Spain has rejected an asylum request from Omar Osama bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, after deciding that he did not meet the condition necessary for him to remain in the country. “The Interior Ministry has not accepted the request for asylum because this does not meet the conditions necessary for entering Spain,”…
Enes Karić is the fifth Allianz guest professor for Islamic and Jewish Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich during the 2008-09 winter semester. The Bosnian professor comes from a culture in which Muslims, Jews and Christians traditionally live together as good neighbors. Despite the experiences from the Balkan conflict, the peaceful interaction of different…
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest U.S. Islamic civil rights group, congratulated President-Elect Barack Obama. “President-elect Obama’s victory sends the unmistakable message that America is a nation that offers equal opportunity to people of all backgrounds,” said a statement released by CAIR. Although Christian, Obama’s background represents a new chapter in American…
