Two topless Femen activists with slogans on their bodies disrupt the speech of two imams during a Muslim conference focused on women in Islam, held in Pontoise, north-west Paris, on Saturday. The two women are dragged from the stage and kicked at one point by security guards. Both activists are in custody according to Femen.
A new book in Dutch was published recently on Islam in the Netherlands called: “Islam in transformation: Piety and pleasure amongst Muslims within and outside of the Netherlands,” edited by the prominent Dutch scholars on Islam Joas Wagemakers and Martijn de Koning (Radboud University). This is a translation of the pamphlet of the book: The…
A French official resigned Sunday from the Socialist Party’s administrative body, just a day after he was appointed to the post, saying he was being discriminated against as a Muslim. The official, Yacine Chaouat, was convicted for domestic violence in March 2010 and received a six-month suspended sentence. He promptly resigned from his job as…
Forty theologians, imams, and experts met May 25 in Paris as the Muslim Theological Council of France (CTMF). Their objective is to “help French Muslims fully adhere to their French citizenship and to their religion, mainly through promoting a middle ground, in religious practice and with respect to others.” Among the nine members—including one woman—on…
In the near future most probably a law will come into existence banning face-covering clothing, like the burqa, in education, hospitals, public transport, and government buildings. The Labour Party (PvdA) and the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) already mentioned their intention to ban the burqa in their coalition agreement in 2012. Labour…
