Feb 3 Düsseldorf, capital city of the German State North-Rhine Westphalia was the location for the first meeting between mosque centers and the German police to discuss extremism among young Muslims. The Imams and the central council for Muslims underline the necessity of Imams and Islamic representatives through dialogue and discourse when approaching…
24.01.2012 According to a recent survey conducted by Ipsos commissioned by the French daily Le Monde, two in three French (74%) reject Islam as “intolerant” and “incompatible” with French society. While 70% of the survey participant judged that there are “too many foreigners in France”, 62% said they “don’t feel like at home anymore”. The…
A study published by a sociologist has revealed that fear-mongering non-governmental anti-Muslim organisations have been heavily influencing US media since 9/11, their messages seeping into news articles and television reporting and drawing their ethos from the fringes, straight into the mainstream. What’s perhaps most troubling about the results is how these minor groups, which…
22 May 2012 Living in a secular environment has been a challenge for Muslims in the West. Islam is a religion that does not accept the separation between the public and private space. Thus it expects believers to adhere to its rules regardless of their environment; this inevitably positions it in a fundamental conflict…
11 May 2012 Coming from Seville, Professor at the University Pablo de Olavide, Manuel Ricardo Torres Soriano[1], offered yesterday at the UNED a conference on the danger of terrorist organizations where he answered some questions about this subject: Q -Do Ceuta and Melilla have to be especially concerned? A- Terrorism affects mainly Algeria, which has…
