Source: The Economist: BRITAIN IN 2003: the country hugs America tight as both prepare to go to war in Iraq. Though many of its continental neighbours disapprove of that adventure, Britain is nonetheless close to “the heart of Europe”, in the confident phrase of its internationalist prime minister, Tony Blair. […]
It took Mohamad Simo eight months, $15,000 and five forged passports to get from war-torn Aleppo, Syria, to the sleepy town of Vetlanda in the Swedish countryside. Now the software […]
By Zubair Khan On 07.11.2013, an Organisation Christian, Islam Dialogue (CID) Bergstraße Germany Organized its 20th anniversary Programme in Heppenheim, a city included in the orbit of Jamaat Bensheim. Lady Priest Ms Susanna Faust Kallenberg honoured the meeting to deliver the key note speech. Her main theme was ” We […]
Source: Spiegel: Thilo Rothacker/ DER SPIEGEL Turks make up Germany’s largest ethnic minority, and SPIEGEL reporter Özlem Gezer grew up in the port city of Hamburg as a part of this community. She describes herself as a “model immigrant,” but explains how Germans have made her feel she could never be one […]
Source: The Local: US President Barack Obama was personally informed of mobile phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which may have begun as early as 2002, German media reported Sunday. More:
Source: BBC The European Union says it has agreed to resume membership talks with Turkey. The EU’s European affairs ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, said the talks would restart on 5 November, after being stalled for three years. The EU had first agreed to relaunch negotiations in June, but postponed the […]
Source: BBC They hail from all over the world, and from walks of life. They do all kinds of things: they make music, save lives, raise children, run businesses, write, preach, act and tell jokes. They campaign for their causes and strive for a better world for themselves and their […]
Source: (HR TV Germany) By Zubair Khan Just a day prior to Eid-ul Adhia Festival, the largest TV of Hessen State Germany (HR) telecast the interview of Mr Abdullah Uwe Wagishauser, the National head of Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
The Economist: LONDON and Berlin are vying with one another for first place among Europe’s big cities in many areas: museums, symphony orchestras, tourist crowds. Less well known, they are also competing to become the continent’s leading metropolis for digital start-ups. This week’s issue features one article about Tech City, east […]
Arutz Sheva: The European Council calls circumcision of children a violation of human rights, calls for legal ban until age 15. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a pan-European group, has passed a resolution condemning circumcision of children as a violation of human rights, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency […]
By Athar Ahmad BBC Asian Network Ahmadis have come to Hampshire from as far away as Fiji and Ghana It promises to be a beautiful sunny weekend. But why have […]
Summary The threat of experienced militants returning to Europe from combat in North Africa and the Middle East is fueling debate about immigration and integration in Europe and strengthening xenophobic and nationalist sentiments. It is not a new phenomenon for Europeans to travel abroad to fight. Reports have circulated for […]
British organization Tell Mama collects statistics on incidents of violence and hostility against Muslims. Some experts now accuse EU countries of not running a similar, large-scale database. “I’ve had multiple […]
Source: TOI LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday warned his Spanish counterpart that the escalating tit-for-tat over border tensions in Gibraltar risked damaging relations between their countries. Cameron and Mariano Rajoy discussed ways to calm the situation in a call Britain described as “constructive” after the row had […]
Source: The Local: Germany has cancelled surveillance accords dating from the late 1960s with the United States and Britain in the wake of revelations about vast US online spying. More:
What is Catherine Ashton for? She couldn’t even tell us what Mohamed Morsi said to her. Or even if she called him “President Morsi” or “Mr Morsi”. Or maybe just “Sir”. And why, by the way, is she called a “High” Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security […]
Source: The Speigel: We are sitting in a room on the sixth floor of the building occupied by the leftist-liberal Warsaw newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. There are stacks of newspapers and books everywhere, and on the walls are certificates from American and German universities next to photos of Adam Michnik with […]
STORY SUMMARY EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held two hours of talks with Egypt’s deposed president Mohammad Morsi, in custody since shortly after the July 3 coup, her spokeswoman […]
July 24, 2013 12:28 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Story Summary The most significant development on the Arab-Israeli scene last week was not U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s announcement of a vague agreement by Palestinian and Israeli leaders to resume negotiations for a peace agreement. It […]
Source: Dawn It is not merely the faith or oil that flows out of Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich Arab state and its neighbours are busy financing Wahabi and Salafi militants across the globe. A recent report by the European Parliament reveals how Wahabi and Salafi groups based out of the Middle East […]