The relationship between Turkey and Islam is examined in a report compiled by the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). The Turkish translation of the report was published in October and makes a strong case for the country’s European Union accession bid at a time when the words “Turkey” and ”identity crisis” often appear…
Muslims will have their own enclosure, and be allowed to be buried according to their own religious funerary rites. Over the summer, the Islamic community of albacete_a launched discussions with the city council of Albacete to think about the possibility of such a plan, and find a suitable place; Muslims will now have their own…
Cherie Blair has criticised Muslim religious dress for women under situations where they it is not _freely undertaken” and where it fails to acknowledge “the woman’s right to be a person”. A practising Roman Catholic and wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, she warned against the full-face veil (niqab) worn by strictly Islamic women…
27 Muslim prisoners at the Leeds detention facility in England are suing because they claim meals served during Ramadan violated their human rights, it was reported. The prisoners claim they were served ham sandwiches instead of cheese sandwiches for the Iftaar evening meal during Ramadan, the Daily Mail reported. Islam forbids pork consumption.http://themuslimweekly.com/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=5B064CF68F150C661E64813B&MENUID=HOMENEWS&DESCRIPTION=UK%20News
Channel 4 has again been criticized by the Muslim community following the airing of a show that “glorifies” a female Muslim suicide bomber. Islamic leaders called on Channel 4 to cancel a film about a British girl who is driven to become the UK’s first female suicide bomber.http://themuslimweekly.com/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=1C478BB83DA79EF480D2E0A4&MENUID=HOMENEWS&DESCRIPTION=UK%20News
