Ankara’s long arm? German DİTİB branch embroiled in a spying affair targeting Gülenists

A deteriorating relationship In recent months, the relationship between German authorities and DİTİB, the country’s largest and Turkish-dominated Muslim association, has taken a severe drubbing. For close to three decades, DİTİB used to be the German government’s preferred cooperation partner in Islamic religious affairs: outsourcing the religious needs of the country’s Muslim population to DİTİB,…

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Catalonia admits that the regulation of the burqa causes alarm in Muslim groups

22 August 2013 The General Director of Religious Affairs of the Generalitat, Enric Vendrell, admitted that the regulation of the burqa in public spaces has generated “alarm” in the Muslim community living in Catalonia. Vendrell promises dialogue and mediation to approach this question and recognizes that the use of the burqa is residual in Catalonia….

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Kuwait Civil Servant Chairman at Amsterdam’s Blue Mosque

28 May 2013   Newspaper Het Parool has reported that Mutlaq Alqarawi, a civil servant from the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Kuwait, has been appointed board chairman of the Blue Mosque in Amsterdam. He has been registered at the Chamber of Commerce as chairman of Europe Trust Nederland, the owner of the building which…

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Imams Participate in Training Seminar in Palermo

Thirty Muslim imam, brokers and managers of the Muslim community participated in a free seminar for those in Muslim communities in Italy. The course is supported by Isesco (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), in collaboration with the COREIS (Italian Religious Communities), the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Kuwait and the Municipality of Palermo. The…

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End of the II Inter-religious Iberian-American Summit in Barcelona

30 June 2012   For three days, leaders, experts and representatives of different religious denominations coming from America, Spain and Portugal met in Barcelona. The Director General of Religious Affairs has emphasized in his speech “the ability to dialogue and listening and the importance of interreligious dialogue.” In the closing ceremony was also discussed and…

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