Salman Rushdie’s knighthood provoked cries of rage among mollahs. The Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs reckons that because of Rushdie’s provocations and blasphemies, it is not surprising that Muslims demonstrate their rage through violence and bombings. Several member of the Pakistani government expressed their own anger at the UK for exacerbating the alienation and indignation…
Journée d’étude du réseau européen V.E.I.L. Values Equality and Differences in Liberal Democracies Lundi 25 juin 2006 Site Pouchet. 59 / 61 rue Pouchet. Paris 17e Salle de conférence (rez-de-chaussée) Programme de la journée d’étude: La loi du 15 mars 2004 encadre désormais « le port de signes ou de tenues manifestant une appartenance religieuse…
The Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD) harshly criticized the Christian churches after high-ranking German clergyman Cardinal Karl Lehmann last week spoke out against Islam enjoying equal status to Christianity. “The (Christian) churches would like to ban Islam to the lower leagues,” Aiman Mazyek, general secretary of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany,…
ROME. Beno_t XVI a nomm_, lundi 25 juin, le cardinal fran_ais Jean-Louis Tauran comme pr_sident du conseil pontifical pour le dialogue interreligieux, sp_cialement charg_ de la relation avec l’islam. Le cardinal Tauran, 64 ans, est un diplomate qui a exerc_ au Liban avant de devenir secr_taire pour les rapports avec les Etats (1990-2003).
Germany’s highest-ranking cardinal has warned against indifference and uncritical tolerance which he says could lead to Islam enjoying equal standing with Christianity in the country. Cardinal Karl Lehmann, who is head of the German conference of bishops, expressed concern about religious freedom leading to all faiths being treated equally regardless of the size of their…
