Muslim student must attend swimming lessons

Credit: WAZ via Zafarullah Khan of Germany English Translation of the News (done through google translator without taking responsibility of any mistake. Any one can improve it) The Hessian Administrative Court dismissed the lawsuit of a Muslim high school student in Frankfurt, who for religious reasons did not want to […]

M.T.A. Amends Rules After Pro-Israel Ads Draw Controversy

Source: NY Times. By MATT FLEGENHEIMER The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved new guidelines for advertisements on Thursday, prohibiting those that it “reasonably foresees would imminently incite or provoke violence or other immediate breach of the peace.” The 8-to-0 vote by the authority’s board came three days after pro-Israel ads characterizing Islamist […]

The spilled milk of religious tolerance

Source: ET “The torching of the church is unfortunate and reprehensible, contrary to the teachings of Islam, which ordains respecting places of worship of all religions,” the president had said. PHOTO: REUTERS Trying to be ‘correct’ after the fact, President Asif Ali Zardari has issued a message condemning the ransacking […]

Islam in Germany

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Red Mosque at Schwetzingen Castle, Germany’s oldest mosque constructed between 1779-1791 Islam by country Africa[show] Asia[show] Europe[show] The Americas[show] Oceania[show] This box: view talk […]