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 […]
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on November 22, 2015 A range of new restrictions against the movement of refugees and migrants from Greece through the Western Balkans and further northwards is increasingly untenable, the UN refugee agency, the International Organisation for Migration and the UN children’s fund said […]
Source: Huffington Post By Suraj Patel Entrepreneur, Adjunct Professor of Ethics @NYUStern, @WhiteHouse Advance Associate, NYC. Last night, I was discussing the Syrian Refugee debate with my brother on our […]
Photo by Caroline Brady of Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner in Dublin NASIR: WHY SO MANY PAKISTANIS ARE HEADED TO IRELAND AND ELSEWHERE NASIR JAMALNOVEMBER 17, 2015 Applications by Pakistani asylum seekers to Ireland have jumped eightfold so far this year, the Irish Timesreported earlier this month. What is […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein, is the Post’s religion reporter, where she reports on the busy marketplace of American religion. Christians make up a tiny percentage of the Syrian refugees […]
Salon: Know what it says on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty? Along with hundreds of thousands of other New Yorkers, I see her almost every day during my daily commute, while the Q train crosses the Manhattan Bridge. If I remember to look up from my phone, that […]
The Virgin founder also criticised Republican governors Source: The Independent Olivia Blair @livblair 32 comments Branson called Isis ‘a gang of murderous thugs’ Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images Sir Richard Branson has […]
Source: The Local German chancellor Angela Merkel with Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer on Friday. Photo: In her speech minutes earlier to her CSU sister party, Merkel had again insisted that the top EU economy can and will shelter people in need and that “isolation and inaction are no solution in […]
By Melanie Amann, Horand Knaup, Ralf Neukirch and René Pfister Der Spiegel In early September, German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued an order to bring thousands of refugees who were stranded in Hungary to Germany. Germany’s basic right to asylum has no upper limits, she said. It was a moment of […]
Migrants from countries other than Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq allegedly being stopped at borders Patrick Kingsley Migration correspondent Thursday 19 November 2015 Countries along the Balkan migration trail have begun refusing to admit people of certain nationalities, amid a backlash against refugees in the aftermath of the Paris attacks last […]
Nov 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES It would be sad, indeed tragic for some, if, as reported, certain nations, including several European countries, the US and Canada, would have a change of heart regarding receiving Syrian refugees in their countries, after the horrible terrorist attacks in Paris last week, for fear that […]
REFUGEES Europe anti-refugee rhetoric swells after Paris attacks Far-right politicians call for borders to be sealed in wake of Paris assaults amid growing fears for refugees’ plight. Anealla Safdar | 17 Nov 2015 In the days after a wave of deadly attacks killed at least 129 people in Paris, a number […]
A suicide bomber had a ticket to the France-Germany soccer game, but his explosive vest was found during a security check at the gate A man apparently set to detonate his suicide vest tried to enter the France-versus-Germany soccer match at Stade de France, but was turned away by security […]
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 […]
The West should do everything in its power to make those fleeing ISIS and extremism feel welcome and wanted BY JESSE BERNEY November 14, 2015 One World Trade Center in New York City was lit in the colors of the French flag Friday evening. Daniel Pierce Wright/Getty The anti-Muslim ugliness […]
Chancellor Angel Merkel has been under intensifying fire for opening Germany’s doors to refugees A girl carries her doll as she and other migrants and refugees walk after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border near Gevgelija on Saturday. The attacks in Paris quickly galvanized opponents of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy. PHOTO: […]
EUROPEAN MIGRATION Swiss to retain high proportion of foreigners NOV 12, 2015 – 21:28 Europe’s migration crisis offers nations a way to replace aging labor pools. (Keystone) An analysis of migration data shows the Swiss can expect to have one of the highest European proportions of foreigners in their midst […]
By AFP – Nov 12,2015 – Last updated at Nov 12,2015 0 0 googleplus0 0 0 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) talks with Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama during the Valletta Summit on Migration in Valletta, Malta, on Thursday (Reuters photo) VALLETTA — European Union and African leaders on Thursday […]
DPA Germany’s military may be facing greater involvement overseas as Berlin seeks to fight the causes of the refugee crisis. With the refugee crisis showing no signs of abating, Germany is rapidly changing its foreign and security policy focus. Gone are the days of democracy promotion. Now the primary goal […]
By Bethan McKernan in news Roma or Romani people have been discriminated against for millennia and the tradition continues in Europe today. A camp of mostly Roma on the outskirts of Malmo in Sweden wasraided last month. More than 200 people’s homes were destroyed and the local authorities only have plans to […]