Two young British Muslims who have served short prison sentences for terrorism offenses have spoken frankly about their views to a new BBC documentary investigation into the extent of the radicalization of Muslims in the UK. The views of Rizwan Ditta and Bilal Mohammed, two young Muslims born and brought up in Britain, will be…
This article chronicles the financially and politically difficult lives of French polygamists of Malian and Senegalese-origins who live in housing projects near Paris. French think tank the Montaigne Institute recently publicized a study conducted on polygamy in France, where they highlight the dangers for women in these marital arrangements. The report suggests that 500,000 people…
The grand mosque of St-Étienne (Loire Valley) has been vandalized with ten racist and Islamophobic inscriptions. Similar statements were spray-painted on the mosque four years ago. The Regional Council of the Muslim Faith in the Rhône-Alpes (CRCM) has condemned the attack, adding that they hope justice will but brought forward as quickly as possible. They…
Renzo Guolo, Italian expert on Islam, deals with the problematic issue of “self-proclaimed” imams, and the lack of opportunities for training. He tries to analyze the causes of this phenomenon, linking it to the fact that Islam doesn’t have a central authority with which to interact with the State. For the majority of the European…
