According to a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, mental health discrepancies can be seen along national, sex, and other lines of difference. The report clashes with the assumption that immigrant youth have a higher risk of developing mental health illnesses in comparison to other youth in the country. However, according to the…
The British government is working to ensure that Muslims can access financial products and services compatible with Islam in order to support both Muslims living in the UK and those seeking to do business there. This was stated in a press release from the British High Commission in Brunei Darussalam. The Economic Secretary to the…
A local Muslim organization in Berlin Charlottenburg has declared that they plan to build a new Mosque in the area. The financial sources of the project are not transparent, however. Ian Johnson comments.
The head of a race relations watchdog has warned against labelling mosques as potential breeding grounds for terrorism. Zafar Ali, chairman of Slough Race Equality Council, spoke out as British Muslim leaders announced new guidelines for mosques. The guidelines are a response to the Government asking Muslim leaders to find ways of curbing extremism and…
The veil was claimed to be cultural and not religious one of Britain’s most senior Muslim politicians said. Yorkshire peer Baroness Warsi called on communities to question non-religious rites and rituals that did little more than create and exacerbate divisions. Shadow Communities Secretary Baroness Warsi of Dewsbury warned that British Muslims as a whole risked…
