General News
Vatican City: Muslim Letter to Pope
By Ian Fisher A group of 138 Muslim scholars urged Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders to engage in a deep dialogue for peace between the faiths. Muslims and Christians together make up well over half of the world’s population, the 29-page letter read. Without peace and justice between these two religious communities, there…
Prominent Jewish group urges dialogue with “moderate” Muslims
Members of the World Jewish Congress presented a message to Pope Benedict XVI saying that they would like to reach out to moderate Muslims, saying the religion is under attack from within. The group’s secretary general, Michael Schneider, says “Most Muslims are not terrorists” and are not different from other people.
Mosques Controversy: Daniel Cohn-Bendit in Favor for Visible Mosques in the Public Sphere
The EU parliamentarian (Green party) Daniel Cohn-Bendit has argued in favor for visible Mosques in the public sphere – as the only alternative the backyard Mosques.
The Mosque Controversy
In many European countries plans to build new mosques have become a political issue. Intellectuals are taking sides and politicians are using the issue to boost their own image while citizens look skeptically at the plans of Muslim organizations to construct imposing religious buildings to demonstrate their newly found self-confidence. Michael Kaczmarek reports.
Islam – the link between the spread of Islam in Europe and the conflicts in the Broader Middle East
By Dieter Farwick With our publications on Islam we experience a lot of prejudices and generalizations on both sides. There is a need to clarify the terms used in this discussion. We want to make a clear distinction between what we call moderate Muslims and radical Islamists and Jihadists. We expect that visitors and immigrants…