by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch August 9, 2013 – 18:05 Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has dismissed accusations by human rights groups of discriminatory restrictions against asylum seekers. Rules declaring certain areas off-limits in the town of Bremgarten, attracted criticism in international media. Sommaruga said there was no formal ban for […]
by Uri Avnery ARABNEWS AVRAHAM Burg (58) was a member of the Labor Party and for some time the chairman of the Knesset. His late father was a long-time Cabinet minister and a leader of the National-Religious Party, before it became a rabid messianic mob. The relations between Burg Sr. […]
Huff post: As tension rises between the modern-Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in Israel, women are speaking out. Having just written “The Feminists Of Zion” published in The New Republic, Allison Kaplan Sommer, in addition to Nili Philipp who was featured in the article, joined HuffPost Live’s Mike Sacks to discuss the unlikely alliance to fight […]
dailymail.co.uk: An Australian election candidate has drawn comparisons to Sarah Palin after an embarrassing interview in which she displayed ignorance of basic facts about Islam. Stephanie Banister referred to Islam as a country, and confused the word ‘halal’ with ‘haram’ – which has the opposite meaning. She also claimed that […]
By Nesrine Malik Guardian: Today is the first day of Eid, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. I took the day off, as Eid on your own at work without […]
MANCHESTER: British Prime Minister, David Cameron visited a mosque in here on Eid day and met with members of the Muslim community The prime minister greeted Muslim community on the […]
Global Post: Oprah Winfrey claims to have been a victim of racism while shopping at a mall in Switzerland. Although the Swiss Tourism office was prompt in issuing an apology to Oprah, […]
Source: Ynetnews: Muslim cleric instructs mosque criers in northern city to avoid calls to prayer on loudspeakers during High Holidays. ‘There are things we can do without for the benefit […]
Russia Today: William Engdahl is an award-winning geopolitical analyst and strategic risk consultant whose internationally best-selling books have been translated into thirteen foreign languages. Developing Pakistan-China ties which can drastically change the economic map of the region are threatened by Pakistani separatism, which might suddenly transform into another ‘terror ground.’ […]
Prophets of Peace. By Earl Shugerman: Most people outside Israel are not aware of the fact that 25% of Israel’s population, are not from a Jewish background, and among them […]
Source: CNN For the world’s Muslims, the festival of Eid al-Fitr is a perfect conclusion to Ramadan — the month-long period of fasting and contemplation practiced by observers of Islam […]
Racism is alive and well, said media mogul Oprah Winfrey in an interview this week on Entertainment Tonight. And as proof, she recounted her own recent Zurich, Switzerland, shopping shame […]
Photos of the nearly fatal wreck won’t show him, but rescuers and emergency workers swear: A man dressed in priest garb did show at the scene of a recent roadway accident and administer aid and prayer that seemed to save the 19-year-old victim’s life. Katie Lentz, a Tulane University sophomore, […]
AUSTRALIA has lost 40 young men, sustained hundreds of seriously wounded troops and invested about $7.5 billion on war-fighting alone in Afghanistan – but that isn’t enough for an Afghan Government that now wants to tax us as we leave. The regime of President Hamid Karzai has imposed a $3545 […]
Source: The Conservative Papers: There has been a total of 10 Nobel prizes awarded to Muslims while Trinity College, Cambridge, has 32 Nobel laureates. It is not the first time Dawkins has angered the Muslim population after he described looters who destroyed manuscripts in Mali as ‘Islamic barbarians’ in January.The 71-year-old […]
Source: The Daily Beast: The intercept provided the U.S. intelligence community with a rare glimpse into how al Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, manages a global organization that includes affiliates in Africa, the Middle East, and southwest and southeast Asia. Several news outlets reported Monday on an intercepted communication last week […]
Source The Daily Beast: Which is worse: claiming you can see Russia from your house in Alaska or mistaking Islam for a country? Sarah Palin is getting a run for her money from Australian Stephanie Bannister, a 27-year-old running for a seat in Australian Parliament, who seemed less than informed […]
Source: Morocco World News: MECCA, August 8,2013 (AA) Around two million Muslims performed their Eid prayer at Masjid al-Haram in the sacred city of Mecca on the first day of Eid […]
Source: Morocco world news: London, August 9, 2013 (AFP) In the damp basement room of a Caribbean restaurant in London, Naima leads prayers for an audience of male and female worshippers. They face Mecca, directed by an arrow scrawled on a blackboard in pink chalk. But Naima — she did […]
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: In a fascinating study of how different types of populations mixed in India, scientists have found that there were three stages of intermixing. In ancient times, over 4000 years ago, there were two separate populations based in north and south India with no mixing. Then, in […]