Wednesday, September 14, 2016
A Basket of Problems for Hillary Clinton
British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Converts to Islam and Performs Hajj
The diplomat was pictured with his wife in the traditional white garments of the annual pilgrimage, which is compulsory for all Muslims to perform at least once in their lives.
Mr Collis has been posted in Riyadh, the capital of the Arab kingdom, since 2015. He is the first British ambassador to perform Hajj[.] » | Karl McDonald | Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Merkel gegen Verbot von Vollverschleierung
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) hat sich gegen ein allgemeines Verschleierungsverbot ausgesprochen. Zwar sehe sie in der Vollverschleierung ein großes Hindernis für die Integration, sagte Merkel auf einer internationalen Parlamentarierkonferenz zur Religionsfreiheit. Doch gehöre zur Religionsfreiheit auch, seinen Glauben öffentlich bekunden zu dürfen – auch wenn es "uns befremden mag". » | Quelle: ZEIT ONLINE, dpa, AFP, sah | Mittwoch, 14. September 2016
Schönborn: Europa verspielt sein christliches Erbe
Der Wiener Erzbischof Christoph Schönborn warnt vor einem Niedergang des Christentums in Europa. Der Kontinent sei "drauf und dran, sein christliches Erbe zu verspielen", sagte der Kardinal laut einem Bericht der Erzdiözese Wien bereits am vergangenen Sonntag. » | Österreich | Wien | Dienstag, 13. September 2016
Sparks Fly between Turkey and Austria | DW News (August 2016)
Libya Is Another Example of Cameron’s Folly. History Will Not Judge Him Kindly
When they gave him his send-off just two months ago, the House of Commons was warm and generous to David Cameron. A standing ovation on one side of the chamber, sustained applause on the other. But history won’t be anything like as kind.
Today’s report from the foreign affairs select committee on the 2011 military intervention in Libya has taken another axe to his reputation. Coming just two days after Cameron’s announcement that he will stand down as an MP – which brought a torrent of criticism for breaking an earlier promise to serve out his term – it shows just how roughly posterity is likely to treat him. » | Jonathan Freedland | Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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David Cameron,
Libya
Juncker's Full 2016 'State of the Union' Address
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
'Muslims Want to Eradicate Christianity' and Conquer Europe Claims Potential Next Pope
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn gave the unexpected warning on Sunday during a special celebration for the Church festival "Holy Name of Mary".
According to the Archdiocese of Vienna, the Cardinal said: "Will there be an Islamic conquest of Europe? Many Muslims want that and say: Europe is at its end."
He asked God to have mercy on Europe and to show mercy to its people, which he said "are in danger of forfeiting our Christian heritage."
Cardinal Schoenborn, who is also the Archbishop of Vienna, explained that people could already feel this loss, "not only economically, but above all, in human and religious matters." » | Zoie O’Brien | Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Prime Minister Theresa May Marks Eid al-Adha in Message to British Muslims
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Eid Al-Adha,
Theresa May
Prof. Dr. Bassam Tibi über den Islam, Einwanderung und Integration
Inside Story - Should North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions Concern the World?
Is Democracy At Risk in Poland? | DW News
McFarland: US No Longer Shaping Events in the Mideast
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KT McFarland,
Mideast,
USA
How Will Hillary's Health Scare Impact Her Campaign?
Edward Snowden: 'I'm Willing to Make a Lot of Sacrifices for My Country' – Video Interview
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Edward Snowden
Monday, September 12, 2016
Is Hillary Clinton Suffering the First Signs of Parkinson's? Shock Claim after 'Collapse'
Now shocking new claims have emerged after law enforcement witnesses said she suffered a 'medical episode'. Nearly half a million YouTube users have watched a video entitled 'Exclusive report: Hillary Clinton has Parkinson's Disease, doctor confirms'.
The video shows Dr. Ted Noel, a medical expert of 30 years, claiming Hillary Clinton is exhibiting classic signs that point to Parkinson's Disease - and has been for 11 years.
Clinton's camp have said the 68-year-old has been diagnosed with pneumonia and her planned campaign schedule has been modified following doctor's orders.
