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Unveiling Islam; A New Scientific Discipline is Born – Contemporary Muslim Life Discussed at the Symposium ‘Beyond the Stereotypes’
Secular Muslims who embrace various aspects of their heritage are often overlooked – both as social and as intellectual actors in modern Islamic societies, said Prof. Richard C. Martin, one of the key speakers at a symposium on contemporary Islam held 26 October at De Rode Hoed in Amsterdam. The question of who secular Muslims…
Islam And The West: What Unites And What Divides Us?
What Unites And What Divides Us? Senior diplomats and experts on Islam from the United States, Iraq, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic met to discuss that topic at a conference in Prague. Here is a selection of quotes from some of those who took part.
Terrorism: European attacks ‘inevitable’ as al Qaeda influence spreads, say experts
European countries can expect more terrorist attacks in future because of continuing disaffection among Muslims and the low cost of producing bombs, according to international experts. Bob Ayers, associate fellow for international security at London-based thinktank, Chatham House, told Adnkronos International (AKI) on Friday, while police successfully foiled the planned terrorist attack in Germany last…
Bowing to the Islamists; Even police are giving succor
Last Thursday, a group of 80 people from 15 European countries, plus Israel, Canada and the United States, convened in a conference room on the seventh floor of the European Parliament building in Brussels for a “counterjihad” meeting. They listened to speakers such as the Egyptian-born scholar Bat Ye’or, author of the book “Eurabia,” who…
Return of the Muslim other: The far right is reviving the prejudices that used to dominate mainstream European politics
In a few days time a cluster of far-right groups under the name the Stop the Islamisation of Europe alliance will hold rallies in London, Copenhagen and Marseilles to demand an end to what they call “the overt and covert expansion of Islam in Europe”. Although the events are likely to attract no more than…