Veiled women can be denied Swiss state assistance The southern Swiss canton of Ticino has a burka ban in place since July 2016 The Swiss cabinet has clarified that women wearing burkas or niqabs can be denied social aid or unemployment insurance, as face coverings can result in identification issues […]
By Renat Kuenzi FEB 23, 2017 Opponents of Turkish president Erdogan demonstrate in front of the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva. They call for the release from prison of PKK leader Öcalan. The Turkish authorities for their part want Switzerland to punish people who insult Erdogan (Keystone) […]
The National Front leader thought that Lebanon, burdened with a million Syrian refugees, should send them home as soon as the war is over. She clearly did not know that tens of thousands of Lebanese are actually related to Syrians Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices Marine Le Pen has been doing a […]
The Algerian police Wednesday announced the arrest of 12 members of Ahmadiyya religious community accused by authorities for promoting the outlawed movement. The men were arrested at Chlef, north of the country, the national police announced in a statement aired on radio. “Members of this movement were in possession of […]
Source: Dawn MANY Muslims today might be offended by the statement that the Quran wants people to use their powers of reasoning and intellect. For such Muslims, faith should be blind, followed with emotion and demonstrated through traditions established by clerics and forefathers. The Quran specifies that the only characteristic […]
US aid reform in 2017 and global health security: This week in development news By Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe U.S. foreign aid reforms begin to take shape, U.N. agencies combine forces for an urgent funding appeal, while Bill Gates and Bono make the case for development to a national security crowd. […]
Source: Reuters Pope Francis delivered another criticism of some members of his own Church on Thursday, suggesting it is better to be an atheist than one of “many” Catholics who […]
Source: The Globe and Mail BY ANDREA WOO Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has asked the organizers of a coming Christian festival to consider dropping headline speaker Rev. Franklin Graham, an evangelical […]
Source: Associated Press By SEAN MURPHY OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man from Syria who says he was tortured in his home country after converting to Christianity has no legal recourse against an Oklahoma church that published his name and baptism online, the state’s highest court ruled on Wednesday. The […]
Source: The New York Times By DANIEL VICTOR Protesting the construction of a mosque in Sterling Heights, Mich., in 2015.CreditJohn M. Galloway/Detroit News, via Associated Press Over the objections of […]
Source: Time Melissa Chan Updated: 6:26 PM PKT | Originally published: Feb 22, 2017 A Muslim-American group in the U.S. helped raise more than $113,000 in a single day to […]
Source: Time Jeffrey Kluger Feb 22, 2017 The galaxy is getting very crowded. There may be 300 billion stars in the Milky Way, but until just over 20 years ago, […]
Source: BBC By Benjamin Ramm 22 February 2017 Seventy-five years ago, in February 1942, Europe’s most popular author committed suicide in a bungalow in the Brazilian town of Petrópolis, 10,000 […]
Source: BBC By Chris Stokel-Walker 23 February 2017 When the Reverend Pete Phillips first arrived in Durham nine years ago, he was ejected from the city’s cathedral. He had been […]
Source: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15106112.Muslim_and_Christian_event_in_Rose_Hill_promotes_peace_and_understanding/ MUSLIMS and Christians came together in Rose Hill to find out more about the respective religions and promote peace. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community invited the Cowley Team Ministry and their friends to the interfaith event entitled Peace – Need of the Time. The two groups met at Rose Hill […]
Source: Huffington Post By Christopher Mathias The number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the U.S. nearly tripled in 2016 partly because of Donald Trump’s rise to political power, suggests a new […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ryan Grenoble DENVER ― A mother of four facing possible deportation has taken refuge in a Denver church after customs officials denied a request to extend […]
Source: https://allevents.in/hollis/queens-nys-coffee-cake-and-true-islam/740200272806127 Queens, NY’s Coffee, Cake and True Islam TIME: Thu Feb 23 2017 at 07:30 pm VENUE: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Queens, 188-15 McLaughlin Ave, Hollis, United States EVENT DETAILS QUEENS, NY’S COFFEE, CAKE AND TRUE ISLAM An informal conversation about Islam: We find a great deal of commentary and analysis […]
Source: CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN)Astronomers have found at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The findings were also announced at a news conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington. This discovery outside of our […]
Source: https://eventium.io/events/218383995232807/muslims-for-life-blood-drive Muslims for Life Blood Drive 26 Feb 11:00 – 15:00 Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Rochester Chapter Join the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on February 26, 2017 from 11:00am – 3:00pm as we host a blood drive at our local Mosque. This is a time to serve a great cause by giving […]