So is there any truth in the Dr. Noel's claims? » | Felicity Thistlethwaite | Monday, Septemebr 12, 2016
UK's Former PM David Cameron Resigns from Parliament
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David Cameron
New Yorkers Remember 9/11 Attacks | DW News
Le Pen and the Rise of the Far-right in France - BBC Newsnight
Father Morris: When Tragedy Strikes, Americans Turn to God
Clinton’s Dr.: She Was Diagnosed with Pneumonia
Sunday, September 11, 2016
An Impossible Right: Why 'Same-Sex Marriage' is Wrongheaded (2013)
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same-sex marriage,
USA
Video Appears to Show Clinton Collapse as She Leaves Event
Indonesia Proposes Alcohol Ban in Bali
The proposed bill to outlaw the production, sale and consumption of alcohol across the whole of Indonesia carries a prison sentence of up to ten years for violators. If passed, it would crush the tourism sector, industry chiefs have warned.
“No matter how beautiful the country is, if they can’t find alcohol, they [tourists] won’t want to come here,” said Hariyadi Sukamdani, the head of Indonesia's Hotel and Restaurant Association.
A ban would particularly damage the resort of Bali, one of Indonesia’s 34 provinces. » | Nicola Smith | Sunday, September 11, 2016
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alcohol ban,
Bali,
Indonesia
Czech Republic: Anti-Islam Demonstrators Rally Outside Saudi Embassy On 9/11 Anniversary
Jihad Exposed in America
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America,
Jihad,
Robert Spencer
Clinton Not Feeling Well, Leaves 9/11 Event Early
Judge Jeanine: Your Apology Isn't Going to Work, Hillary
Clinton and Trump Commemorate 15th Anniversary of 9/11
Muslim Scholar: No Separation of Church and State in Islam
Writing in Friday’s LA Times, Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World, states that Western suppositions that all religions are basically the same and want the same things is fundamentally wrong.
These differences, Hamid contends, run all the way from views of the sacred text (Muslims believe that every single word of the Qur’an comes directly from Allah) to an understanding of the nature of the state and its relationship to religion.
Hamid declares that the difference between Christianity and Islam regarding the state stem from the differences in each faith’s central figure. Whereas Jesus preached giving to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s, Muhammad united faith and the state in his own person.
“Unlike Jesus,” Hamid states, “Muhammad was both prophet and politician. And more than just any politician, he was a state-builder as well as a head of state. Not only were the religious and political functions intertwined in the person of Muhammad, they were meant to be intertwined.”
“To argue for the separation of religion from politics, then, is to argue against the model of the very man Muslims most admire and seek to emulate,” Hamid argues. » | Thomas D. Williams PhD | Saturday, September 10, 2016
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Non-Believers in the Muslim World: A Tale of Two Identities | Ali A. Rizvi
This talk is about the experiences of non-believers and apostates in the Muslim world. Ali’s communication with hundreds of ex-Muslims in Muslim-majority countries as well as in the West has provided valuable insights into how secularism could be promoted in the Muslim world.
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atheism,
Muslim world
The Veil Erases the Woman and Her Mind
In a TV interview, Jordanian author Zulaikha Aburisha said that there is no consensus about the woman's hijab among jurisprudents and that the niqab "effaces the woman and her mind."
Speaking on the A1 Jordan TV channel on March 10, she said that "the writing off of women, their effacement, the insistence upon covering women with veils, and the focus on the details of their body... are all manifestations of the sexual inhibitions experienced by our Arab societies."
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veil,
veiled women
Muslims Urged Not to Slaughter Animals in the Streets of France at Eid
The animal rights activist has urged the French government to intervene to prevent "barbarism" and work towards "appeasement" asking instead that followers of Islam make sacrifices by giving to the poor.
In France the government has been providing skips because many followers discard their carcasses to rot in the streets after they have killed them.
While it is illegal to slaughter an animal publicly it is allowed for Muslims to go to a slaughterhouse and carry out the act for religious reasons.
