of Nazis
MAY 1, 2019 By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Wednesday a new class of nationalist, far-right leaders in Europe […]
‘This Is Our Jungle’Abysmal Conditions for Refugees in the Greek Islands
The European Union claims that the refugee pact with Turkey has been a success. Yet asylum-seeker camps on Greek islands in the Aegean have transformed into prisons. Thousands of migrants […]
Concerned over minority persecution, EU threatens to suspend all subsidies to Pak
Source: ANI | Europe Last Updated at May 2, 2019 09:45 IST Expressing its concern over “persecution of religious minorities” in Pakistan, the European Union (EU) has threatened to suspend […]
There are 17 million mobile EU citizens. We deserve a political voice
Europe now European Union Alberto Alemanno Those of us who reside in another member state live more ‘European’ lives than anyone. Yet we feel disenfranchised Wed 1 May 2019 ‘For all the talk of a pan-European debate, elections to the EU parliament tend to be a collection of national […]
Cambridge is right: you can’t take pride in the past and ignore the horror of slavery
Gaby Hinsliff The university’s inquiry into its links to the slave trade is an admirable attempt to grapple with the whole truth of its history Tue 30 Apr 2019 ‘Unless […]
Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks for breaching bail in 2012
WikiLeaks founder breached bail by entering Ecuadorian embassy seven years ago Press Association Wed 1 May 2019 Julian Assange arrives at court on Wednesday. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images The […]
Thank you to our Muslim brothers and sisters…
Thank you to our Muslim brothers and sisters… Following the horrendous bom0bings and violence in Sri Lanka many people around the world were either unable to attend their place of […]
Dundee mosque responds to vandalism by welcoming all for barbecue lunch
NEWS / DUNDEE by Reporter April 30, 2019, Trey Banks, 4, and his cousin Alice McLoughlan, 4, have fun on the climbing frame with Bilal Ahmed from the mosque When […]
Migration is burning issue in EU election campaign
By AFP – Apr 29,2019 – JORDAN TIMES BRUSSELS — Migration is resurfacing as a hot topic in the election campaign for the new European Parliament after sowing discord […]
Celebrities denounce proposed boycott of Eurovision in Israel
Stephen Fry, Marina Abramović and former winner Conchita among stars describing the boycott movement as ‘an affront to both Palestinians and Israelis’ Laura Snapes Tue 30 Apr 2019 Singer […]
Six years after my dad was killed by a racist, I tried to understand how a Muslim genocide took place on Britain’s doorstep
The story of Srebrenica leaves me terrified that it would be so easy for some to ignore the kind of bigotry that has fostered hate on the streets of Britain […]
Why Are So Many Far-Right Extremists Converting to Islam?
By Daniel Haqiqatjou – February 5, 2019. YES, please note, this article is from February 2019 Far-right, neo-Nazi, and white nationalist groups are not having a good time […]
The Windrush scandal makes me fear for the rights of EU citizens after Brexit
The government is currently registering more than three million EU citizens living in the UK, which is by far the biggest change in immigration status for a generation. Unsurprisingly, this is […]
Since I announced my Change UK candidacy I’ve been accused of Islamophobia – it’s nothing short of a smear campaign
I believe one of the great failings of politics over the last decade has been the lack of moderate, good-faith, humane voices in debates about difficult issues Nora Mulready Ever […]
Notre Dame’s restoration is a chance to make a symbolic stand against the new rise of religious hatred
Notre Dame is a metaphor of sublime beauty, of course, but also of the ugliness of human bigotry Alexander Seale In the crypt of Notre Dame cathedral, there is a […]