A flyer for the campaign to ban facial coverings – the move has caused much debate in Switzerland (Keystone) Voters look set to have the final say on a proposal for a nationwide burka ban in public places in Switzerland. A rightwing committee handed in 106,600 signatures for a people’s initiative […]
Source: The Local As the academic year begins at the University of Geneva (Unige), a new programme is on offer that aims to help imams in Switzerland integrate into Swiss […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar in Bhilwara, Rajasthan September 19, 2017 It’s barely been a month since Naina was re-enrolled and she’s already missed two days of school. She had to […]
Source Dawn LAHORE: Shagufta’s tuition class is busy studying, the only sound being that of the whirring fan above and the steady hum of the students reading in a low voice. Two of the children are recent school dropouts — brothers Sahil and Sajid — and till they find another […]
Steve Holland, Jeff Mason U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) […]
NYTimes By DAN BILEFSKYSEPT. 18, 2017 When high school students in Turkey arrive for the fall term, Charles Darwin will be conspicuously absent from biology classes. In elementary school religion classes, teachers will promote the nonviolent meaning of the word jihad — “to struggle” — as “love of homeland.” And, perhaps most significantly […]
Source: Asia Time The current mutual oppositional defiance between Pyongyang and Washington has evoked alarmist reactions and feverish talk from all parties except China, which has sensibly proposed a dual freeze: The US stops its perennial war games; North Korea stops testing missiles and nuclear weapons. In China this is a […]
Source: Asia Time US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted on Monday about the existence of military options on North Korea that might spare South Korea’s capital Seoul from a brutal counterattack but he declined to elaborate. His comments follow those of US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on […]
Source> Dawn IF he shuts up, they shut up. It’s what it seems to come down to. Because there was, and remains, a bit of a mystery at the heart of the ouster. If it was about accountability, accountability was already dead. The London apartments are from the ’90s, as was […]
River — If a poor person sees a river flowing inside his house in a dream, it means that he will drive a member of his household out of his house because of an abominable and a sinful act, or adultery. A river in a dream also means a good […]
Source: The Local The cantonal parliament of St Gallen on Monday voted to adopt a bill that would ban people from covering their face in public, including women wearing the burqa. The bill was developed by a commission from a motion proposed by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and backed […]
AFP news@thelocal.de 17 September 2017 Senegalese-born German MP Karamba Diaby puts up a campaign poster in Halle. PHOTO: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP He has been beaten up, received death threats […]
John Moore/Getty Images News/Getty Images Share BySeth Millstein Thanks to the First Amendment of the Constitution, Americans of all religious faiths enjoy equal rights and protections under the law — […]
Azmina Kassam explores issues of identity in her personal essay in ‘The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth’ By Clare Hennig, CBC Posted: Sep 18, 2017 Azmina Kassam is one of the contributors of ‘The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth’ and she talked to CBC’s host of North by Northwest Sheryl MacKay […]
Muslim community responds to hate speech left on Monroe mosque Photos by Kelly Sullivan: Following a presentation, members of the Seattle Ahmadiyya Muslim Community made themselves available to the […]
Source The Local Germany’s right-wing populist AfD party ramped up attacks Monday against immigration and Islam as its poll ratings jumped in the final stretch of election campaigning, while Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party dipped. The Muslim religion “does not belong in Germany”, said a top candidate of the Alternative for Germany, […]
As an Iraqi living in London, the discrepancy in reaction is hard for me to stomach Amrou Al-Kadhi @glamrou Last Friday, news outlets went on overdrive surrounding the explosion at Parsons Green station. Our media has since been saturated with coverage on it; front pages have featured blurry images of […]
Sep 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Gordon Brown From Syria to Myanmar, children caught in the crossfire of conflict are victims of a double betrayal. Forced out of their homes in the biggest refugee crisis since World War II, they have now become the innocent victims of a broken promise […]
By Zubair Khan Here is the LINK At link is a video by famous German TV N-24. Experiment has been made on a person by putting him on cross. His body could not sustain longer with lose legs. Then feet were also fixed on the cross. This position proved man […]
Daughter of ex President USA Mr Obama graduated. Her mother congratulated her. See what is written on head gear. A quote of great Prophet of Islam (sa) What a message! In June 2016, a photograph that purported to show First Lady Michelle Obama hugging one of her daughters, who was […]