Worst refugee crisis since WWII
RT: Europe’s migrant crisis has been dubbed the worst since WWII with a record number of 107,500 migrants crossing the EU’s borders in July. Tens of thousands of people are […]
577. Commandment – the postponement of a Sacred Month is an addition to disbelief
577. Commandment – the postponement of a Sacred Month is an addition to disbelief [9:37] Surely, the postponement of a Sacred Month is an addition to disbelief. Those who disbelieve are led astray thereby. They allow it one year and forbid it another year, that they may agree in the number of the months which Allah has […]
Migrants refuse to leave Hungary train to be sent to refugee camp
Refugees and migrants have defied Hungarian police and refused to get off a train in order to be sent to a refugee camp. The train, which left Budapest station bound for Hungary’s border with Austria, stopped around 30 miles outside of the capital, with riot police ordering people off the […]
Quebec Bill 59 will make critiquing Islam or Islamism a hate speech
Source: Clarion Project By Tarek Fatah A proposed law in Quebec supported by Islamists makes criticism of Islam or Islamism an offesnse. What about their weekly prayers denigrating Jews, Christians […]
Europe’s refugee acceptance rates
Graphic detail Charts, maps and infographics Previous Next Latest Graphic detail All latest updates Daily chart Europe’s migrant acceptance rates Sep 1st 2015, 17:07 BY THE DATA TEAM NOT since the second world war has Europe faced refugee flows of such complexity and scale as this summer’s migrant crisis. The […]
Europe Rethinks the Schengen Agreement
Source: Stratfor When France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed the Schengen Agreement in 1985, they envisioned a system in which people and goods could move from one country to another without barriers. This vision was largely realized: Since its implementation in 1995, the Schengen Agreement eliminated border controls […]
India: Muslim women bear the brunt of digital divorce
The situation is grim in India, where many face an instantaneous end to their marriage for very petty reasons through phone, social media or e-mail, or Whatsapp. Reasons for divorce: wearing sun-glasses or not adding enough salt to the food Published: 16:13 September 2, 2015 By Gagandeep Kaur, Special to […]
Europe’s religious war: Failure and its consequences
Economist: MAX WEBER, the great German theorist of religious influence on economics, seems to be gaining more followers by the day. The latest person to posit a religious explanation for […]
Miracles of the Holy Qur’an
http://ahmadiyyapriatim.blogspot.com: Some of the miracles and prophecies of the Holy Qur’an are such that they can be witnessed and experienced by us even in this age and no one can […]
The ISIS Slave Girl Buyback Schemes
Thousands of Yazidi women have been enslaved by ISIS. Does paying their captors for their freedom fund the terrorist organization? ERBIL, Iraq—In a crowded room in an undisclosed location in […]
Why has Pakistan become so intolerant?
Mohsin Raza/Reuter PREACH 08.30.1512:01 AM ET Why Has Pakistan Become So Intolerant? I was beaten in Pakistan for my religion. I am far from alone. A Christian couple, parents of three children with a fourth on the way, were accused of blasphemy by a mob and incinerated in a brick […]
Germany: Mannschaft step forward to welcome refugees
Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger at a press conference earlier this week. Photo: DPA Mannschaft step forward to welcome refugees Published: 02 Sep 2015 16:50 GMT+02:00 Germany’s World Cup-winning footballers have condemned xenophobic attacks on the thousands of foreigners pouring into their country and led calls to help the refugees amidst […]
Isis profits from destruction of antiquities by selling relics to dealers – and then blowing up the buildings they come from to conceal the evidence of looting
A Lebanese-French archaeologist tells Robert Fisk about her unique answer to a unique crime By Robert Fisk, The Independent So why is Isis blowing to pieces the greatest artefacts of ancient history in Syria and Iraq? The archeologist Joanne Farchakh has a unique answer to a unique crime. First, […]
Obama secures enough support from senators for Iran deal
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) Source: BBC US President Barack Obama has secured enough support in the US Senate to […]
PM Nawaz Sharif: ‘Ahmadis and Qadianis are Our Brothers and Sisters’
Suggested reading Urdu Video: Ghamidi Declaring Ahmadis to be Muslims Are Ahmadis Muslims? Let us ask Prophet Muhammad Are Ahmadi Muslims: A Collection of Articles? The Muslim Times has the best collection to […]
OPINION: Escaping the refugee crisis
OPINION Escaping the refugee crisis By Peter Singer SEP 2, 2015 – 13:55 In July, the number of migrants reaching the borders of the European Union passed 100,000 – the third consecutive month in which a new record was set. In one week in August, 21,000 migrants arrived in Greece. […]
12 migrants drown heading from Turkey to Greek island
ISTANBUL Turkish security forces patrolled the shores of Muğla, finding the bodies of several refugees, including a child, who drowned and were washed ashore. DHA photos World must help Turkey with refugees as ‘things will get even worse’: UNHCR At least 12 migrants believed to be Syrians drowned as two […]
German police forced to ask public to stop bringing donations for refugees arriving by train
Officers in Munich said they were ‘overwhelmed’ by the outpouring of help and support and had more than they needed LIZZIE DEARDEN Tuesday 01 September 2015 The Independent Police in a German city have been forced to ask the public to stop bringing donations for arriving refugees after […]
Interfaith leaders call on Scott Walker to address his comments on Muslims
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel A coalition of interfaith leaders is calling on Gov. Scott Walker to clarify his recent remarks implying most Muslims are extremists, saying such […]
Netanyahu threatens to shoot young Palestinian stone-throwers
• Israeli PM promises “zero tolerance” toward stone-throwing • Suggests courts too lenient toward Palestinian minors • Faces calls from settlers for tougher action In this May 19, 2012 file photo, a Palestinian youth throws a stone at an armed Jewish settler during clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in […]