Bridging the education gap for British Muslims through mosques and madrasahs

Across Europe, Muslims are up to three times less likely to be employed than non-Muslims. Asim Siddiqui, member of The City Circle for the promotion of British Muslim community projects and founder of CEDAR (http://www.thecedarnetwork.com), holds that mosques and madrasahs could contribute significantly to help young Muslims in Britain achieve more. About 1,600 madrasahs in…

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The stereotypes surrounding Via Padova: There are problems but it isn’t a Bronx.

A murder (of a young Egyptian man by a group of south-Americans on the 13th of February) that could have happened in any part of Milan, has triggered a press campaign that described Via Padova as a mass of ugly things, a promiscuity of people coming from everywhere, of crumbling buildings, an insecure and unlivable…

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Barelwi mosque in Oslo rejects accusations of promoting radical Islam

Syed Ali Bukhari, Imam at the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat mosque in Oslo has accused leaders of the Barelwi mosque “Aisha” of trying to attract young men in order to radicalize them. Bukhari says representatives of the Tabliqi-movement running the mosque express a Wahhabi inspired Islam and support terrorism in the name of Islam. Members of…

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Saudi prince donates 400.000.000 to Swedish Mosque

Prince Abdulazizi ben Fahd – son of former Saudi king Fahd – are willing to donate about 350-400 million Swedish krona, to realize the building of Sweden’s largest mosque in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta.

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