Source. The Guardian Tributes left at a memorial for Asad Shah, who was killed in what police are treating as a ‘religiously prejudiced’ attack. Photograph: John Linton/PA Libby Brooks Some of Samia Sultan’s neighbours don’t greet her any more, and sometimes it’s hard for her to understand why. Sultan, a […]
Academic and author Tariq Ramadan talks to MEE about terrorism, political Islam and what is going on in the Middle East and France Tariq Ramadan during at a conference earlier this year in Bordeaux,France (AFP) Hassina Mechaï Saturday 2 April 2016 Sometimes seen as an Islamic scholar, a theologian […]
#Islamophobia Murder of a Glasgow Ahmadi Muslim raises fears over sectarian incitement in UK Alex MacDonald Wednesday 6 April 2016 The murder of Asad Shah, a 32-year old Glasgow shopkeeper, in late March shocked Scotland and the local community who had long known him as a friendly face. But […]
Refuge cities: The sympathy of last autumn towards asylum-seeking minors in the Gothenburg suburb of Mölndal has been drowned out by anger and suspicion – but the city is working […]
Voices As the journalist Wolfgang Bauer reminds us, the Syrian people witness the horrors of the Paris and Brussels attacks every single day Robert Fisk @indyvoices 11 comments The most relevant newspaper cartoon on the asylum story popped up on the front page of The Irish Times this week, for […]
Source: The New York Times By LAILA Laila is a licensed hairdresser. She asked that her surname be withheld because she fears telling her story could endanger her family in […]
Source. Evening Times. In documents uncovered by the BBC, the organisation’s own publication suggests that both Ali and Hafiz Abdul Hamid, a leader at Edinburgh’s Polwarth Mosque, had connections with SSP after it was banned. More.
Source: Swissinfo.ch The interior ministry has announced its intention to elevate five complementary therapies including homeopathy to the same level as conventional medicine. Homeopathy, holistic medicine, herbal medicine, acupuncture and […]
Source: Swissinfo.ch Political and media debates on religion in Switzerland focus mainly on Muslims and Islam. But the country also has many people of Hindu, Jewish and Sikh faith. What […]
In a statement to police, Mustafa says: ‘When someone hasn’t seen his family for 24 years and wants to see his wife and children, and the Egyptian government doesn’t allow it, what should one do?’ Adam Withnall @adamwithnall 6 comments Seif Eldin Mustafa flashes the “V” for victory sign as […]
Mar 29,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH The early morning terrorist attacks at the main Brussels airport in Zaventem and at a crowded metro station shocked the whole world for their barbarity, their indiscriminate nature and the large number of innocent civilian casualties. The death toll of that bloody […]
Isn’t a triple suicide-bombing in the capital of Belgium more surprising than a terrorist attack in Turkey? Not more appalling, not more deadly, not more grotesque; but more unexpected and unpredictable? Surely it is Will Gore @willjgore 42 comments Last week I answered my phone to an angry man. Why, […]
Exclusive by Peter Swindon, Group Investigations Writer Sunday 27 March 2016 / News The family of a Pakistan-born man who died following a suspected “religiously prejudiced” attack linked to sectarian tensions within the Scottish Muslim community have spoken of their fears for their own safety. Shopkeeper Asad Shah, 40, […]
ONLINE ACTIVISM A Swiss call to action on refugees MAR 26, 2016 – 17:15 (Keystone) Some Swiss politicians and personalities pressured the government on Saturday to accommodate 50,000 refugees to help ease a crisis in Europe inflamed by the five-year-old war in Syria. In an online petition posted at change.org, […]
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 […]