The Paris Grand Mosque and the city’s Catholic university are teaming up to offer university education for imams, hoping to promote a more modern Islam and integrate immigrant community leaders into France. The offered courses include study in the social and economic sciences, and are meant to encourage a better comprehension of French culture and…
Lavapi_s, Madrid’s most culturally diverse district, was chosen to welcome a festival called “Nights of Ramadan” from October 9th to 13th. These five days of cultural activities included conferences, music, dance, movies, and storytelling. The objective of the festival was to share the social and cultural festivities with the neighborhood, and encourage multicultural co-existence with…
The Imam of Almer_a, Abdallah Mhanna, has explained to IDEAL that a location has been chosen for a mosque site for the Muslims of Almeria. The mosque will also service Mulsims travelling to and from North Africa. As is common with mosques, the Almer_a mosque will also serve as a cultural center and a school.
More details are emerging in the case of the three Islamists who were recently arrested for planning a bomb attack in Germany. Investigators believe that a 15-year-old boy smuggled the detonators from Istanbul to Germany — inside the soles of a pair of shoes. Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark report.
Politicians in Berlin and D_sseldorf are taking measures to try to prevent forced marriages among Germany’s immigrant community. A new program gives advice to young women via the Internet and by phone — and hides them from their parents if necessary. Andrea Brandt reports.
