The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says: “No problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from.” In both the US and EU, the focus is increasingly on the problem of immigration. President […]
Feb 27,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jorge Moreira da Silva The Syrian refugee crisis has focused attention on the need to improve management of refugee flows during times of crisis. One issue is particularly worrying: poor countries may be paying a large indirect price for rich countries’ efforts. Data shows that […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DPA Photo The Council of Europe has identified deficiencies in the statistical recording of hate crimes in Germany. A report published by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) said that the German police relied on an “excessively restrictive definition of hate crimes” when registering them. […]
Source:The Local Turkey’s religious affairs agency said on Friday it had recalled six clerics from Germany for exceeding their authority, but lashed out at German police for raiding the homes of preachers suspected of spying for Ankara. The Diyanet agency’s chief Mehmet Gormez vehemently denied there had been any wrongdoing […]
Source: The Local A Berlin mosque attended by the young Tunisian who attacked a Christmas market in December has shut its doors and been banned, as police on Tuesday launched a major raid against the capital’s Islamist scene. Berlin authorities have banned the Fussilet mosque, which Anis Amri used to […]
Source: The Local When ‘no-go’ areas are mentioned in Germany, it is usually in connection with foreign mafia families. But a UN fact-finding team have warned there are areas black men fear to enter. “When I have to go to Brandenburg for work, I go – but I wouldn’t bring […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Exterior view on a planned refugees home that burnt down in Remchingen, Germany, 18 July 2015. The cause for the fire remains unclear, police will not exclude arson. (EPA Photo) Violent attacks against refugees across Germany has drastically increased as the latest report suggests there have been […]
Reuters International FEB 26, 2017 BERLIN (Reuters) – A German driver who rammed a crowd of shoppers in Heidelberg, killing one man and injuring two others, has no apparent link to terrorism and has refused to answer questions about the incident, police said on Sunday. The 35-year-old suspect, who […]
Reuters International FEB 22, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: Syrian refugees Nawar (L) and Mayar Ballish make falafel sandwiches at a German Christmas market in Schillingsfuerst, Germany, November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Michelle Martin/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Michelle Martin and Ameenah Sawwan SCHILLINGSFUERST, Germany (Reuters) – More than a year ago, Mayar […]
Irene Clennell, who has children and a grandchild in the UK, lost indefinite leave to remain after spending time in Singapore caring for parents Irene Clennell first arrived in London in 1988 and married John, a British man, two years later. Nicola Slawson @nicola_slawson Sunday 26 February 2017 22.52 GMTLast modified […]
Kenneth Primrose is head of religious, moral and philosophical studies at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen, Scotland. He also runs The Examined Life. Edited by Sam Dresser REPUBLISH Will religious literacy help in a multicultural society? David Evers/Flickr By walking down the street of any major city, you are likely to […]
Source: ET BERLIN: Germany saw more than 3,500 attacks against refugees and asylum shelters last year, interior ministry data showed, amounting to nearly 10 acts of anti-migrant violence a day as the country grapples with a record influx of newcomers. The assaults left 560 people injured, including 43 children, the […]
Source: The Local One person was killed and two injured Saturday when a man rammed a car into pedestrians in the southern German city of Heidelberg, said police, adding that it did not appear to be a terror attack. After the crash, the driver, a 35-year-old German man, fled on […]
THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY The Scottish Prison Service has restricted the phone-calls of convicted murderer Tanveer Ahmed after Political Scrapbook revealed he was still inciting violence from behind bars. In a letter to the Labour MP Siobhan McDonagh (below), the chief executive of the SPS stated that a permanent ban on […]
Shown are the oldest known Muslim graves in France, according to a new study. The finding suggests a Muslim community was established in Nimes, France, between the 8th and 9th centuries. (Yves Gleize) Deborah NetburnContact Reporter On the outskirts of the ancient Roman city of Nimes in southern France, archaeologists have discovered […]
Source: BBC French police are investigating an assault on two Jewish brothers in a Paris suburb, in which the attackers allegedly shouted anti-Semitic abuse. The eldest, 29, and his brother, 17, say one of the attackers was armed with a hacksaw and they both suffered cuts during the struggle. They […]
Bloomberg FEB 24, 2017 – (Bloomberg) — The number of wealthy people granted investor visas to live in the U.K. fell by more than 80 percent last year from the peak in 2014, a sign that luxury home sales in the capital may slump further. While so-called Tier 1 […]
Source: BBC Germany says it has received 136 asylum requests from Turks holding diplomatic passports since the July coup attempt against the Turkish president. The figure is a total for the period August 2016 to January 2017, German media report. Turkey has urged Germany not to grant asylum to any […]
Source: Daily Beast Sweden has countered President Donald Trump’s claims that lenient immigration policies are bringing turmoil to the country, urging him to be “better informed” about the situation. Swedish Justice and Migration Minister Morgan Johansson took issue with Trump’s claims that the country’s lax immigration policies were causing instability. […]
Veiled women can be denied Swiss state assistance The southern Swiss canton of Ticino has a burka ban in place since July 2016 The Swiss cabinet has clarified that women wearing burkas or niqabs can be denied social aid or unemployment insurance, as face coverings can result in identification issues […]