Parenting courses for Muslims aim to untangle culture from religion

Family Links scheme addresses concerns among parents of how to reconcile western values with their religious upbringing. Ifat Nisa feared her teenage son was hanging out with “the wrong crowd”, drinking, smoking or experimenting with drugs – but when she questioned him, they always argued.   Brought up not to challenge her own parents, Nisa…

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Hesse Bans Burkas for State Workers

2 February 2011 The state of Hesse has banned the wearing of the burka – the Muslim dress that covers a woman’s face – by state employees during work hours, officials announced late Tuesday. The decision was made by Interior Minister Boris Rhein in response to a worker at a local administrative office, or Bürgeramt,…

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