Learning from an American drawn to Indonesian Islam
Ixora Tri Devi – Evanston, Illinois / Tue, January 29, 2019 / 04:36 pm “Before I turned to Islam, I was living in a life of suicide.” This what my […]
New citizens must take ‘French’ names, right-wing politician Julien Aubert insists
Proposal part of pamphlet aimed at helping Muslims better ‘integrate’ into French society Rory Mulholland Paris Sunday 9 December 2018 The Independent Anyone who wants to take French nationality, including […]
Europe has a model for integrating Muslim migrants. It’s in Sicily
Source: Euro News By Stefania D’Ignoti On February 5th, Kheit Abdelhafid took the day off from work as a sign of respect towards Catania’s patron saint – St Agatha, whose […]
Books to Mend a Divided America. New books offer ways to mend a divided country
By Lynn Garrett | Jan 25, 2019 Wrestling with Religious Freedom Evolving ideas about which civil rights should be protected by law are increasingly clashing with what some see as the principles and practices of their religious groups. A baker in Colorado who refused to make cakes for gay weddings […]
Can Muslims Integrate Into Western Societies?
Source: The Review of Religions – March 2013 Address by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, Khalifatul Masih V, Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, at the Bait-ur-Rasheed Mosque in Hamburg, […]
How can we improve the integration of foreigners in Bratislava?
Municipalities recognise there is a lack of outreach on the part of administrators to foreigners, but the problem goes both ways. Several foreigners attended the latest round table hosted by […]
Switzerland: FEDERAL AUDIT: Positive report for refugee integration packages
Swiss news in 10 languages THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 3, 2018 When it comes to supporting refugee integration in Switzerland, language education is one area of potential […]
Turn down the rhetoric against migrants and refugees
The number of migrants trying to cross to Europe through Turkey doubled in 2018. PHOTO: AFP Carl Söderbergh Migration has become a focus of debate in recent years. From United […]
“Integration is the least of our problems”
Germanyʹs Ahmadiyya community “Integration is the least of our problems” Recently some 45,000 Muslims of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat met for their annual peace conference, the so-called “Jalsa Salana”. Nermin […]
Switzerland: REFUGEE INTEGRATION: Solomon wants to start a new life
By Luca Beti THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 Eritrean refugee Solomon Aklilu is learning the roofing trade in Bern.(Luca Beti) Like many refugees in Switzerland, […]
How Sweden hopes to get more foreign-born residents voting
Catherine Edwards catherine.edwards@thelocal.com @CatJREdwards 31 August 2018 Choosing from ballot papers during the early voting period. Photo: Hanna Franzén/TT When Sweden holds its general election in less than two […]
A Matter of Survival: How to Humanely Solve Europe’s Migration Crisis
Few topics have been as divisive in Europe as the question of what to do with the flood of migrants arriving on the shores of the Mediterranean. But a moral […]
Three years after Germany’s borders opened: How migrants are lost in bureaucratic web
AFP news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 5 September 2018 Photo: DPA Zaid al-Ahmad fled from war in Iraq, but the 23-year-old is still struggling to get out of a bureaucratic web in Berlin. […]
Reflects on Hampshire Life report about Pakistani
letter to the editor Thank you for the excellent piece in the Aug. 3-9 Hampshire Life on Ahmadis and Saadat Virk (“Saadat Virk embraces the present in America but thinks […]
Good behaviour: Renewal of Swiss residence permits depends on integration
This content was published on August 15, 2018 Someone with a permanent residence permit may be relegated to temporary resident status if they fail to meet integration criteria. (Keystone) The […]
Has the ‘post-integration’ phase really come for Muslims in Europe?
NAZMUS SAKIB Mesut Özil’s decision to quit the German national football team in the face of widespread racial slurs reminds us of the Tariq Ramadan case for several good reasons. […]
It’s a shame Boris Johnson never consulted Muslim women before speaking on our behalf
Letters The Independent Voices ‘If Johnson wanted to protect freedom of choice, then I am afraid he has done no favours to this cause’ ( Getty ) I have […]
Alienating Immigrants – Is Germany Lurching To the Right?
Right-wing agitators are heating up the discussion about immigration in Germany and filling it with hate. Last week’s resignation of national football player Mesut Özil over concerns about racism is […]
Germany lifts ban on family reunions for refugees amid ongoing integration debate
REUTERS BERLIN A Syrian woman cries as she sits on a folding bed in a former newspaper printing house used as a refugee registration centre for the German state of […]
Focus on freedom: An insider’s eye on refugees
1 / 3 2 / 3 3 / 3 Updated 29 July 2018 Rawan Radwan Many feel that it’s going to be hopeless with the strict border control in EU […]