The study finds that attendance at madrassahs may negatively impact the educational attainment of Pakistani boys in the UK. However, there are a number of other factors that contribute to the attainment gap between this demographic and their White-British counterparts, and the influence of madrassahs is not all bad.
Most U.S. Muslims support gun safety reforms and believe public officials would have responded differently had the Florida shooter been Muslim, reports CAIR. Meanwhile, right-wing publications are linking criticism of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office’s response to the shooting with its supposed relationships with CAIR and ‘other’ Islamist groups.
In his book, Reimagining Britain, Archbishop Justin Welby reasons that sharia law is incompatible with British law, which has its foundation in Christian values. However, his potentially controversial comments have received little reaction within the UK.
Figures from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime reveal a 40% rise in Islamophobic hate crime in London, but Scotland Yard warns these figures do not reveal the full extent of the problem because many go unreported.
The proposed ban on circumcision in Iceland has been accused by Muslim and Jewish religious leaders of attacking religious freedom. Concerns have been raised that the criminalisation of religious practices could act as a proxy for Islamophobia and antisemitism.
