Orthodox Salafi Imams, British Muslim Activists, Organisations and the youth speak out against the Islamic State

British Muslim scholars, activists and the community speak out against ISIS. Scholars from the Orthodox Salafi school of Islamic thought have made a direct video appeal to release Alan Henning, warning the killing would directly oppose Islamic laws. Furthermore, activists led by Britain’s Active Change charity are spreading peace online, using the same social media…

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Stop Referring to Mideast Extremists as “Islamic State,” argues French Foreign Minister

Laurence Fabius, France’s foreign minister contends that it is incorrect to refer to extremists in Syria and Iraq as the Islamic State, as “they do not represent Islam or a state.” France has lobbied for international action to combat extremists and is arming Kurdish authorities to fight jihadists. Francois Hollande is travelling to Iraq to…

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The Three Silences of Islam in France

A number of Muslim leaders have spoken up within the last week condemning the violence of the Islamic State, an initiative that Jean-Marie Guénois looks at with caution. In his recent op-ed he states that the initiative launched by Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Great Mosque of Paris and president of the French Council of…

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Video: Frenchman suspected of taking children to fight jihad

A French woman has reported that her 3-year-old daughter, Jana, was kidnapped by her father and taken to Syria to fight alongside jihadists. The girl’s mother suspects that her ex partner Eddy Leroux and his new girlfriend Jihane took her daughter. She expected Jana home in August and filed a report after she received no…

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Editorial: Muslims and Christians in Solidarity in France

The “ethnic and religious purification” in Iraq is shocking the world. In order to resist the forces of the Islamic State, Iraqi forces are receiving reinforcements from the American air force. Although no one is sure if these actions will be “sufficient” to stop these offensives, in France the “non-extremist” Muslims condemn the actions of…

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