The 'normal guys' from the UK and US who have given up their day jobs to fight Isis in Syria

Rare photos shows Western fighters working alongside Kurdish forces HEATHER SAUL Wednesday 22 April 2015 A team of foreign fighters hailing from Europe, Canada and the US who made the perilous journey to Syria have been photographed alongside Kurdish fighters battling against Isis. Uygar Onder Simsek, a documentary photographer, spent […]

UK: Ahmadiyya’s Annual Peace Symposium calls for a united stand against extremism

Source: halesowennews.co.uk | by Sarah Cousin A MUSLIM organisation used its annual peace symposium in Halesowen to call for a united front against extremism. Around 250 people of different faiths gathered at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association’s Long Lane mosque on Sunday. Civic dignitaries, politicians, faith leaders, charity workers and neighbours were among those […]

UK: Ahmadiyya's Annual Peace Symposium calls for a united stand against extremism

Source: halesowennews.co.uk | by Sarah Cousin A MUSLIM organisation used its annual peace symposium in Halesowen to call for a united front against extremism. Around 250 people of different faiths gathered at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association’s Long Lane mosque on Sunday. Civic dignitaries, politicians, faith leaders, charity workers and neighbours were among those […]

Saudi Arabia ends Yemen air campaign

  The Saudi-led coalition’s campaign has lasted almost a month A Saudi Arabia-led coalition has ended its bombing campaign against rebels in Yemen, Saudi state television has said. The coalition’s Decisive Storm campaign had achieved its military goals, the report said. A new operation would be called Restoring Hope, focusing […]

Michael Sattler: An Anabaptist Martyr, Preserving History of 16th Century Catholic Church

Michael Sattler (1495 – 20 May 1527) was a monk who left the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation to become one of the early leaders of the Anabaptist movement. He was particularly influential for his role in developing the Schleitheim Confession. Title page of the Schleitheimer Confession (1527), bearing Sattler’s name. Sattler was born in approximately 1490 in Staufen, Germany.[1] He […]