Former internist and oncologist Jannes Mulder wrote in the medical journal _Medisch Contact’ that girls in the Netherlands are still being circumcised, even though female circumcision is banned in the country. The Dutch Council for Public Health estimates that at least 50 girls undergo the procedure each year, mostly within the Somali community. In his…
A British Muslim accused of helping the July 7 bombers plot their attacks on London told a court yesterday how he and ringleader Mohammed Sidique Khan spent time at a Taliban camp in Afghanistan as part of a jihad training trip. Taking the stand for the first time, Waheed Ali, 25, denied participating in the…
The Institut des Ursulines school in Brussels will begin banning the headscarf starting next year. According to the principal, the school is one of the few in Brussels that still permits wearing of the headscarf and thus attracted more and more students donning the garment. The principal also said that 85% of the students in…
The spokesperson for the Belgian Muslim League, Farid El Machaoud said that mosques in Belgium don’t have enough space for all those who come for Friday prayers. “The Muslim population continues to grow and more and more youth go to the mosque,” says El Machaoud. In addition, he added that in big cities, there is…
Young Muslims born and residing in the US are taking conventional humor to counter false American stereotypes of Islam and Muslims. Calgary, Canada born Obaida Abdul-Rahim, who lives in Gainesville, Florida, runs one of several Middle-Eastern themed t-shirt business that have sprung up to retort anti-Muslim sentiment. Such slogans printed on the t-shirts include “100…
