Right-Wing Extremism: Germany’s New Islamophobia Boom By SPIEGEL Staff March 05, 2014 – 05:02 PM Getty Images Across Germany, right-wing organizations are using anti-Islam rhetoric to further their ideas — and finding a receptive audience. Now legal experts are debating whether it’s time for a new kind of hate-crime legislation. […]
Source: Spiegel In mid-November, the Leipzig fire department was called to the property of the Muslim Ahmadiyya congregation, where a garbage can was on fire. Next to it, emergency responders found five bloody pig heads impaled on wooden stakes. The floor had been covered with a blood-red liquid. The police […]
(sda) In the dispute over whether a Muslim girl in St.Margrethen in the canton of St. Gallen with a headscarf should attend primary school, the single judge of the district […]
(Reuters) – U.S. private employers added fewer workers than expected in February and services sector growth slowed, the latest signs that severe weather continues to be a drag on the economy. The ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday that private payrolls increased by 139,000 jobs last month. January’s job […]
Hamilton man Zeeshan Qureshi charged in romance scam By Terry Davidson ,Toronto SunFirst posted: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 01:51 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 02:02 PM EST Zeeshan Qureshi is facing multiple fraud charges. (Halton Police handout) Article Do you know anybody involved in this case? If […]
Alhambra in Granada — Muslims in Europe made major contributions to the fields of science, philosophy, and architecture Lead post collected by Amtul Q Farhat, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Canada If Spain welcomes back its Jews, will its Muslims be next? The Guardian: A proposed law will […]
LONDON (CNNMoney) The European Union announced Wednesday it will offer Ukraine an aid package worth at least $15 billion (€11 billion) as the country struggles with dwindling cash and […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in The project serves to strengthen the ties and to enhance the cooperation between the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the local council. More than 200 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Aga Khan: ‘Without a doubt, I am seriously worried’ about the world Toronto — The Globe and Mail PublishedSaturday, Mar. 01 2014, 12:06 AM EST The Aga Khan, spiritual leader to the world’s 15 million Ismaili Muslims and an honorary Canadian, visited Canada this week to speak to a rare […]
Global Post: PARIS — When 34 percent of surveyed voters admit they agree with the ideas of a political movement that is protectionist, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-Euro, France has a […]
Time: Last year, almost 400 religiously unaffiliated men converted to Christianity at East Bay Calvary Community Church in Traverse City, Mich., over two days. What convinced these men to give church a try? The chance to win one of 80 guns in a church-organized raffle. Easy Bay Calvary is one […]
Atheist.ie: BenBaz Aziz, the Egyptian atheist who is now free after a year in prison in Kuwait on blasphemy charges, will be writing articles about secularism, atheism, human rights and related issues for Atheist Ireland. This is his first article, ‘Why are they so afraid of freedom of speech?’ You […]
Source: BBC By Bethany Bell, BBC News, Vienna The study found that a majority of women did not report the most serious incidents of domestic violence Continue reading the main story Related Stories Mental abuse ‘should be made crime’ Alarm over scale of abuse of women Russia’s domestic violence nightmare […]
[13:15] Unto Him is the true prayer. And those on whom they call beside Him answer them not at all, except as he is answered who stretches forth his two hands toward water that it may reach his mouth, but it reaches it not. And the prayer of the disbelievers is but […]
BY MUNA ALAMIDaily Star, Lebanon Story Summary Jordanian fighters have come to play an important role in the protracted Syrian conflict. Unlike the previous generation of Jordanian jihadists – Al-Qaeda leaders from a decade earlier who professed their belief in a global jihad – this new generation currently fighting […]
FUTURE’S HOPE: Egypt’s Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah El-Sissi pins a medal on a military cadet at the military college in Cairo. (Reuters) Agence France Presse Published — Wednesday 5 March 2014 CAIRO: Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sissi declared Tuesday he cannot ignore demands that he run […]
RIYADH: KHALID TAWALBEH Published — Tuesday 4 March 2014 Saudi Arabia is not only one of the largest Arab countries but is also home to several large-hearted people, gender and age no bar. From an 18-year-old girl to an 80-year-old woman, not to speak of other citizens, they have displayed […]
AFP | Mar 04, 2014 | 23:04 4 inShare The Palestinian sister of Mousab Al Zaanin mourns during his funeral in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli air strike on Monday killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, one of them Zaanin, who Israel’s military said had […]
JT | Mar 04, 2014 | 22:58 7 inShare1 His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Latin Patriarch of the Holy Land and Jordan Fouad Twal in Amman on Tuesday (Photo […]
Source: onislam VICTORIA – Making a fusion between Islamic heritage and Australian culture, Australia’s first Islamic Museum has opened its doors to the public to showcase the Islamic culture and […]