• Public Opinion and Islam in the Media

    In life and words, Muslim leader bridges cultures

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Featured North America, Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement, Islamic Practice and Jurisprudence, Mosques and Community Centers, Muslim Advocacy and Organizations, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, Special Coverage, United States

    William Suhaib Webb, imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury, has been a target of conservative Muslims on the Internet, who call him a sellout, and of other critics who say he is an extremist. He has tried, for better or for worse, to respond to all of it —...

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    Yvette Cooper welcomes Abu Qatada’s pledge to leave UK

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Issues in Politics, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, Security and Counterterrorism, United Kingdom

    Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper welcomes the news Abu Qatada could return to Jordan, saying: “We all agree he should stand fair trial there so justice can be done.” The Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada will return to Jordan voluntarily when the Jordanian parliament ratifies a deal with Britain that ensures he will receive...

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    French ministers refuse to attend conference with Islamic scholar who teaches at Oxford University

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Education and Schooling, Issues in Politics, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, Security and Counterterrorism, United Kingdom

    Tariq Ramadan is an Islamic scholar who teaches at Oxford University and a former member of a working group on extremism set up by Tony Blair. Time magazine once described him as the “leading thinker” among Europe’s second and third-generation Muslim immigrants. Yet two French ministers have suddenly announced that they will not attend...

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    Belgium’s Syrian problem

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Belgium, Immigration and Integration, Public Opinion and Islam in the Media, Soldiers and Military Conflict

    Le Monde 11.05.2013 A recent article published by the French daily, Le Monde, interviewed the families of four Belgian Muslims who have left Europe to join the Syrian revolutionaries in their fight to overthrow the current Syrian regime under Dictator Bashir Al-Assad.  The article is released in the wake of a nationwide soul searching...

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