Secular Muslims who embrace various aspects of their heritage are often overlooked – both as social and as intellectual actors in modern Islamic societies, said Prof. Richard C. Martin, one of the key speakers at a symposium on contemporary Islam held 26 October at De Rode Hoed in Amsterdam. The question of who secular Muslims…
What Unites And What Divides Us? Senior diplomats and experts on Islam from the United States, Iraq, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic met to discuss that topic at a conference in Prague. Here is a selection of quotes from some of those who took part.
The feminist Seyran Ates has just provided a new book about the failure of integration of muslim migrants in Germany. But her book is more than just a critique – it is a pleading for a European core culture. Anna Reimann reports.
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah accused Britain of failing to act on intelligence that might have prevented the 2005 London transit bombings, touching off debate about the kingdom’s response to terror at the start the first state visit by a Saudi king in two decades. Facing criticism for his support for Islamic extremists, Abdullah prefaced the…
The German Christian-Muslim Society celebrated its 25th anniversary in the Kardinal-Schulte-Haus in Bensberg. Among the illustrious guests was also the Grand Mufti of Sarajevo, Dr. Mustafa Ceric.
