Czech Republic: Pig’s head placed on fence outside Prague mosque

Czech authorities are trying to find out who placed a pig’s head on the fence outside a mosque near Prague. Spokesperson Jan Milulovsky says that someone also wrote “Stop Islam” on the fence, partially damaging the wall and entrance to the mosque in the Kyje neighborhood on the outskirts of Prague. Photographs of the incident…

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Umbrella group to represent secular Muslims creates divisions

A number of Arab and Muslim organizations are intensifying efforts to form the umbrella body, to be named the Council of Secular Muslims. The proposal to create an umbrella group to represent secular Muslims, thought to be backed by the Elysée, is dividing France’s sizable Muslim minority. The goal is to set up a body…

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Scotland: Muslim leaders offer to guard synagogue

Muslim leaders have offered to help guard a Scottish synagogue after it was vandalized in an alleged anti-Semitic attack. The Scottish Islamic Foundation chairperson Ken Imrie wrote a letter to the Rabi of the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation, to voice the group’s revulsion and horror of the attack. “We trust you have adequate security arrangements in…

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