Another Planned refugee centre burned to the ground  in Sweden  
A planned refugee shelter burned to the ground in Floda, east of Gothenburg, Saturday morning, Swedish Radio's local channel in Gothenburg reports.

The fire was put out within an hour, but one building was completely destroyed. The shelter was supposed to house about 120 refugees but can now only accommodate 75 people.

S. African police: Dane ordered wife's murder 

Danish citizen Peter Frederiksen will face charges of conspiracy to murder his wife in addition to the assault charges tied to the gruesome discovery of female genitalia in his South African home. 

                                 

         

                             

A Danish national accused of mutilating several women and keeping their removed clitorises in his freezer is also suspected of involvement in the killing of his wife, South African police said on Friday. 

Man stabs and kills his mum in Denmark

 A 21-year-old man with mental problems has admitted to repeatedly stabbing and killing his own mother, police said on Thursday night.

A 55-year-old woman on the island of Funen was stabbed and killed by her own son on Thursday. 

 

Finnish Study: Baltic Sea diet reduces obesity

New research by the Institute for Health and Welfare indicates that eating food native to the regions around the Baltic Sea can combat obesity. Rye bread, root vegetables, berries and rapeseed oil are eaten daily , whereas red and processed meat is not.

Janitor returns 24,500 euros found in Istanbul airport bathroom

A janitor who discovered 24,500 euros ($26,000) in the bathroom of Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport has been praised for his “good character and inner conscience.”
Emrah Evrensel, who earns minimum wage -currently 1,000 Turkish Liras a month (approx. $350)- cleaning the airport’s VIP area, found a bag full of cash on Nov. 6, which he then turned over to the authorities.

             

Migrants,Refugees and Islam

As the world witnesses a fresh wave of refugees and asylum seekers, we consider here how Muslims should understand and react to their plight in light of the teachings of Islam. In particular, we emphasize how the first Muslim society was built by refugees and migrants and the people who decided to help them.

                                      

Institute for Muslim Research and Progress

40 Syria-bound Moroccans and Syrian deported from Istanbul Atatürk Airport

 Some 40 Moroccans and a Syrian have been deported from the Istanbul Atatürk Airport after criminal profilers determined the group could be entering Turkey to cross into Syria in an attempt to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

On Nov. 4, criminal profilers hired at Istanbul Atatürk Airport to find foreign fighters who wish to join ISIL designated a group of 45 passengers from Morocco’s Casablanca as “suspicious.”

EU forecast three million migrants arriving by 2017

 Three million migrants fleeing war and poverty are seen entering the EU by 2017 in a development likely to have a marginal positive impact on the economy, the European Commission said Nov. 5.

In its first ever assessment of the economic effect of Europe's biggest migration crisis since World War II, the Commission said the influx could boost gross domestic product by 0.2 to 0.3 percent.

Mærsk suffers over 6 million dollars drop in profits

Denmark’s largest company struggles as freight rates and oil prices sink to historically low levels

A.P. Møller-Mærsk has suffered a five billion kroner drop in profits due to historically low freight rates and oil prices.

Over the past 12 months, oil prices plunged by 51 percent and freight rates fell by 19 percent, negatively affecting the shipping giant.

                                           

Danish research: stressed men have poorer sperm quality

New Danish research revealed a correlation between stress and poor sperm quality. On average, men who are stressed have a sperm count 34 percent lower than men with a normal stress level.

The results hail from the city hospital Rigshospitalet, which tested over 1,200 young men as part of a compulsory medical examination to determine their fitness for military service from 2008-2012.