Police around Europe arrested at least 20 suspected Islamic extremists in an operation targeting an Italy based network that allegedly trained and dispatched suicide bombers from Italy into battle Iraq and Afghanistan. The network allegedly gave training in explosives and bombing tactics to predominantly immigrants of North African background. Italian investigators arrested most of the…
Aldo Danielle, a priest in the town of Paderno di Ponzano, in Veneto region, opened the door of his church to allow Muslims to meet and pray in his parish for Friday prayers. He hopes to foster better dialogue, and integration of Muslims in the local community. Volunteers at the church of Santa Maria Assunta…
The controversy about the extension of the Islam Centre reaches its peak. While the head of the Center launches information days and promotes acceptance, a citizens’ group continues propagating against the planed extension.
The king signed a decree granting official recognition to 50 imams working in 43 mosques, recognized by the Wallonia region. The imams will receive their salaries from the state beginning next month, just as Catholic parts do. Five mosques in Brussels, and at least seven in Flanders have yet to receive official recognition.
The Dayton Peace Accords called for the removal of foreign combatants from Bosnia after the Balkans war. But hundreds of mujahedeen fighters stayed, and today they are successfully spreading their fundamentalist Islamist views. Renate Flottau reports
