Tariq Ramadan urges Muslims to assume responsibility

February 7, 2016 Despite controversy, the ninth Annual Meeting of Northern Muslims (RAMN) was held on February 7. Nearly 3,000 Muslims gathered in Lille at the behest of the Northern Islamic League (LIN), a branch of the Union of Islamic Organizations of France (UOIF). The organizers had originally invited three controversial guests to speak: the…

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‘Muslim Women Often Don’t Know their Own Religion’: Congress on Islamic Feminism in Berlin

February 10, 2010 On February 3, 2016, a conference titled ‘Islamic Feminism – International Convergences’ was held by the Action Committee of Muslim Women and the SPD-linked Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Berlin. According to its organisers, which included renowned academic Tuba Işık and journalist Kubra Gümüşay, the meeting aimed to discuss ways in which Muslim…

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Conferences of Muslims in France to meet in March

February 3, 2016 A national conference of Muslims of France will be held next March in Lyon, according to the Great Mosque of Paris. The decision to hold the conference was made during a working meeting in Paris chaired by the rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Dalil Boubaker and President of the Union…

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“Muslim Women Often Don’t Know their Own Religion”: Congress on Islamic Feminism in Berlin

10 February 2010 On February 3, 2016, a conference titled ‘Islamic Feminism – International Convergences’ was held by the Action Committee of Muslim Women and the SPD-linked Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Berlin. According to its organisers, which included renowned academic Tuba Işık and journalist Kubra Gümüşay, the meeting aimed to discuss ways in which Muslim…

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Carson Calls for Investigation Into Muslim Civic Group

Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson is criticizing President Barack Obama for allowing representatives of a Muslim civic group to attend the State of the Union address, saying their actions are “not pro-American.” Democratic lawmakers have invited two members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations to attend Obama’s final State of the Union address Tuesday night….

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