However, those breaking the law and killing animals outside of mandated areas became such a problem environmental health departments had to step in to provide bins because sheep carcasses were causing a public health problem. » | Siobhan McFadyen | Saturday, September 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton Says Half of Trump's Supporters Are in a "Basket of Deplorables"
Bill Warner, PhD: The Political Side of Hijabs
Austria: FPÖ Supporters Hail Presidential Candidate Hofer in Wels
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Austria,
FPÖ,
Norbert Hofer
Bolton: Obama Stairs Snub in China Is a 'Calculated Insult'
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Barack Obama,
China,
John Bolton
Merkel Walks Tightrope on Refugee Policy | DW News
Iran-Saudi Arabia Feud Impacts Hajj Ritual | DW News
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Iran,
Mecca,
Saudi Arabia,
the Hajj
Hitler's House in Austria | Focus on Europe
After the Election: How Isolated Is Merkel? | Quadriga
Our guests: Ulrike Herrmann is a business editor at the Berlin daily taz; Malte Lehming is the opinion editor at Der Tagesspiegel newspaper. Janosch Delcker reported on the Mecklenburg election for Politico.
Friday, September 09, 2016
Muslims Gather around the Kaaba Shrine during the Hajj in Mecca
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Mecca,
Saudi Arabia,
the Hajj,
the Kaaba
Nearly Two Million in Saudi Arabia for First Post-stampede Hajj
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Saudi Arabia,
the Hajj
European Officials: 30 to 40 ISIS Suspects At Large
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ISIS,
Paris attacks
British Police Force Says It May Allow Female Officers to Wear Burkas As Part Of Uniform
West Midlands Police said they have “no barriers” relating to the burka - which covers the face as well as the body - as they announced that they would discuss allowing the traditional Islamic dress to become part of a policewoman’s uniform.
Chief Constable David Thompson said he would look into employing officers who wear the burka if the issue arose, as the force tries to increase the percentage of black and minority ethnic (BME) officers in the region to 30 per cent. It is believed that West Midlands Police are the first force to consider allowing the burka. » | Sam Dean | Friday, September 9, 2016
Former Muslim Brother Rachid: Islam Is More Than a Religion, Islam Is an Ideology
'Suffering of Syrians Is Horrendous': UK Baroness Cox on Her Trip to Aleppo, Damascus
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Aleppo,
Baroness Cox,
Bashar Al-Assad,
Damascus,
Syria
North Korea Carries Out Fifth Nuclear Test
Its neighbour, South Korea, has called its behaviour an act of 'maniacal recklessness'.
The test is the largest explosion created by Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme so far.
Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from Seoul.
Thursday, September 08, 2016
Islam Facing Modernity: Hamed Abdel-Samad
Hamed Abdel-Samad, Political Scientist and Author | Talking Germany
DW BLOG: Talking Germany »
DNA Results Confirm Cause of ‘The Great Plague of London’
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bubonic plague,
London
Second Couple Held Over Paris Car Containing Gas Cylinders
Islam Can Co-exist with French Values: Hollande
Prozessbeginn gegen Salafistenprediger Lau - Verfahren mit Symbolcharakter 6.9.2016
Hunting Down IS Leader Should Be 'Top Priority': Clinton
Wednesday, September 07, 2016
Radical Islam in Decline?
Angela Merkel Defends Immigration Policy after Election Blow
Angela Merkel has staunchly defended her government’s immigration policy following dramatic gains by the anti-refugee Alternative für Deutschland in regional elections, and said traditional parties have a joint responsibility to tackle the rise of the right.
“The AfD is a challenge for all of us in this house,” the German chancellor told the Bundestag in a combative address in which she made clear that she had no intention of changing her course. » | Kate Connolly in Berlin | Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Atheist Richard Dawkins vs Emotional Muslim Journalist on Islam and Atheism
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atheism,
Islam,
religion,
Richard Dawkins
Egyptian Ex-Muslim Atheist: Muhammad Definitely Not a Rôle Model for Anyone in 21st Century
Conservative Icon Phyllis Schlafly Dies
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