“Is this really our train? Is this the train to Germany?!” Maha screams with delight. It is Monday evening in Vienna’s central train station and the 25-year-old Arabic teacher, carrying her one-year old son in her arms, can’t quite believe that her family’s harrowing journey from Syria may soon be[…]
Malaysian police have said they will call on former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to give a statement on allegations he made against Prime Minister Najib Razak at an anti-government rally in Kuala Lumpur last weekend. A police spokesperson said that Mahathir, Malaysia’s longest-serving prime minister had made comments that warranted[…]
Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest’s Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as the biggest ever influx of migrants into the European Union left its asylum policies in tatters. Around 1,000 people waved tickets, clapping, booing and shouting “Germany! Germany!” outside[…]
The Gaza Strip, ravaged by wars and nearly a decade of a grueling Israeli blockade, could become uninhabitable for residents within just five years, the United Nations development agency said Tuesday. “The social, health and security-related ramifications of the high population density and overcrowding are among the factors that may[…]
“I was astounded that someone of that kind of pedigree could sign on for something like that, which would be an anathema to the very teachers he revered.” This was the view of U.S-based academic, Prof Ebrahim Moosa, who on Monday addressed claims he has received death threats from the[…]
This article forms part of a series focused on community activists who are the ‘Unsung Heroes’ working tirelessly to fight crime. One Cape Flats crime fighter has found a way to use technology to create greater awareness of criminal activity in his ‘hood’. 47 year old Riyad Adams is the[…]
With Islam being one of the fastest growing religions in the world, the need for facilities that which can be used by the Muslim members of society is on the rise. The Durbanville Islamic Society (DIS) is seeking the assistance of the Muslim community of Cape Town in order to[…]
OPINION by Cengiz Aktar – Right after Turkey’s June 7 parliamentary elections, I forecast the following: “Change will not come easily to Turkey. The ruling AKP doesn’t have enough seats to form a government on its own as it runs the risk of losing a potential vote of confidence. Coalitions[…]
In Islam, mosques are not just “places of prayers.” Mosques are – in modern terminology – community centers. The role of the mosque in Islam is one of the major things that have to be reformed before the Muslim nation is capable of recovering from its present status. How do[…]
Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has promised Parliament that a thoroughgoing affordability study will be undertaken as part of the procurement process for nuclear energy, but said that this will not be shared with the public as it is likely to be “classified” information. The undertaking that information on the affordability[…]
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