A judge has found that an RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) agent did not entrap a youth who has been convicted of a terrorism-related charge – paving the way for the young man’s sentencing. In a 53-page decision released in Brampton, ON, Justice John Sproat of the Ontario Superior Court ruled that Mubin Shaikh did…
A pilot who began praying instead of enacting emergency measures before a Tunisian charter flight plummeted into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily and killed 16 people, has been convicted of manslaughter. The plane’s black box showed that the Tunisian pilot, Chefik Gharbi, lost control of the situation, and began to pray after…
Baroness Warsi of the Conservative Party was announced Britain’s most powerful Muslim Woman. She is the Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action and now headed the first Muslim Women Power List. This list is an initiative by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, The Times and Muslim life style magazine Emel, which seeks…
A German-born woman is running for parliament in Indonesia. Petra Odebrecht has lived in Indonesia for 20 years and wants to represent the resort island of Bali. The 42-year-old, blue-eyed blond from Hamburg called the world’s third-largest democracy “a work in progress.” When Odebrecht recently visited a factory, workers asked her for money, the candidate…
On a visit to Muslim-majority Turkey, Germany’s senior Protestant leader has called on Christian and Islamic theologians to find ways to share insights from their Holy Scripture.
