Austria‘s Islamic Community says it has revoked the license of a Muslim religion teacher who allegedly gave his students anti-Semitic pamphlets. The announcement Friday came a day after the Islamic Community suspended the man for allegedly encouraging students to abstain from “Jewish businesses”. The teacher in question taught at a regular school in the Austrian…
The results of a survey about freedom of speech caused tempers to flare in parliament, but many, including members of the Muslim community in Denmark, have voiced support for not banning criticism of religion. The Islamic Faith-Society strongly opposes a ban on criticism of religion. “It’s a bit of an admission of failure if people…
An alleged group arrested last December in one of the largest counterterrorism operations in Belgian history have been found to have connections to a senior al-Qaeda operative who helped orchestrate the 2006 “Airline Plot,” widely recognized as al Qaeda’s most serious terror attempt since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. A senior…
Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders was turned away at London’s Heathrow airport after attempting to ignore the security ban on his entry into the country. Immigration officials denied Wilders entry into the UK after the government decided he should not be allowed to attend a screening of his anti-Islam film, Fitna. They have deemed him…
Rome’s Grand Mosque’s Islamic Cultural Center has boycotted a meeting being organized by several “radical” mosques from northern Italy. The move is being supported by many Moroccan immigrants in the country: “I welcome the decision…moderate Muslims are now, more than ever before, showing their determination not to comprise with extremists,” said centre-right MP for the…
