Queen’s Speech: Brexit bills dominate government agenda
Source: BBC News A host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the UK for a “smooth and orderly” departure from the EU have been announced in the Queen’s Speech. […]
Stumbling to the Starting LineBrexit Talks Set to Begin amid Chaos in London
Britain’s crippled Prime Minister Theresa May is stumbling into Brexit negotiations, which are set to finally begin next week. She is doing all she can to cling to power, but […]
When are we going to start asking who radicalised the Finsbury Park mosque attacker?
Don’t tell me today that Islamophobia doesn’t exist, or that it’s been overplayed by Muslims ‘playing the victim’. If anything, Muslims are wary of reporting hate crimes against their communities […]
TAMA’S TALES: Me and my mum
JUN 15, 2017 – Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Tama’s mum, who was a structural draughtswoman back home in Colombo, found a job as a cleaner in Switzerland. She has given up on attempts to arrange a marriage for her daughter. […]
Portugal forest fires: Three days of mourning for 62 victims
Source:BBC Portugal has declared three days of mourning for the 62 victims of one of the country’s deadliest forest fires. Four children are among the victims, many of whom were found dead inside their cars as they tried to flee the central forested region of Pedrógão Grande. Hundreds of firefighters […]
Two feared dead in new London ‘terror attack’ as a white van driver ploughs into Muslims as they helped an elderly man who had collapsed at a bus stop outside well-known Finsbury Park Mosque
A van ploughed into a crowd on Seven Sisters Road near Finsbury Park Mosque at around 20 past midnight Muslims were leaving taraweeh, late night prayers observed during the festival […]
Xi’s Marco Polo strategy
Jun 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Project Syndicate Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a heavily orchestrated “Belt and Road” forum in Beijing. The two-day event attracted 29 heads […]
Finsbury Park: casualties as van hits worshippers near London mosque – live updates
Follow the developments as one person is arrested after a vehicle struck pedestrians in Seven Sisters Road, north London LIVE Updated 8m ago Police and ambulance crews on the scene in Finsbury Park. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock Bonnie Malkin Monday 19 June 2017 04.22 BSTFirst published on Monday 19 June 201701.51 BST Show […]
Europeans see Germany favourably, but think it has too much power
Source: The Local A large majority of Europeans have a positive view of Germany, while seeing Berlin as still having too much power in EU affairs, a new survey shows. The Pew Research Centre study released on Thursday showed that 71 percent of respondents outside of Germany had a favourable view of […]
Taboo-breaking liberal mosque opens in Berlin
Source:The Local With a mission to spread a liberal form of Islam, a mosque where men and women pray side by side has opened its doors in Berlin, complete with female imams. The Arabic phrase “Allahu Akbar” (‘God is greatest’) resonated through the crowded Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque Friday as US-Malaysian Ani Zonneveld, […]
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl dies
Source:CNN German statesman Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification after the end of the Cold War, has died, his Christian Democratic Union party announced Friday. He was 87. Kohl served as chancellor for 16 years — from 1982 to 1998 — and was Germany’s longest-serving leader since 1945. He […]
UK: Kingston’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community gives out hundreds of food packs to homeless people
Source: http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/15342373.Young_Muslims_from_Kingston_give_out_hundreds_of_food_packs_to_homeless_people/ | By Calum Rutter Young Muslims from Kingston spent their Sunday distributing food packs to homeless people in central London. Ten members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) Kingston chapter gave out hundreds of packs as part of their ‘Muslims for Humanity’ campaign. During the campaign members perform actions […]
UK: Gillingham’s Ahmadiyya Imam Safeer Khan calls on Muslims to reject extremism & spread the true message of Islam
Source: http://www.loveforallhatredfornone.org/gillingham-imam-safeer-khan-calls-on-muslims-to-stand-up-and-condemn-acts-of-terrorism/ More Muslims need to “stand up” and condemn acts of terrorism to counter radicalisation and prevent further terror attacks. That’s the message from Gillingham Imam Safeer Khan, who has spoken out on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. After last Saturday’s London attacks Mr Khan said the community was […]
Switzerland: INITIATIVE: Maverick group pushes hardline anti-immigration agenda
JUN 14, 2017 – The head of the initiative committee, Richard Koller, (centre) explaining the aims of his campaign (Keystone) Opponents of the government’s immigration policy are making a new attempt at protecting domestic labour in Switzerland from foreign nationals. A committee, led by a local member of the […]
Grenfell Tower fire: ‘number of fatalities’ as blaze engulfs London tower block
Unknown number of people killed and dozens injured as firefighters battle to put out fire in west London tower block London fire – latest updates What we know so far […]
An industry built on human misery
Tracey Ferrier AAP, Petra Kaminsky DPA As nations around the world grapple with the people smuggling trade, vital questions beg answers. How many criminals are involved in smuggling? Who are they? How many desperate people are smuggled each year? And how many lives are lost along the way? Waves of desperate […]
Cristiano Ronaldo accused of tax evasion
Source: BBC Spanish prosecutors have accused the Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo of defrauding the authorities of millions of euros in tax. The prosecutor’s office in Madrid says it has filed a lawsuit against the Portuguese player. He is accused of evading tax of 14.7m euros (£13m; $16m) from 2011 […]
Atheist Ireland: Attack on our Ahmadi Muslim friends in Galway was immoral & senseless
Source: https://atheist.ie/2017/06/attack-ahmadi-muslim-galway/ | ATHEIST IRELAND The attack on our friends in the Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Galway yesterday evening was both immoral and senseless. It was immoral because it was an attack on innocent people, and on the principle of freedom of religion and belief. And it was senseless because the […]
France election: Macron party set for big parliamentary win
Source:BBC The centrist party of French President Emmanuel Macron looks on course to win a landslide victory following the first round of parliamentary elections. Projections show La République en Marche (Republic on the Move) and its MoDem ally set to win up to 445 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly. […]
Germany: Reluctant military giant?
Source: BBC Should Germany become a major military power? And will it happen? With Vladimir Putin destabilising the east, Middle Eastern and Asian conflicts spurring new migration into Europe, and Donald Trump questioning US commitment to NATO, Germany has good reason to feel insecure. Chancellor Merkel told Germans in May […]