Couillard promises to ‘see if we can find a solution together’ Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday he was disheartened when the small town of St. Apollinaire voted against establishment of a Muslim cemetery and that the “story is not over,” Canadian media reported. Speaking to reporters in Edmonton where he was attending a Canadian […]

Bias incidents up 24 percent on year compared to first half of 2016, advocacy group says The number of anti-Muslim hate crimes rose 91 percent in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2016, a leading Muslim advocacy group said Monday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the number […]

Syrian woman divorcing from husband instructed to remove headscarf at hearing A German judge has banned a Syrian woman from wearing a headscarf in court during divorce proceedings against her husband, local media reported on Tuesday. The woman’s lawyer Najat Abokal told daily newspaper Tagesspiegel that the judge in the eastern city of Luckenwalde sent […]

Mayor fears vote would tarnish SaintApollinaire’s reputation Residents of a small town in Canada voted Sunday 19-16 against a project that would have created the first Muslim owned and operated cemetery in the Quebec City region. Only 49 voters — neighbors of the area where the cemetery would be established in a wooded area of […]

Chancellor says both German government and NATO will hold talks with Turkey Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged talks to resolve ongoing disputes with Turkey on German lawmakers’ visits to troops stationed in Turkey as part of NATO missions. In an interview with public television ARD on Sunday, Merkel said current disputes between Berlin and Ankara […]

‘I pray that we never suffer through a calamity like July 15’ head of US-based Turkish non-profit says July 15 defeated coup anniversary marked across the world Turkish Americans gather on Turkey’s July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day to mark July 15 defeated coup’s 1st anniversary and commemorate its martyrs at Times Square in […]

Speaking at the ceremony, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told mourners Turkey would continue to ensure the genocide committed against Bosniaks in 1995 would not be forgotten. “We see Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of us. Anywhere in Bosnia — in Sarajevo, in Srebrenica, in any other city — you know that if something […]

Muslim youth gather in Istanbul for sake of Palestine The two-day conference tackles recent developments in Palestinian territories. Youth organizations and student unions from 30 countries gathered in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Saturday for a conference devoted to show solidarity with the Palestinian people. The two-day event, which tackles recent developments in the […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to G20 Leaders’ Summit at Hotel Atlantic Kempinski in Hamburg, Germany on July 06, 2017.   © Turksemedia.nl – Alle rechten voorbehouden | AA | Hamburg

The Netherlands has said suspects linked to the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 will be tried in a Dutch court. The Dutch government on Wednesday said a European Joint Investigation Team (JIT) decided suspects should be prosecuted in the Netherlands, “a process that will be rooted in ongoing international cooperation […]