News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
Police are still on the hunt for burglars who raided and smashed up the headquarters of Berkshire’s first Muslim state school. Vandals used a crowbar to break into Slough Islamic Primary School’s current base in Chalvey Play Centre, where they daubed hate slogans across pictures of what the school will look like when it opens
A think- tank has calculated that by 2035, there will be about 1.96 million active Muslims in Britain, compared with 1.63 million church-going Christians. Figures published in the latest of a series of reports entitled Religious Trends by Christian Research has warned that 4,000 churches could close by 2020 if congregations continue to shrink at
Radical “cleric” Abu Hamza has launched a High Court battle against extradition to the US to face terror charges. He is wanted for allegedly trying to set up an al-Qa’ida training camp in Oregon. He is also claimed to have helped the gang who kidnapped Western tourists in Yemen in 1998, killing three Britons. But
Channel 4’s Dispatches programme was awarded _100,000 in court on Wednesday from police after they were falsely accused of faking TV footage. _Undercover Mosque’ won a public apology from West Midlands police service in the High Court in addition to a six figure settlement. A press release issued by police and the CPS in August
Mosque officials in Derby are hoping to put the finishing touches to their building to complete a _3m facelift. Normanton’s Jamia Mosque has applied to Derby City Council for planning permission for two new classrooms, an extension to a washroom and improved access to the second and third floors. The _3m to fund the project