Credit: The Local Saturday’s Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said it had seen the letter written by Justice Minister Sabien Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and Family Minister Kristina Schröder. “We do not see a legally binding guideline from the European Union for a quota as the right way,” the letter says. Such a quota would, […]
by BLOOMBERG editors. Istanbul hopes to snatch some of the jobs and wealth that come with hosting a global financial center — a good dream to have when established centers […]
Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Tue, September 18 2012, 9:30 AM The country will likely register a bleak record in the protection of religious minorities in the next four years following the government’s decision to reject a recommendation from the United Nations Human Rights Council […]
Credit: The Local An 88-year-old pensioner has accepted a fine of €2,000 for hitting his son – also a pensioner – with a broom. The judge told the pair, “I’d be ashamed of coming to court with this nonsense.” More:
Credit: The Local “We’ve been looking at how we can bring back confidence in the European Union,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in Warsaw late on Monday as he arrived for a meeting of ministers in the Future of Europe Group, which he launched in March. The 11-nation group […]
Credit: Asia Times: The Middle East political space has been dominated by unprecedented and widespread anti-American mass rallies sparked by a blasphemous film, but last week it was also the repository of fresh efforts to address the tragic conflict in Syria. While in Damascus, the new UN envoy on Syria, […]
Source: Asiatimes: By M K Bhadrakumar A period of intense high-level exchange is commencing this week between Russia and its Central Asian allies – and Pakistan. What characterizes the Russian strategy is a robust attempt to develop comprehensive partnerships with these countries in preparation of the post-2014 scenario in Afghanistan […]
Monastery of Varlaam in Meteora Region, Greece
Huff Post: by Derek Flood. Why did Jesus have to die? Was it to appease a wrathful God’s demand for punishment? Does that mean Jesus died to save us from God? How could someone ever truly love or trust a God like that? How can that ever be called “Good […]
Reuters | Sep 17, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES DUBAI — The United States and its allies have launched a major naval exercise in the Gulf that they say shows a global will to keep oil shipping lanes open as Israel and Iran trade threats of war. Publicly announced in July, […]
LINDA HEARD ARABNEWS Tuesday 18 September 2012 It is utter madness that any hate-consumed or lunatic nonentity located anywhere in the world can turn the Muslim world into a seething cauldron of violence, negatively impacting geopolitical relations and economic outlooks. Decades ago, a wise person I met in Jakarta imparted […]
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One of the world’s leading religious figures spent the weekend in Lebanon preaching a message of coexistence and dialogue, as politicians from across the national divide lined up to offer […]
By Dominique Rychlik, Mike Rychlik The Daily Star The recent anniversary of 9/11 was a poignant occasion to reflect on why we insist on seeing people of other faiths as fundamentally “other” when there is so much that we share. While great strides have been made in promoting inter-religious understanding, […]
Nearly 20,000 people want to see improved conditions for overseas workers who produce uniforms for Switzerland’s public enterprises. Their open letter, delivered to parliament on Monday, intends to influence upcoming […]
ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Friday 14 September 2012 Hawaii is the dreamland for holidaymakers. Annually thousands of tourists spend their winter in the comfortable climate of Hawaii which is like […]
Source: Violent protests over the video that insults the prophet Muhammad highlight a fundamentalist view of blasphemy. But this interpretation relies on only a handful of sources and ignores Islamic authorities […]
Source: Salon.com Author: Alex Pareene Look, we all know Tina Brown, editor of Newsweek, is simply trolling us, because trolling is the only way for a weekly newsmagazine to get any sort of attention anymore. (Time doesn’t troll us, and as a result no one ever talks about Time.) So, MUSLIM RAGE. […]
Source: National Post With significant protests in nearly a dozen countries over a amateurish anti-Islam film posted to YouTube, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made a rare public appearance to warn the U.S. it faces further Muslim anger unless it suppresses the video that mocks the Prophet Mohammad. “The world […]