Source: The Local President Obama stands in front of European, US and German flags at the Hannover Messe on Monday. Photo: DPA On what is expected to be his last visit to Germany as President, Obama told an audience in Hanover that Europeans ought not to allow the different crises […]
Burying drowned migrants is part of a broader Greek problem Apr 20th 2016, 12:55 by M.TZ. and ERASMUS | MYTILENE THE newly established graveyard, a short drive west of Mytilene port, is a desperately sad place. In the middle of an olive grove, there are dozens of mounds of crumbly earth, some created only a […]
In late antiquity, the religion split the Mediterranean world in two. Now it is remaking the Continent. Robert D. Kaplan May 2016 Issue Global Europe was essentially defined by […]
ANADOLU AGENCY BERLIN PublishedApril 22, 2016 German former President Christian Wulff attends a talk on Islam in Germany in Berlin on April 21, 2016 (AFP Photo) Former German President Christian Wulff spoke against growing anti-Islam sentiment in the country and stressed that Islam belonged to Germany, contrary to what far-right […]
By John Heilprin Apr 22, 2016 – 11:00 Nature already needs extra protection, like the Rhone glacier where tarp is used to help prevent ice melt (Keystone) Switzerland’s essential alpine character stands little chance of surviving predicted man-made global warming, even if the Paris agreement succeeds in putting the world […]
Apr 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MARK LEONARD The consequences of Russia’s intervention in Syria stretch far beyond the Middle East. The Kremlin’s military campaign has tilted the stalemate in favour of the government and derailed efforts to craft a political compromise to end the war. It also heralds the […]
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan President Obama has weighed in on the debate over “Brexit,” shorthand for an upcoming referendum on whether or not the United Kingdom should stay in the European Union. During a press conference on his trip to London on Friday, President Obama said the U.S. and the […]
Omar Sy, the star of “Chocolat.” Photo: AFP Published: 18 Apr 2016 A new movie about the life of France’s first black celebrity is challenging audiences to consider whether Hollywood’s notorious diversity problem is also an issue in France. Born in Cuba to African slaves, Rafael Padilla battled racism to […]
Could not one of those dead children among the five hundred souls on the sinking Mediterranean boat become a ‘superstar’? Robert Fisk @indyvoices Has something gone adrift within the moral […]
Source:pressand journal.co.uk David Cameron David Cameron yesterday denounced the “absolutely shocking” killing of Muslim shopkeeper Asad Shah. The prime minister threw his support behind a campaign against extremism in Scotland after SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson raised the case in the Commons. Mr Shah was fatally stabbed outside his premises […]
Yasri Khan. Photo: Marc Femenia/SCANPIX Published: 20 Apr 2016 A Swedish Green Party politician, who ignited a storm of controversy after refusing to shake hands with a female reporter on grounds that it violated his Muslim faith, announced on Wednesday that he was quitting politics. Yasri Khan is the second […]
Reuters International Apr 20, 2016 – ROME (Reuters) – Up to 500 migrants might have drowned in the Mediterranean last week when human traffickers crammed people onto an already overcrowded ship, causing it to sink, the U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday. Somalia’s government said on Monday about […]
Source: Bereitbart.com All of Scotland’s major Muslim groups declined to attend the launch of a campaign against violence and discrimination directed towards the Ahmadi sect, as well as the Paris and Brussels terror attacks. Representatives of the local Sikh and Jewish communities, and the Church of Scotland’s inter-faith group were all present, […]
An election poster in Hesse reads “realists vote AfD” in March. Photo: DPA Muslims label AfD ‘Nazis’ over plan to ban minarets Published: 18 Apr 2016 10:46 GMT+02:00 Updated: 18 Apr 2016 13:35 GMT+02:00 The Central Council of Muslims responded in unequivocal terms to a hard anti-Islam stance announced by […]
Photo: Martin Abegglen Published: 18 Apr 2016 The family of the two Muslim schoolboys who refused to shake hands with their female teachers has applied for Swiss citizenship, a local […]
APR 18, 2016 – swissinfo.ch So-called guest workers, mainly from Italy, supplied Switzerland’s need for labour after the Second World War (RDB) Switzerland is still wrestling with the thorny question of how to reconcile immigration quotas with the accord on the free movement of people. History may hold some answers – or […]
Source: The Guardian By Libby Brooks, Scotland correspondent Sikh, Jewish and Christian representatives attend campaign launch following death of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah Ahmadi Muslims in Scotland have launched an […]
Source: BBC Scotland’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community has launched a campaign promoting “peace, love and unity” following the death of Glasgow shop keeper Asad Shah. The message “united against extremism” will be carried on posters on 50 buses. Mr Shah was an Ahmadiyya, a group known for its peaceful interfaith concerns. He died after […]
Researcher Shiraz Maher wrote he does not ‘regard Ahmadis as Muslims’ Came days after man admitted killing Asad Shah for ‘disrespecting’ Islam Glasgow shopkeeper Mr Shah was part of the the Ahmadiyya community Maher has apologised for remarks which are being investigated by King’s College London By JULIAN ROBINSON FOR […]
Source: Mail Online Italy’s coastguard said Tuesday it had rescued some 4,000 migrants in the past two days, adding to fears of a fresh push to reach Europe via that […]