Central Council of Muslims condemns the violence of the ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’

August 21, 2014 The chairman of the central council of Muslims in Germany, Aiman Mazyek condemned the approach of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq. Mazyek spoke about “the infamous actions of barbarian and marauding gangs” when describing the approaches of ISIS after the murderer of US journalist…

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Calling Imams to condemn the crimes and terror committed by ISIS

August 15, 2014 Over the last 2 months we have witnessed the atrocities committed by ISIS to the people of Iraq. ISIS have targeted and forced Christians to convert to Islam, pay a high tax or face execution, therefore thousands of people left their homes and belongings and fled their city. Some Churches have been…

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La Monumental, the great Mosque of Barcelona

August 7, 2014 Muslim leaders in the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia say they have been promised a mega-mosque in Barcelona if they support independence from Spain in a referendum set for November 9. Officials from the Catalonia’s ruling Convergence and Union Party (CiU) are seeking the ballots of all of the roughly 100,000 Muslims…

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Unity in a Strange Land: Photographing New York City’s Islamic Communities

July 13, 2014 Philip Montgomery calls his photographs of New York City’s various Islamic communities an unfinished project, one driven by changing perspectives and questions. He began in 2009 as a new arrival from California and fresh from photographing Sufi Muslims in Kashmir. In an unfamiliar city, Mr. Montgomery, now 26, said he felt a…

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Official UCIDE (Union of the Islamic Communities of Spain) news

April 15, 2014   Even though several news about the Jihadist activities in Spain have been released in the past months no official comment on the subject has been issued by the Islamic Communities delegations. Furthermore the Spanish police and Security forces have been updating the growing number of Jihadists individuals departing from Spain to…

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