Source: The New York Times By AIDA ALAMI CASABLANCA, Morocco — Morocco has banned the burqa, the full-body veil worn by some conservative Muslim women, according to local media reports. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey For decades, Billy Graham was perhaps America’s most famous religious figure, someone who could draw hundreds of thousands to evangelistic “crusades,” someone […]
Source: Broadly by Salma Haidrani Thousands of women in as many as 42 countries have joined the Catholic Order of Virgins. We spoke to some to find out what it’s […]
Source: Associated Press By KARIN LAUB RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians are ringing alarm bells over Donald Trump’s stated intention to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel to […]
How America Changed During Barack Obama’s Presidency | Pew Research Center Demographic changes don’t happen quickly. Obama’s presidency is only a chapter in a story that began long before his […]
Helena Horton 12 JANUARY 2017 • 10:55AM Justin Trudeau is admired around the world for his liberal views, partly because of his media savvy and constant photo opportunities. However, Jane Fonda has slammed the photogenic politician in a new video, and warned fans not to be “fooled” by him. She […]
Lucknow, Jan 12: The Mulsim vote in Uttar Pradesh which is crucial to the prospects of any party are unlikely to vote for the Samajwadi Party — thanks to the never ending family feud. The Muslim vote which accounts to 20 per cent of the entire electorate is likely to […]
Source: The Local A look into why it is so hard for Germany to deport rejected asylum seekers from North Africa.When the first charter plane for rejected Tunisian asylum seekers took off in Leipzig on April 8th 2016, the German Interior Ministry hoped that discussion over faster deportations to North […]
Source: Business Standard: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from various countries have decided to approach the Government of Pakistan on the issue of alleged violation of human rights of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. According to informed sources and reports, the MEPs have been in regular touch with Ahmadiyya Muslims […]
The Sydney Morning Herald: by Cosima Marriner & Rachel Browne — “She terrorises us.” That’s how bad it is for Steve Richardson* and his wife when their 17-year-old daughter is at home.Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd says domestic violence victims get all the support they need. Olivia has dropped out of school […]
theguardian: by Jennifer Rankin — Swiss authorities did not violate right to freedom of religion in rejecting parents’ request for exemption, court rules A mixed-sex school swimming lesson. The parents in the case argued that their beliefs did not allow their children to take part in mixed-sex lessons. Photograph: Fiona […]
SHOULD MUSLIM GIRLS SWIM? JAN 11, 2017 – How do schools cope with Muslim families who want to prevent their daughters from attending swimming lessons? Swiss public television, SRF, talked to school principals and an imam about the controversy. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights upheld a […]
DATA PROTECTION By Susan Misicka JAN 11, 2017 – These Google servers in Oklahoma are subject to surveillance by US intelligence services. How much Swiss personal data is stored on them? (Keystone) The Swiss cabinet has established a new framework for transferring personal data from Switzerland to companies based in […]
NATURALISATION CONTROVERSY By Sibilla Bondolfi JAN 11, 2017 – 11:59 Naturalisations by municipality voting, such as this one in canton Schwyz, are controversial (Keystone) Dutch-born Nancy Holten has lived in Switzerland since she was eight, speaks fluent Swiss German, has three children with Swiss passports, has no criminal record, […]
Ahead of its annual meeting summit in Davos, the WEF said the gap between rich and poor needed to be tackled urgently Zlata Rodionova A rise in global income inequality that helped spur the Brexit vote andDonald Trump’s election victory is expected to shape world developments over the next decade, according to the World Economic […]
Caroline Bishop news@thelocal.ch 9 January 2017 A Dutch woman has seen her request for Swiss citizenship refused for the second time by local residents who object to her media campaigning against cowbells and other Swiss traditions. Nancy Holten, 42, was born in the Netherlands but grew up in Switzerland from […]
Source: The Christian Science Monitor By Maija Liuhto, Contributor Jamila Afghani, who has battled discrimination since childhood, uses Islam to empower women in Afghanistan. She is committed to continuing the […]
Source: The Siasat Daily Omar held the Qur’an during her swearing-in ceremony, becoming the second person to do so after Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim US congressman and […]
Source: The Local The number of asylum seekers who came to Germany in 2016 was roughly one third of the number in 2015, according to new figures released by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday. In the past year, significantly fewer asylum seekers came to Germany compared to 2015 – about […]