News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
An op-ed by Asma Hanif in the Khaleej Times examines some of the challenges faced by Muslims in Belgium, particularly youth, who feel that a wide gap exists between their world at home and their daily life at school. Hanif suggests that this challenge stems from a conflict between preservation of cultural and religious identities
A court in Amsterdam has ruled that immigrants who come to the country through family reunification, do not have to take a Dutch test showing basic knowledge of Dutch language and culture, in their home countries. In a case brought by a Moroccan woman who wanted to live with her husband in the Netherlands, a
Thousands of polygamous marriages have sprung up throughout Italy, as a by-product of fast and voluminous immigration of Muslims to the country. Souad Sbai, a Moroccan-born Italian lawmaker believes that Italy has turned a blind eye to the phenomenon. It is absurd that in a civilized country like Italy, so little is acknowledged about this,