More than 100,000 people marched through Madrid and other cities throughout Spain last Sunday, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Protesters filled downtown boulevards in Madrid carrying banners saying “Peace,” “SOS Gaza,” placards with the word “Gaza” above a red-stained hand and mock blood-spattered bodies of children. Among those in attendance of the march…
Muslims in Berlin are planning to open a school to train Islamic clergymen, the first of its kind in the German capital. The project is the brainchild of Institut Buhara, an organization founded by a group of Muslims linked to the Sufi branch of Islam. The move comes amid growing frustration by Muslims who have…
Councillor Marcouch of the Slotervaart neighborhood in Amsterdam has proposed ideas for a “city in itself” – a flourishing Muslim community that can arise on its own. Marcouch proposed his ideas in an internal letter to the other neighborhoods in Amsterdam-West. He has proposed the neighborhoods to exist outside the beltway, which poses essential differences…
Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa warned Italy’s Muslims to halt further “provocations” after thousands held prayers in public squares in Milan during pro-Palestinian demonstrations last week. La Russa said that he did not oppose the protests or deny people the right to prayer, but called the public nature of the events a challenge to peace….
