The result of the research done by the anthropologist Jordi Moreras, about the imams of Catalonia reveals that contrarily to what society believes they are not so influent among the Muslim community. One of the arguments Moreras presents is their poor labour conditions as their religious function is not officially recognised and they have no…
After decades of mistrust, the Bavarian conservative party CSU recently tries to carefully approach Islam. Party leader Gunther Beckstein, Bavarian head of state, and leading members of his party have recommended to open the party. At the moment, the number of Muslim members of the German conservative party is marginal. Beckstein and other party leaders…
People of the Netherlands are starting to mobilize against the standpoint of Geert Wilders, the Freedom Party leader who describes Islam as a dangerous, intolerant, and fascistic religion. Wilders says the Qu’ran should be forbidden and Muslim immigration banned.
Gillian Gibbons, the British teacher jailed in Sudan for insulting Islam in a row over a teddy bear, tonight landed in Dubai on her way back home after being pardoned by the country’s President. The 54-year-old mother-of-two left Sudan landed at 8.45pm (UK time) and said: I just want to relax, I don’t want to…
Illegal immigrants will be banned from getting married in the northern Italian town of Caravaggio, unless they have the legal permits to stay and work in Italy. The town’s mayor, Giuseppe Prevedini said I will no longer be available to marry illegal immigrants… In most cases these are marriages of convenience, often in exchange for…
