Two new Islamic cultural sites which include mosques have received approval to be built in the 18th district of Paris. The two mosques will accommodate 1000 people each and should open to the public by 2012 and 2013. The project was spurred by the Institut des cultures d’Islam (ICI or the Institute of Islamic Cultures)….
According to a decision by the Dutch supreme court, insulting Islam does not automate offense to all Muslims. The court’s decision is of great importance for approaching the criminal case against Geert Wilders. The verdict by the court concerned a man who hung a poster in his window saying “stop the tumor called Islam.” A…
The Italian government investigated 216 terror threats against Italy last year, concluding that Islamist cells were the “primary threat to the public interest, both Italy and abroad.” The extent of the terror threats were revealed in an anti-terrorism report presented to the department of information security. Al-Qaeda “is still playing a central role” according to…
