By Khetam Malkawi – Nov 27,2015 -JORDAN TIMES The city of Ramtha, some 90km north of Amman, where the population has almost doubled from 80,000 four years ago to over 150,000 (Photo courtesy of Ramtha community Facebook page) AMMAN — Mafraq and Ramtha have seen their populations more […]
‘It was definitely the perfect way to start our marriage,’ the pair say Ashley Cowburn; for Independent @ashcowburn Monday 23 November 2015 32 comments Samantha Jackson and Farzin Yousef had a […]
Nov 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby It has been frightening to listen to the intolerant and near hysterical tone of the debate over admitting Syrian refugees into America. Despite the fact that conflating refugees with terrorism is irrational and bigoted, this notion has spread quickly, with most of […]
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivers keynote address at special reception marking opening of Baitul Ahad Mosque in Nagoya, Japan. On 21 November 2015, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya […]
The Washington Post: by Edward E. Curtis IV, editor of the Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West. On Oct. 19, 2008, former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman and secretary of state Colin Powell went on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to endorse Barack Obama for president. Troubled by accusations that Obama […]
Nov 14,2015 – Last updated at Nov 14,2015 JORDAN TIMES – Philippe Legrain If a clear signal was needed that the European Union is falling apart at an alarming rate, Hungary’s construction of razor-wire fences along the border with its fellow EU member Croatia is it. The crisis in the eurozone […]
IMMIGRATION QUOTAS Swiss ambivalence towards immigration approach By swissinfo.ch and agencies NOV 8, 2015 – 13:15 Swiss voters are coming to terms with their 2014 vote to reimpose curbs on immigration for foreigners like this Spanish construction worker at the UN’s European headquarters in Geneva. (Keystone) A growing number of […]
Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger at a press conference earlier this week. Photo: DPA Mannschaft step forward to welcome refugees Published: 02 Sep 2015 16:50 GMT+02:00 Germany’s World Cup-winning footballers have condemned xenophobic attacks on the thousands of foreigners pouring into their country and led calls to help the refugees amidst […]
ASYLUM POLITICS Amnesty says Switzerland should accept more refugees AUG 12, 2015 – 17:24 The UN says nearly a quarter million refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year (Keystone) The human rights organisation Amnesty International has submitted a petition to the federal government asking that it […]
Islam is part of the West now, live with it posted by Harry J. Bentham Tous les arts ont produit des merveilles: l’art de gouverner n’a produit que des monstres. Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters. Louis Antoine de Saint-Just One […]
Meet ISIS’ Cleaners; Indians are Not Good Enough to Fight Despite the Islamic State’s claim to accept all Muslims, ISIS’s Indian recruits are regarded as too frail to fight. Sun, August 9, 2015 The glamor portrayed in the Islamic State’s propaganda is not matched by the reality on the ground. […]
PROFESSOR JOHN SALT , KASHMIRA GANDER Friday 31 July 2015 The migrant crisis gripping Calais shows no sign of abating, with 3,500 people attempting to illegally travel to the UK via the Channel Tunnel in just two days. As people attempt to flee bloody conflicts, oppressive regimes and poverty by […]
By Gaby Ochsenbein swissinfo.ch The European Union’s inability to agree on a plan to distribute refugees across its 28 countries according to a binding quota system shocked professor of migration […]
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON Immigrants in Switzerland are well integrated, says OECD JUL 2, 2015 – 19:22 Education success in Switzerland was a weak point for immigrants, the OECD found (Keystone) Immigrants moving to Switzerland integrate quite easily, especially into the job market. But poverty levels and training possibilities are problematic, an […]
Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa arrive in Augusta, Sicily, in April. Having been screened for disease and photographed by police, they wait to be bussed to a reception center.Alessio Mamo / Redux DAVID FRUM JULY/AUGUST 2015 ISSUE Illegal migration across the Mediterranean has tripled since the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi in […]
JUN 22, 2015 – swissinfo.ch Foreign immigrants are expected to account for more than 80% of Switzerland’s population increase in the next 30 years, according to projections from the Federal Statistical Office. The number of people living in Switzerland is forecast to rise from 8.2 million at present to 10.2 […]
JUN 15, 2015 – 07:02 By Alexander Tange and Sabina Zawadzki TONDER, Denmark (Reuters) – Recalling how a group of refugees once threatened his life if he did not retract a police statement, Frank Pedersen is angry about the increasing number of immigrants in Denmark. They are, he says, running […]
JUN 8, 2015 – 15:47 The goal of the programme is to help refugees living in Switzerland to find farm work. (Keystone) A statement from the Swiss Farmer’s Union (USP) announcing a programme to employ refugees living in Switzerland has caused quite a stir – but for the wrong reasons. […]
By Jeannie Wurz JUN 4, 2015 – 17:00 Bern city parliament is debating a motion on allowing the capital’s 33,000 non-Swiss residents to submit political motions (Keystone) The number of foreign residents in Switzerland has increased to almost one quarter of the population. Most of them don’t have a say in […]
FAST-TRACK PROCESS Zurich set to host new federal asylum centre MAY 26, 2015 – 11:50 The Duttweiler Areal, as seen in 2013, site of the proposed new fast-track centre (Keystone) Zurich and the federal migration authorities have announced that the city is to host a new federal asylum centre, following […]