News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
Two Muslim organisations have called for a boycott of Barclays Bank after it closed the accounts of Bolton-based charity the Ummah Welfare Trust (UWT). The move followed claims that the charity was indirectly helping to fund the Palestinian organisation Hamas. UWT has donated more than £200,000 over the past four years to another UK registered
An introduction by Sevgi Kiliç, Sawitri Saharso and Birgit Sauer precedes essays by Nora Gresch, Leila Hadj-Abdou, Sieglinde Rosenberger & Birgit Sauer; Sevgi Kiliç; Sawitri Saharso & Doutje Lettinga; Susan B. Rottmann & Myra Marx Ferree; and Ayse Saktanber & Gül Çorbaciolu.
In the European discourse post-9/11, concepts such as “Multiculturalism”, “Integration”, and “European Islam” are becoming more and more topical. The empirically- based contributions in this volume aim to reflect the variety of current Muslim social practices and life-worlds in Germany. The volume goes beyond the fragmented methods of minority case studies and the monolithic view
A Muslim inmate at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center in Hartford, Connecticut has filed a lawsuit alleging that prison officials ignored his requests for food and meat conforming to Islamic standards. Ricardo Collins said that he was being denied his constitutional right to freedom of religion said that the denial during Islamic feasts are also denying
Canada’s Governor General Michaëlle Jean announced 60 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including Canadian Muslim Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan. Khan was commended for his leadership role in the Ottawa Muslim community and his work as a journalist.