News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
Britain’s Treasury is likely to back plans to issue Shariah law-compliant bonds, officials said Sunday – amid continuing debate about the application of Islamic laws in the UK. Treasury chief Alistair Darling, who will present his annual budget on March 12, plans to issue the Islamic bonds, known as sukuk, to tap into a fast-growing
On February 11, 2008 the mayor of the city of Montgeron (Essonne), G_rald H_rault, refused to rent municipal space to a Muslim association in the city. The mayor claimed that In reaction to the extent and the number of reactions [of those in the area], I have suspended the project. It is a decision which
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia, is refusing to remove medieval artistic depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, despite being flooded with complaints from Muslims demanding the images be deleted. More than 180,000 worldwide have joined an online protest claiming the images, shown on European-language pages and taken from Persian and Ottoman miniatures dating from the 14th,