Friday, 05 August 2016 05:23
Europe refugee centres and child brides
This week in Afghanistan a cleric in his 60s was arrested after marrying a six-year-old girl. Mohammad Karim claimed he married the child as a ‘religious offering,’ and her parents agreed. Elsewhere, in European asylum camps…
Friday, 05 August 2016 05:21
Germany: Weapons stolen from US military base
Special agents from the US Army Criminal Investigation Command are investigating the theft of guns and other military equipment from an arms room in a Stuttgart base. The Army declined to say what kind of or…
Friday, 29 July 2016 03:02
Ireland: Christians, Muslims and atheists unite for alternative religious education
In an unexpected coalition, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland (EAI) has joined with Atheist Ireland and Irish Ahmadiyya Muslims to work for alternatives to religious education in schools. They are hoping to do away with state-sponsored…
Friday, 29 July 2016 03:01
Germany: Pegida
Germany's anti-Islamic, anti-immigrant Pegida movement wants to found a political party. The new group would be called the Popular Party for Freedom and Direct Democracy (FDDV), according to its head Lutz Bachmann. Bachmann was fined recently…
Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:24
France warns against ‘repression’ in wake of Turkey coup
France's foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, warned Turkish President Erdogan against using the country's failed coup as ‘carte blanche ’. ‘We want the rule of law to work properly in Turkey,’ adding that Turkey's government should not…
Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:21
Germany: Train stabbing - warning of lone attacks
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned Germans to be prepared for further attacks carried out by small groups and radicalised ‘lone wolves’. Five people were wounded by a 17-year-old on a train in Bavaria on Monday.…