Before the continent started banning hijab, European aristocrats used to change their names to Abdullah and Muhammad, and going to the local mosque was the latest trend. BY MARYA HANNUN, SOPHIE SPAAN MAY 5, 2016 From the outside, with its high minarets and bulbous Mughal-style dome, the Wilmersdorf mosque, located […]
Moral Matrix: Islam, Religious Freedom and Europe Today | Clarion Project Source: Clarion Project BY ELLIOT FRIEDLAND AND MEIRA SVIRSKY Three separate cases in different parts of the world illustrate […]
Source: Huffington Post Muslims throughout North America and Europe are increasingly living in fear as a result of rising Islamophobia. Yet, in the midst of this antagonism, some have found a silver lining. Noor Wazwaz, an NPR journalist and filmmaker, decided to use the ongoing media discourse around Islam as […]
Source: BBC The government estimates there are 190,000 Muslim women in England who speak little or no English. Ministers are determined to tackle some of what they see as the […]
Source: BBC By Tharik Hussain Keturiasdesimt Totoriu, Lithuania It may not be the kind of place you would expect to stumble upon a mosque, but Muslims have lived among the […]
Radical Mosques in America: Is There One Near You? Clarion has identified over 80 Islamist orgs/mosques in the US, resulting in prominent media coverage on FOX News and the Daily Caller website. The Brotherhood has established the most powerful Islamic institutions in the West, even though Muslims are not necessary […]
June 1, 2014 Photo: Asian Express Aminur Chowdhury from Bradford, England was racially abused by homeless man Ben Gallon but rather than throw insults back, Aminur decided to engage in conversation with him and invited him to have a drink. Aminur says: “Initially I turned the other cheek but then I […]
By Eugene Volokh April 11 Washington Post A sign among flowers near a cultural center where a person was shot and killed in an attack in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Feb. 17. A 22-year-old Danish gunman opened fire at a cultural center and a synagogue — targets that resembled […]
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient […]
By Daniele Mariani swissinfo.ch JAN 13, 2015 – 16:50 Around 80% of all Muslims in Switzerland are from the Balkans region or Turkey where Islam is moderate and rarely politicised, […]
AP | Sep 27, 2014 | 22:39 Muslims attend a gathering in front of the Paris Mosque after Friday prayers to pay tribute to Herve Gourdel, a French mountain guide […]
a book by Tariq Ramadan: In a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam, one question has been repeatedly heard above the din: where are the Muslim reformers? With this ambitious volume, Tariq Ramadan firmly establishes himself as one of Europe’s leading thinkers and one of Islam’s most innovative and […]
By Shahira Mahran OnIslam.net’s Staff Wednesday, 12 June 2013 00:00 Emad Abu Ar-rub Emad Abu Ar-Rub is the Head of Fatwa Committee in Ukraine, and the Imam of Al-Massar Islamic […]
Organizers think the fair will reach a total visitors number of 25 thousand by the end of tomorrow, the final day of the fair. World Bulletin / News Desk A […]
British Muslims are guilty of a “victim mentality” and should take greater responsibility for their lives, a Muslim Labour MP has argued. Sadiq Khan also said more British Muslims must tackle sexism, learn English and condemn forced marriages. The representative for Tooting, south London, made his comments in a report […]
A joint cantonal and governmental report conducted in the wake of the 2009 minaret ban finds that most Muslims in Switzerland are well-integrated and don’t generally experience problems related to […]
In a fantastic article written in 1996, Roger Ballard explains how a geographical entity known as Europe was mapped out, not based on sharing a common language or ethnicity, but […]
by Marianne Vorthoren Source: bikyamasr http://www.bikyamasr.com/73242/dutch-and-muslim-are-not-mutually-exclusive/ Rotterdam, Netherlands – A few years ago, I had a conversation in a mosque in Rotterdam with two Muslim girls who were about 6 or 7 years-old. They asked me, in fluent Dutch, if I was Turkish. I explained that I was Dutch, and […]
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts — Just over 1 percent of the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims reside in Western Europe, yet this minority has had a disproportionate impact on religion and politics in its new home. In just 50 years, the Muslim population has ballooned from some tens of thousands to 16 […]