Muslim students want a space to pray
The Muslim Student Organization at the University of Bergen are asking for a space to do salat. According to National Television the University has been positive in its response.
Day: March 24, 2010
Two Uighur brothers in Guantanamo sent to Switzerland
After eight years of detention in Guantanamo Bay, Arkin Mahmud and Bahtiyar Mahnut were sent to Switzerland to resettle, the Justice Department announced. Switzerland decision to accommodate the brothers led the US Supreme Court to back from a case on Uighur detainees in Guantanamo. The case dealt with detainees to be released while they have
Italy the UCOII’s turning point: “From now on, Imams have to speak Italian.”
Izzedin Elzir, the newly elected president of the Union of the Islamic Communities in Italy (UCOII), has stated that Italian language must be adopted by all the imams. The moderate leader that is also attentive to the interfaith dialogue wants to loosen the traditional tie of its association with the Muslim Brotherhood. He underlined some
Dutch politician will not attend film premier
The premier for “Islam Rising: Geert Wilders Warning to the West”, a film by the American Christian Action Network (CAN), has been canceled. Wilders had initially planned to attend the Los Angeles premier but pulled out due anti-gay comments made by one of the film’s backers. The premier organizers have now canceled the event to
Homophobe imam invited to speak to Sweden’s Young Muslims
The North-American Imam Abdullah Hakim Quick has been invited to give a speech at a conference initiated by Sweden’s Young Muslims (SUM). Abdullah Hakim Quick is, in earlier speeches, to have described Jews as “filthy” and to advocate the execution of homosexuals. According to SUM’s homepage he says this is misunderstanding created by Western Islamophobes.