The city of Valencia breached an agreement of cooperation between the state and the Islamic Commission of Spain, which regulates the burial of Muslims in cemeteries. The city refused to give burial space in the General Cemetery and other locations that accommodates Islamic burial practices. The agreement between the state and the Islamic Community of…
By Niraj Warikoo Born into a prestigious Iraqi family descended from Islam’s prophet, Imam Hassan Qazwini started life anew when he moved to the United States in 1992. He knew little English, was unfamiliar with American culture and uncertain about his future. But now, Qazwini of Dearborn heads one the largest U.S. mosques — the…
WASHINGTON DC – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called upon Republican presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani, to repudiate anti-Muslim remarks made by one of his campaign workers in New Hampshire. John Deady, co-chair of that state’s Veterans for Rudy, told Britain’s Guardian newspaper that Americans need to chase Muslims “back to their caves.” When…
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police arrested three men on Monday suspected of planning an imminent attack.
The city of Ourense recently premiered its first butcher shop offering various meats slaughters according to Muslim rites. Merbah Abdelouahab Chorti, an Algerian in Ourense who decided to open up the shop after his own dissatisfaction of not being able to find permissible meat to cook with and eat in the town. His halal shop…
