Source: The Local According to a respected economic think tank, Germany broke its own trade surplus record in 2016 – in stark contrast to the USA, which is running a huge deficit.“Germany’s trade balance shows an estimated plus of $297 billion,” Christian Grimme of the Ifo Institute told Reuters on […]
Source: The Local Germany’s Green party has suggested drastic consequences for the US President after he ordered a temporary travel block for refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. Donald Trump’s executive order issued on Friday suspends all refugee admissions into the United States for 120 days, bars all […]
Source: The Local German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday reaffirmed her criticism of a US travel ban slapped on travellers from seven countries, saying it smacked of anti-Muslim bias. “The essential and also resolute fight against terrorism in no way justifies general suspicion against people of a specific faith, in […]
Source. CNN The alleged mastermind of the 2008 terror attacks that killed 164 in Mumbai, India, has been placed under house arrest in Pakistan. Hafiz Mohammed Saeed — the leader of Pakistan’s Jamaat-Ud-Dawa (JUD) — was detained in Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province, according to a government statement released late Sunday. […]
Source: The Guardian The murder of at least six people in a mosque in Québec city is a brutal reminder that Muslims are by any measure the people who suffer […]
Source: CNN President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night for “refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States,” the White House said. “(Yates) has betrayed the Department of Justice,” the White House statement said. Dana Boente, US attorney for […]
Review of Religions: The Qur’an on War and Peace Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih II(ra) One of the criticisms levelled at the Holy Qur’an is that its […]
Scroll.In: ‘Auto Da Fé’ shows how 400 years of migration in the face of religious persecution is a vicious cycle. As America rages over its president’s decision to ban the entry of refugees, this film looks at four hundred years of forced migration. There are no words, and yet every […]
Source: The Star Bissonnette was on both the Sainte-Foy and Université Laval chess club with his twin brother, said Université Laval professor Jean Sévigny, who said he knew Bissonnette and […]
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Former President Barack Obama released a statement on Monday commending Americans for the widespread protests in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration order. Obama, in […]
Source: Time By Zamira Rahim A petition in the U.K. demanding the cancellation of President Donald Trump’s state visit has gained a million signatures. Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure […]
Source: BBC The Bangladesh government is moving to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a vulnerable island in the Bay of Bengal. A government directive said they […]
Source: BBC President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designed to cut the number of regulations affecting US businesses. It is just the latest in a flurry of decisions […]
Source: The Washington Post By Amy B Wang Former New York mayor Rudy W. Giuliani said President Trump wanted a “Muslim ban” and requested he assemble a commission to show […]
Source: The New York Times By CAITLIN DICKERSON Type the word refugees into Facebook and some alarming “news” will appear about a refugee rape crisis, a refugee flesh-eating disease epidemic […]
Source: Aljazeera By Creede Newton A Texas community has rallied behind its Muslim residents after their mosque burned to the ground shortly after President Donald Trump signed into effect a “Muslim […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey The liturgy read in churches across America on Sunday said: “Blessed are those who are persecuted.” What clergy said […]
Source: USA Today By Julie Garcia, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — For members of the Islamic Society of Southern Texas, a mosque fire in Victoria “hit too close to home.” […]
Source: The New York Times Over the past decade, Christians in the United States have grown increasingly alarmed about the persecution of other Christians overseas, especially in the Middle East. […]
Source: Reuters By Kevin Dougherty (In this Jan. 29 story, corrects quote of tweet by Canadian legislator Greg Fergus to ‘demonizing’ instead of ‘sermonizing’) By Kevin Dougherty Six people were […]