June 26, 2008 -

Riva Kastoryano: European conceptions of Islam vis-à-vis Turkey’s candidacy within the EU

Euro-Islam16 years ago15 years ago025 mins

Dr. Kastoryano is now director of research at Sciences Politique in Paris, having begun her tenure in 1988. Prior to this affiliation, she taught at Harvard University, and since 1988 has worked as a fellow at Princeton, at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin and again at Harvard in 2003-2004. Since 2005, she has also acted as an invited professor at the New School for Social Research in New York. Her research interests today fall broadly to the political sociology of Europe, nationalisms and identity.

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Spanish minister under fire for criticizing Islamic headscarf

Euro-Islam16 years ago01 mins

Bibiano Aido, Spain’s Equality Minister, has recently angered Muslim by criticizing the hijab/headscarf, alledging that the garment undermines the rights of women. Not all cultural practices must be respected she Aido, as she expressed her opposition to practices which violate human rights and promote inequality. In response to Aido, Spanish Muslim women said that women…

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Children from polygamous marriage can reunite with father

Euro-Islam16 years ago01 mins

The Constitutional Court of Belgium decided that all children from a polygamous marriage can be reunited with their father. This decision comes after review of reunification laws, in which state that a foreigner who is legally staying in Belgium, is permitted to pursue family reunification. However, he can only bring over one wife. All children…

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Pickpockets dressing up as Muslim women

Euro-Islam16 years ago01 mins

In the past few weeks, markets in Rotterdam have experienced pickpockets by individuals dressed as religious Muslim women. The police does not have exact numbers on the cases of pickpocketing, but said that a ‘sharp increase’ has been noted by those dressing as fake Muslims. Police believe the individuals are mostly female Bulgarian or Romanian…

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CAIR: Obama avoidance of Muslims not his fault

Euro-Islam16 years ago15 years ago01 mins

The Muslim advocacy group Council on America-Islamic relations, contended that Barack Obama is not to blame for his nonexistent outreach to American Muslim leaders. CAIR Spokesperson Ibrahim Hooper said that Obama’s reticence to reach out to American Muslims is partly due to people making use of the senator’s middle name. “Senator Obama has been targeted…

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