A mosque in Milan is taking an initiative to fight drug use. The mosque, in Sesto San Giovanni, together with the region’s United Nations office and the local council, is holding a seminar called Together with young people against drugs. The seminar is aimed at volunteers from local communities to take note of issues affecting…
An Iranian film made in response to Geert Wilders’ film titled _Fitna,’ called _Beyond Fitna,’ has been completed and released on the internet. A spokesperson for the Iranian organization which produced the film, _Islam and Chirstendom,’ said that Beyond Fitna honors all monotheistic religions and is a response to anti-Islamic propaganda. The video is presumed…
A coach at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan has been dismissed from a longtime wresting coaching position after complaints that the coach’s former assistant was trying to convert Muslim students to Christianity. The assistant coach, Trey Hancock, an evangelical pastor, said that he never mixed religion with sports – the coach supported Hancock. The…
The University and College Union (UCU) today protested to the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, against the deportation of a Nottingham University administrator caught up in a police investigation of terrorist literature. Hicham Yezza, who was working as an administrator at the university, was arrested for printing out a copy of the widely available al-Qaida training…
