Petition to help illegal immigrants handed in

A petition in support of illegal immigrants or “sans papiers”, which has gathered 20,000 signatures, has been handed in to the federal authorities. The group behind the move – the sans papiers movement – is demanding an end to Switzerland’s “hypocrisy” over the issue. The text calls for the regularisation […]

Swiss step up asylum seeker repatriation

Switzerland has signed an accord with the Republic of Guinea aimed at improving the system of repatriation of asylum seekers. Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga and Guinean Foreign Minister Edouard Gnakoye Lama signed the accord, one of the few struck with an African country. The government said it was a “new […]

Beware of troublemakers: Al-Talib

By ARAB NEWS Published: Oct 14, 2011 22:27 Updated: Oct 14, 2011 22:27 MAKKAH: Imam and Khatib at the Grand Mosque Sheikh Saleh Al-Talib warned the faithful Friday to be cautious against enemies who stoke religious sectarianism and political divisiveness in the Kingdom or in any other Muslim country. “If […]

Fresh blow to Mideast peace

By REUTERS JERUSALEM: Israel plans to build more than 2,600 housing units in a new urban settlement in East Jerusalem, an anti-settlement group said Friday, angering Palestinians who want a halt to all such projects before they return to peace talks. The Peace Now group said the plan was approved […]

Qura’n Exhibition in Belleville, Canada

Source: The Intelligencer An outreach group promoting “peace” and “peaceful Islam” is holding an open house on the Holy Qur’an this Saturday at the Belleville Public Library art gallery. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada, said organizer Rizwan Rabbani, is an auxiliary wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (www.alislam.org ) presenting the […]

Europe should embrace failure

Failure is not a bad thing. Sure, losing or failing doesn’t give you the warm fuzzies inside, but failing and adapting ultimately sets you up for greater success. In a 2008 commencement address to Harvard, author J.K. Rowling, who made a billion dollars for her Harry Potter series, adroitly summed […]

Ways of staying on in Iraq

Source: Al-Ahram Weekly Author: Salah Nasrawi As the year-end deadline for American forces in Iraq to leave the country approaches, Iraqi and American policy-makers are at loggerheads over an agreement on the future of military cooperation between the two countries, after Iraq’s political leadership insisted that there will be no […]

Iqama on arrival at airport planned

By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Passport Department (Jawazat) has plans to issue iqamas (residency permits) to expatriate workers on arrival at the airport, the department’s chief said. “This can be achieved by setting up an integrated electronic system,” said Lt. Gen. Salim Al-Belaihed, adding that the […]