French mosque fund starts after political delay

After a two-year delay, a French fund to help build mosques and finance Muslims projects will get underway next week. The foundation, called _Foundation for Islamic Works’ had been in limbo due to politics between Sarkozy and then interior minister Dominique de Villepin, who initially launched the project.

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The rise of mosques becomes catalyst for conflict across Europe

Protests and demonstrations against the erection of new mosques throughout Europe are serving as catalysts for greater tensions at hand. Dissenters cite mosques as working against integration with religious-only instruction, while others cite mosques as a visible symbol of wanting to exist in the greater social surroundings. Others are merely angry over the visible display

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Austria’s Right Wing Party starts debate on Islamism

Austria’s right wing party FP_ has started a debate on Islamism, whereas government official warned that debates on Islamism can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Arabic School Ex-Principal Fights to Get Her Job Back

The founding principal of the city’s first Arabic-language school said yesterday that the Bloomberg administration forced her to resign in August by threatening to shut the school. She said she was applying to get the job back. In her first detailed public account of what led her to step down after defending the word ”intifada”

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Girl’s Beating Not Reported, Family Says

Relatives of Mohamed Shnewer, one of six men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at Fort Dix, said yesterday that his 12-year-old sister was beaten by a boy at her middle school last month — and that school authorities told them to keep quiet. The boy told Mr. Shnewer’s sister there was a terrorist on

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