The Muslim Times

By zakariavirk on September 12, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Canada: Hate is wrong, says Canadian Sikh politician after racist heckling

Brampton (Ontario), September 12 http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/hate-is-wrong-says-canadian-sikh-politician-after-racist-heckling/465920.html Indo-Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh has opened up on his reaction, which earned him plaudits, after a video, showing a heckler spewing ugly remarks at him during a meet and greet event, went viral. The New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership contender explained what was going through his […]

By Zubair Khan on September 12, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

All the records Irma has already broken

Source: CNN Consider these stats from CNN’s meteorology team: Irma is the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane ever recorded outside the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea It spent three days as a Category 5 hurricane, the longest Category 5 hurricane since satellite storm-tracking began No storm on record has […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 12, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

German job centres discriminate against people with foreign-sounding names: study

The Local news@thelocal.de 8 September 2017 File photo of the job centre in Leipzig: DPA. When dealing with inquiries, employees at job centres in Germany tend to discriminate against people with names that sound foreign, according to a report released on Friday. Researchers from the Social Science Research Centre in […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 12, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Hostility towards Muslims on the rise in Switzerland

Photo: kagemusha/Depositphotos Hostility and discrimination towards Muslim people in Switzerland is on the rise, the Federal Commission against Racism (FCR) said on Monday during a conference at the University of Fribourg. The conference, organized by Fribourg University, religion researchers at the University of Lucerne and the Swiss Centre for Islam […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 12, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

The Perilous Condition of the Muslims and the British Government

O Bedouin! I wonder how you can reach the Ka‘bah, When the road you have taken leads to Turkistan. The laxity, lack of concern, and neglect shown these days by our brothers in faith—the Muslims—with regard to fulfilling their religious obligations, fostering brotherhood among Muslims, and nurturing nationalsympathy, is such […]

By Zubair Khan on September 12, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

AfD leader called Merkel ‘a pig tasked by WWII victors to keep Germany down’: report

Source: The Local Alice Weidel is supposed to be the moderate face of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. But newspaper Welt am Sonntag claims to have seen an email which shows her true face.The Welt am Sonntag reports that a former associate of Weidel’s forwarded them an email […]

By rabyam on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Read George W. Bush’s “Islam is peace” speech, delivered days after 9/11

Source: Quartz It has been 16 years since New York City woke up to a terror attack that changed America and the world. Less than a week after the attacks […]

By rabyam on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

A Sinner in Mecca review – Islam, homosexuality and the hope of tolerance

Source: The Guardian BY Charles Kaiser Sunday 10 September 2017 13.29 BSTLast modified on Monday 11 September 2017 14.33 BST Parvez Sharma is a proud gay Muslim whose first film, A Jihad For Love, was the first ever […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Stemming the Flow Why Europe’s Migrant Strategy Is an Illusion

Europe hopes that the fates of African migrants will soon be decided at facilities in Chad or Niger. It is a wonderful idea, but also a misleading illusion. In truth, Europe’s primary focus is on shutting down the Mediterranean route. By Mirco Keilberth, Peter Müller and Maximilian Popp […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Where Dreams Come to Die Migrant Path in Europe Ends at Brenner Pass

Migrants who make it across the Mediterranean to Italy dream of continuing on to northern Europe. Most, though, are unable to make it past the Brenner Pass. A visit to Europe’s waiting room. By Fiona Ehlers Photos Gianmarco Maraviglia / DER SPIEGEL September 07, 2017 The train station […]

By zakariavirk on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

India: PM Modi meet singer Adnan Sami

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed with reverence singer Adnan Sami along with his wife Roya and daughter Medina, who was born in May this year. The Sami family met the Indian Prime Minister on Friday. They also gifted Arab sweets to him which they had bought from the city of […]

By rabyam on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Row over AI that ‘identifies gay faces’

Source: BBC News A facial recognition experiment that claims to be able to distinguish between gay and heterosexual people has sparked a row between its creators and two leading LGBT […]

By rabyam on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

For Some, Domestic Violence Shelters Are A Last Resort. Harvey Took That Too.

Source: Huffington Post By Melissa Jeltsen ANDY CAMPBELL/HUFFPOST Mary Woods holds her head in her hands as she shows off some of the damage Harvey left at the domestic violence shelter she […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 11, 2017 ( 2 Comments )

‘Reckless’ weapons trade Foreign minister urges full implementation of arms treaty

September 11, 2017 States must focus more effort on fully implementing the landmark Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which was adopted four years ago, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said on Monday. “Over the past two years there has been progress [regarding the ATT],” Burkhalter told an audience of officials […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

As an Arab journalist, let me tell you exactly why Al Jazeera’s existence is so important

It’s no secret that journalism is a difficult career in the Arabic world – but Al Jazeera changed things, and if it folds now, we could see the whole of the Middle East go backwards Fatima el Issawi The newsroom at the headquarters of the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite channel in […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 11, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

After what British immigration officials did to my girlfriend, I’m done – I’ve applied for an Irish passport

An arbitrary decision by a mean-minded individual cost me close to £1,000 – and marked out my girlfriend as ‘refused entry to the UK’ in her passport forever. Ever since the Brexit vote, this sort of meanness and anti-immigration atmosphere has taken hold. I’m sick of it PAT BUTCHER 17 comments […]

By Zubair Khan on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

Merkel warns of consequences for EU asylum laggards

Source: The Local Countries that fail to take part in the quota scheme for assigning asylum seekers around the European Union could themselves be denied help in other areas, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday. “If there is no solidarity on migration, neither will there be in other areas — […]

By Zubair Khan on September 11, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

266 Ahmadis among a community of 2,000 have faced bogus prosecution over the past 15 months in Algeiria

Source: huffingtonpost.com Algeria rejects a Spanish ambassador and draws fire from Human Rights Watch over treatment of minorities. Madrid tried to send José Maria Ridao, a formed ambassador to UNESCO, to represent Spain, but Algiers slammed him for his history of visits and lectures in Morocco. Meanwhile, an HRW communique calls […]

By Zubair Khan on September 11, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

How Ahmadiyya Houston Mosque Became A Harvey Disaster Relief Command Center

Source: Hufington Post As we keep our eyes peeled on the latest track of Hurricane Irma and hope for the best, I want to take you back to what played out in a sleepy neighborhood north of Houston immediately in the aftermath of hurricane Harvey. Even before the floodwaters started […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 10, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

305 Syrian migrants reach Cyprus; 313 are stopped in Turkey

By The Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus — Sep 10, 2017 Cyprus police arrested a 36-year-old man Sunday for allegedly driving one of two boats that brought 305 Syrian refugees to the Mediterranean island’s northwestern coast. Police spokesman Michalis Ioannou said the 202 men, 30 women and 73 children arrived […]

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