Friday, 02 December 2016 11:07
EU facing a crisis? French candidates for 2017
Far right Front National leader Marine Le Pen is a strong candidate for the French presidency, according to a recent poll. Her main opponent will be François Fillon, a former prime minister, who has won the…
Friday, 02 December 2016 11:07
EU facing a crisis? Italy’s Five Star Movement
After thirteen years of a struggling economy and unemployment at 40% among the young, 107,000 youth have left to seek work abroad. The average family income is less than it was in 2007. On 5 December…
Friday, 02 December 2016 11:06
EU facing a crisis? German call of the watchmen
We see success in the arrests of key people in Germany’s Islamist terrorist arena, and the banning of the Salafist organisation calling itself ‘the true religion’. Plans for distributing the Qu’ran by this organisation under the…
Friday, 25 November 2016 16:38
Islam in Europe
The arrival of hundreds of thousands of mostly Muslim refugees in Europe have drawn renewed attention to the continent’s Muslim population. In many European countries, including France, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, concerns…
Friday, 25 November 2016 16:28
Turkey: EU membership and Christian persecution
The European Parliament has voted to suspend Turkey's EU membership talks because of the Turkish government's crackdown since the coup attempt in July. The MEPs' non-binding vote has already been dismissed as "worthless" by Turkish President…
Friday, 18 November 2016 08:34
A growing movement across Europe
The Salafi movement is an ultra-conservative movement within Sunni Islam that developed in Arabia against a background of European colonialism. It advocated returning to the traditions of the ‘devout ancestors’ (the salaf). The movement divides into…