Why Germany—and the World—Is Arguing Over the Munich Shooter
Source: Time By Simon Shuster The motivation of the man who killed 9 people in Munich is still up for debate Hubertus Andrae, the Munich chief of police, shook his […]
Man kills woman with machete in Germany
Source. TOI BERLIN: A 21-year-old Syrian refugee killed a woman with a machete and injured two other people on Sunday before being arrested in the southern German city of Reutlingen, a police spokesman said. The asylum-seeking Syrian man had been involved in previous incidents causing injuries+ to other people, he […]
Brexit heightens global economic risks, says G20
Source. BBC The UK’s vote to leave the European Union heightens risks for the world economy, finance chiefs have said at the end of the G20 summit in China. The outcome of last month’s referendum “adds to the uncertainty” for the global economy, the group of the world’s 20 largest […]
Russia not given blanket Games ban by IOC
Source. BBC Russia will not receive a blanket ban from Rio 2016 following the country’s doping scandal. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will leave it up to individual sports’ governing bodies to decide if Russian competitors are clean and should be allowed to take part. The decision follows a report […]
‘It’s their own fault’ – Trump slams France and Germany
Source. Republican White House nominee Donald Trump has said that France, Germany and other nations hit by recent terror attacks had only themselves to blame ”because they allowed people to come into their territory.” More.
Rio Olympics 2016. Moscow’s secret agents, it seems, were busy switching bottles of competitors’ pee.
Source. The Daily Beast MOSCOW — That the Russian Federal Security Service, the famous FSB, is out of control is not a surprise to many people here. But the damage it’s doing to Russia’s standing in the world — and to itself — is really quite extraordinary. The most recent […]
White people had been responsible for humanity’s greatest achievements ? But Christianity wasn’t spread by white people.
Source. The Daily Beast On the first day of the Republican National Convention congressman Steve King suggested that white people had been responsible for humanity’s greatest achievements including, among other things, the spread of Christianity. It came about during an appearance on MSNBC when a panelist commented on the lack […]
German Turkish community split by unrest after coup plot
Source. The Local “All those who criticise Erdogan are immediately considered supporters of Gülen or the PKK [the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party],” said a leader of the opposition Greens party, […]
Social media a blessing and a curse in Munich shooting
Source. The Local The 18-year-old gunman, a German-Iranian named David Ali Sonboly, also used the internet to plan and carry out his crime, in which he killed nine people and wounded 16 others. Nevertheless, the social networks provided a valuable source of information and solidarity for the city’s frightened population […]
Would you accept blood from a gay donor?
Source. ET More than a month has passed since the Orlando shooting revealed an exploitable defect inAmerican gun laws. What it also exposed, was a structural bias against a peaceful community that has existed for a long time. On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen – later identified as a young Muslim […]
Top Arab diplomats vow to defeat ‘terror’
Source.ET NOUAKCHOTT: Arab foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to “defeat terrorism”, as they gathered for a regional summit just over a week after a jihadist-claimed truck attack in the French Riviera left 84 people dead. In a statement, they also called for a “definitive solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as Arab […]
German bishop wants Islam classes in all state schools
Source. ET BERLIN: The head of the Protestant Church in Germany has called for Islam to be taught in state schools across the country as a way to make young Muslims impervious to the ‘temptation of fundamentalists’. Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm told the Heilbronner Stimmenewspaper that teaching Islam in schools nationwide would […]
Muslims celebrate lifting of Lagos hijab ban
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Muslims in Nigeria are celebrating a court ruling that lifted a ban on girls in public school wearing the hijab […]
Florida Muslim group vows to fight removal of Islamic center as voting site
Source: The Guardian By Richard Luscombe in Miami ‘We thought it’d be great to invite the community at large to visit us,’ the Islamic Center of Boca Raton’s president said. Photograph: […]
China to shut churches in G20 host city on safety grounds – reports
Source: The Guardian Tom Phillips in Beijing The Global Times, a Communist party-run tabloid, said Xiaoshan, a district in south-east Hangzhou where the G20 meeting will be held, had outlawed […]
The nation that hates to be late
Source: BBC By Eric Weiner Although many countries are saddled with stereotypes, in Switzerland’s case they’re dead on. The alpine nation really is highly efficient. And meticulously punctual. Clean, too. […]
Munich gunman ‘obsessed with mass shootings’
Source: BBC The 18-year-old gunman who killed nine people in Munich was obsessed with mass shootings but had no known links to the Islamic State group, German police say. Written […]
ISIS Claims Kabul Bombing, 80 Dead
Source. The Daily Beast At least 80 people were killed and another 231 wounded Saturday after an explosion tore through a protest in Kabul by minority Shiite Hazaras, Reuters reported. “Opportunist terrorists” took advantage of the protest to kill and wound “a number of our countrymen, including security and defense […]
Munich gunman inspired by rightwing Breivik
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and precious; killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source. The Local Europe reacted in shock to the third attack on […]
Ahmadi (Muslim) man gives call to prayer at White House
Tribune: Although the Ahmadi community is one of the most persecuted minorities in Pakistan, they enjoy religious freedom and full rights in the United States. Qasim Rashid, a human rights attorney and […]