Lack of Muslim Burial Grounds in France, says Le Parisien
This article in Le Parisien notes that despite approximately 6 million Muslims in France, there are only 80 burial grounds that are suitable for proper Muslim burial in the country.
June 3, 2009
University to lead €1.4m project on Islam in Europe
Professor Paul Statham from the Department of Sociology is to lead a €1.4m research project that will look at how different traditions of national identity, citizenship and church-state relations in six European countries have shaped those countries’ policy efforts to incorporate Islam. Funded by the European Union’s Framework Seven Programme (FP7), the project will examine…