Jewish rabbis and Muslim imams to join Bundeswehr chaplains
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen wants the Bundeswehr’s military chaplaincy to include rabbis and imams. She would like to have it done by the end of 2019. But […]
Record number of Muslims recognised by The Queen
Source: The International News LONDON: A record number of Muslims have been recognised by the Queen in the 2019 New Year’s Honours list including one of the highest number from […]
Towards European strategic autonomy
Apr 11,2019 – JORDAN TIMES By Volker Perthes BERLIN — How, and to what extent, can Europe rely on itself for its well-being, security and international influence? Global power shifts, […]
The Guardian view on Assange and extradition: say no to the US
Editorial The WikiLeaks founder must be held accountable for skipping bail. But extradition to America over this case would be wrong Thu 11 Apr 2019 Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor of […]
Julian Assange’s cyber-sins seem quaint in comparison to those of big tech
Julian Assange Simon Jenkins Forces more dangerous to public liberty than WikiLeaks are intruding on our lives. We need proper protection Thu 11 Apr 2019 ‘Julian Assange saw himself […]
Switzerland just overturned a referendum – there’s no reason we can’t do the same
Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters The Independent Voices Now that the circumstances have changed, we deserve the right to have our say ( Alamy Live News. ) With […]
Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to Julian Assange
Ed KrassensteinFort Myers, Florida Early this morning, news broke that WikiLeaks’ co-founder Julian Assange had been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police Service at the Ecuadorian embassy. It was later announced […]
UK arrests WikiLeaks founder Assange after Ecuador scraps asylum
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published11.04.2019 In this file photo taken on May 19, 2017 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. […]
Report slams Waltham Forest Council for ‘wilfully ignoring extremist activity’
Wednesday, 10 April 2019 – Local People by YA Reporter – YA Reporter Walthamstow Town Hall. YA archive A FORMER counter-extremism co-ordinator for Waltham Forest Council is writing a national […]
Steven Bishop admits bomb plot on Ahmadiyya place of worship in London
By 5Pillars – 9th April 2019 Steven Bishop, 41. [Image: Metropolitan Police] A man has admitted to planning a bomb attack on an Ahmadiyya place of worship in south […]
Merkel sees Brexit extension to early 2020 as possibility
Source: The Local EU Council president Donald Tusk’s office has floated the idea of a “flexible” extension of up to a year, with an option for London to leave earlier if it finds a way through, but there is no agreement on this. Ahead of talks between May and French […]
Playing with Fire: Talk of Shifting Kosovo’s Borders Sparks Concern
Twenty years after the end of NATO’s intervention in the Balkans, the relationship between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo remains tense. Senior figures are talking about shifting Kosovar borders, setting […]
The UK asylum system has created the perfect conditions for modern slavery to thrive
Legislation is a smokescreen, an avoidance strategy which means we avoid confronting how exploitation has been woven into the very fabric of society Alicia Kidd, Elizabeth A Faulkner, Lorena Arocha The […]
Interview with a Caliph: increasing numbers joining persecuted minority Muslim sect, as its leader reveals his secret talents
Gabriella Swerling, religious affairs editor 7 APRIL 2019 Increasing numbers of Muslims are joining a persecuted minority sect of Islam, its leader has revealed – among other disclosures – in an […]
Brexit: UK asks EU for further extension until 30 June
Source: BBC News Theresa May has written to the European Union to request a further delay to Brexit until 30 June. The UK is currently due to leave the EU […]
Why Ancient Rome Needed Immigrants to Become Powerful
APR 3, 2019 The Caesars embraced newcomers, less out of idealism than out of self-interest. BARRY STRAUSS How “Roman” was the Roman Empire? Well, by some measures: not very. As the Roman emperors sought to expand and strengthen their empire, they recognized that immigration was a means for both. Although […]
30-minute ‘divorce’ course becomes mandatory for couples with children in Denmark
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP COPENHAGEN Published05.04.2019 Parents in Denmark with children under the age of 18 who want to end their marriage must take a 30-minute online course. (AFP […]
Illegal migrants push for Europe amid tight border controls
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Published 06.04.2019 A migrant woman and a girl wait next to a gendarme vehicle after a group of migrants were stopped on the road to […]
Germany: Muslim fashion for women exhibition stirs controversy
Muslim head coverings have always been a controversial topic, as they embody so many issues, whether women’s rights worldwide or Western prejudice and discrimination against Muslims. Now that the first exhibition dedicated to fashion consciousness of women in Islam is opening at Frankfurt’s Museum Angwandte Kunst, the debate surrounding headscarves has been rekindled in Germany. Titled […]
There may be no direct comparison, but the ghosts of Northern Ireland’s violent past haunt Brexit
The Protestant politicians of the 1970s and the Tory Brexiteers of today have a common denominator: their fear of ‘betrayal’ and their constant assurance that they are speaking for ‘the people of […]