Germany bails website authors on terrorism charge

Karlsruhe, Germany – German authorities said Monday they have freed on bail two young men whose postings on a website led to serious charges of supporting a terrorist group. Magistrates freed Daniel P, aged 26, a German who has converted to Islam, and Harun Can A, 23, after they had admitted allegations by federal prosecutors.

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Italian Muslims take part in global Eid festival

Around 400,000 Italian Muslims took part in the Eid-al-Adha sacrifice and celebration this year, in almost every Italian city. The director of Islam-Online.it and secretary of Italy’s largest Muslim group, the Union of Islamic Communities in Italy, Hamza Piccardo, said that the increase in participation rose at least 40 percent compared to previous celebrations last

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Fox Receives Overwhelming Response to ‘Simpsons’ Episode on Islamophobia

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on Muslims and other people of conscience to thank the creator of “The Simpsons” and the Fox television network for a recent episode that used comedy to challenge Islamophobia. The recently aired episode, titled “Mypods and Boomsticks” features a Muslim character named Bashir and his family, who face

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Muslim fiesta to given official status in Spain

The government of Melilla announced that in 2 years time, the Muslim religions celebration of Eid will be given official status in Melilla. This marks the first time that part of the territory of Spain will give official status to a non-Catholic religion celebration. It is expected that Cueta will also begin to officially recognize

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Muslim police ‘are in short supply’ – survey

Muslims are in short supply in the police force, particularly in specialist units like counter-terrorism, a survey by the National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) and Demos has revealed. Of the 2374 officers working in counter-terrorism, just 27 are Muslims. And of the 4,630 inspectors and chief inspectors, just 30 are Muslims. The survey pointed

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