Anti-immigrant party poised for huge win in German state election

September 4, 2016 Article

Election posters of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) are seen in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos

The anti-immigrant Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party is expected by polls to make huge gains in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election on Sunday, reflecting a growing discontent with Chancellor Angela Merkel and her open-door refugee policy. The election, taking place exactly a year after Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees

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‘Everything but Hillary Clinton,’ France’s Le Pen says, backing Trump

September 3, 2016 Article

Marine Le Pen of France's National Front (FN) addressesa a news conference in Vienna, Austria, June 17, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

France’s far-right National Front party leader, Marine Le Pen, voiced support for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton would bring war and hardship to the world. Le Pen is a candidate in France’s April 2017 presidential election. While her increasingly popular party thrives on anti-immigration sentiment, she

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Tensions rise in Germany’s Turkish diaspora, mirroring splits in Turkey

September 3, 2016 Article

People visit a market in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, Germany, August 19, 2016. Picture taken August 19, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Ercan Karakoyun has long played a prominent role in Berlin’s Turkish community, promoting education and dialogue among Muslims and Germans of other faiths. Now, however, whenever [...]

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Bangladesh hangs Islamist party figure for 1971 war crimes

September 3, 2016 Article

An ambulances drives on a road near the Holey Artisan restaurant after Islamist militants attacked the upscale cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh in this July 2, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Mohammd Ponir Hossain

Bangladesh has hanged a top Islamist party figure for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, the law minister said on Saturday. [...]

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Mother Teresa borne to sainthood by complex, mysterious process

September 3, 2016 Article

Nobel peace prize winner Mother Teresa holds nine-month-old Christina Ott from Switzerland during a signing ceremony in Hong Kong January 16, 1985. REUTERS

The canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta on Sunday will be the culmination of a process – sometimes called “the saint-making machine” – that is [...]

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Oklahoma mother charged with using crucifix to kill ‘possessed’ daughter

August 31, 2016 Article

Juanita Gomez is shown in this undated booking photo in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma August 30, 2016. Courtesy Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

A 49-year-old Oklahoma woman has been charged with first-degree murder on suspicion of killing her daughter whom she thought was possessed by the devil by [...]

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Islamic State leader in charge of foreign attacks killed in Syria

August 30, 2016 Article

IS spokesman and head of external operations Abu Muhammad al-Adnani is pictured in this undated handout photo, courtesy the U.S. Department of State. The United States carried out an air strike in Syria's town of al-Bab targeting a senior Islamic State official, a U.S. defense official told Reuters on August 30, 2016. U.S. Department of State/REUTERS

The Islamic State group announced on Tuesday that one of its longest-serving and most prominent leaders, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, was killed in Syria, depriving the [...]

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Australia unveils “how-to” guide to fight militant propaganda

August 29, 2016 Article

The Sydney Opera House is reflected in a harbourside hotel window in The Rocks district of Sydney, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo

Australia on Tuesday released what the government says is the world’s first ever how-to-guide for combating radical Islamist propaganda in Southeast Asia, which it hopes [...]

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Germany wants Facebook to take initiative in fight against online hate

August 29, 2016 Article

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere (C), Eva- Maria Kirschsieper, Facebook head of public policy D-A-CH (R) and Martin Ott, Facebook managing director central Europe, pose during a vistit at the Facebook office in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos

Germany’s interior minister visited Facebook’s offices in Berlin on Monday and said it should be more proactive in removing forbidden content from its social network platform. “Facebook should take down racist content or calls for violence from its pages on its own initiative even if it hasn’t yet received a complaint,” Thomas de Maiziere said.

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Trip to Skegness Ends Up In Abuse for Muslim Family

August 29, 2016 Article

This is the actual account of a case that we received within the last few days and which highlights how intolerance and prejudice can shape the impressions made on families and also the perception of other communities. The impacts of such prejudice are felt deep and wide within families that are affected and fuel further

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