The Spanish Ministry of Justice considers a reform of the Islamic representation in Spain to be necessary for the application of the future Law of Religious Freedom. Currently there are 28 Islamic federations officially registered, but only two are part of the CIE (The Spanish Islamic Commission). The government is threatening to cancel the CIE…
In this opinion piece former Muslim Canadian Congress president Farzana Hassan posits that the niqab looms large over an Ontario court as a symbol of Islamist oppression of Muslim women. She is responding to a current debate in the Canadian courts. The Ontario Court of Appeal is debating a test case of a Muslim sexual-assault…
The youth organisation Muslimische Jugend in Deutschland (MJD)/Muslim Youth in Germany was founded in 1994 and has gained popularity in recent year especially among the very religious of young Muslims. The organisation has local groups (so called Lokalkreise) in many German cities. On average, the around 900 registered members are well educated and between 13…
