Mar 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAVID SCHEFFER On March 24, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced Radovan Karadzic — the political leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the 1990s war in the Balkans — to 40 years in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity and […]
All Photos: François Guillot/AFP IN PICTURES: Paris adds giant golden dome to skyline Published: 24 Mar 2016 12:12 GMT+01:00 As if it wasn’t beautiful enough already, Paris has just added […]
Detectives arrest 32-year-old man after Pakistani-born Asad Shah, 40, repeatedly stabbed in savage attack Asad Shah (inset) was stabbed to death in Glasgow Photo: SWNS By Tom Morgan 7:23PM GMT 25 Mar 2016 A popular shopkeeper was stabbed to death in a “religiously prejudiced” attack hours after posting an Easter message […]
Pope Francis: ‘We have different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and we want to live in peace’ Hardeep Matharu @Hardeep_Matharu The Pontiff washed and kissed the feet of […]
Thu Mar 24, 2016 A child cries as Palestinians salvage items from their home after it was demolished by Israeli bulldozers south of Hebron (al-Khalil) on Feb. 2, 2016. (AFP photo) The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, says some 87 million children under the age of seven are growing up in conflict zones across […]
When she called the British embassy in Warsaw, a diplomat refused to believe her story Robert Fisk @indyvoices Saturday 19 March 2016 14 comments When Suzanne and Helen opened the […]
HALAL PRODUCTS Swiss firms look to profit from halal market By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli MAR 25, 2016 – 08:00 A Bern-based company operating for more than two decades has provided halal certificates to over 200 companies around the world (Keystone) Swiss and European food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic firms must tread carefully […]
BY PHILLIP CONNOR The number of illegal entries into Europe by migrants hit a high point last year, and as their numbers increased, a picture emerged of the land and sea routes many migrants are taking to get there. In 2015, more than 1.8 million people crossed the European Union’s […]
Reuters International MAR 24, 2016 – 16:22 By Thomas Escritt and Toby Sterling THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in jail by U.N judges who found him guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and of nine other war crimes […]
MIGRATION CRISIS By Gaby Ochsenbein, Piraeus, Greece MAR 24, 2016 – 11:02 Kristina Häsler tries to improve the situation of refugees living in an improvised tent camp in the Greek port of Piraeus (swissinfo.ch) The Greek port of Piraeus is currently home to 4,000-5,000 refugees, who live in warehouses and […]
BY KURT EICHENWALD ON 3/22/16 NEWSWEEK.COM Police control access to the central train station following the bomb attacks in Brussels on March 22.REUTERS Anyone surprised by the murderous attack in Brussels has not been paying attention. On a per capita basis, Belgium has been Europe’s hotbed of young Muslims who travel […]
This sane voice sounded last Saturday from one of the western Europe’s largest mosques in London Taalay Ahmed Tue, Mar 22, 2016 Subtitles by Julia Rakhmetova Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the spiritual leader of millions of Muslims belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community made the remarks during a March 19 […]
Source: BBC The migrant crisis has put the EU – with its talk of continental unity and humanitarian ideals – to shame. Refugee misery. Asylum seekers’ agony. Chaos, friction and […]
by Louis Doré in tech Maalbeek underground, Brussels, 22 March 2016 (Picture: SEPPE KNAPEN/AFP/Getty Images) At least 30 people killed in terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday morning. Two explosions occurred at the city’s international airport, killing 11 people and injuring 81, while a third explosion occurred at Maalbeek Metro station, where […]
by Narjas Zatat in news Some People have begun blaming refugees for the attacks that killed an estimated 30 people in Brussels on Tuesday morning. According to Amnesty International’s figures, there are more than 50 million people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes. Refugees, by nature of their circumstance […]
Reuters International MAR 22, 2016 – 09:45 LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency has stopped transporting migrants arriving on Lesbos from Turkey to a reception facility as their subsequent freedom of movement is no longer guaranteed, a UNHCR spokesman said, referring to last week’s EU-Turkey deal. The […]
Mure Dickie in Edinburgh ©Getty The Church of Scotland says it shares many values with Islam Sharia law and Scottish Presbyterian morality may have more in common than previously thought. The Church of Scotland has joined forces with Islamic finance experts to draw up a “practical ethical financial solution” […]
Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionJames Reynolds watched the first group of migrants arriving on Lesbos as the new rules came into force Turkish observers have arrived on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios to oversee an EU deal on sending […]
The fixation on jihadists is distracting attention away from the troubling rise of far-right extremism in Europe. 17 Mar 2016 07:23 GMT | The exaggerated hype around jihadists makes ordinary Europeans feel much less safer than they actually are and shakes their trust in their Muslim compatriots, writes Diab [The […]
Reuters International MAR 18, 2016 – 03:31 By Humeyra Pamuk and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will try to convince Turkey’s prime minister to help end Europe’s migration crisis in return for financial and political concessions but they remain unsure if Friday’s Brussels summit can clinch a […]