The Fethullah Gülen movement has been growing in influence across the world, and that includes Switzerland. The Sera School, opened in August 2009, was portrayed only a few months later by the magazine Beobachter as a questionable organization linked to Gülen’s network, which was promoting the creation of a parallel society in Switzerland. The Sera…
By Karina Loffee The Cordoba House mosque, part of a Muslim center to be built two blocks from what is now known as Ground Zero proposed as a conciliatory move, was overwhelmingly approved by a local community board in May. But the plans are being resisted by some New Yorkers who say a mosque would…
By Benjamin Soloway After agreeing to sell a Staten Island convent to a Muslim group that intends to use it as a mosque, Rev. Keith Fennessy is attempting to rescind the deal in the face of community objections. The Staten Island controversy is especially notable in the wake of objections to the $100 million mosque…
By Alan Fram Muslims around the globe remain uneasy about the U.S. and are increasingly disenchanted with President Barack Obama, according to a poll that suggests his drive to improve relations with the Muslim world has had little impact. Even so, the U.S. image is holding strong in many other countries and continues to be…
Earlier this week a debate broke out after representatives of as well the Norwegian Islamic Council as the Norwegian court of law said they might be open for a national sharia council, judging in family matters. A number of politicians, as well as Muslim representatives, has spoken against such an institution. Foreign minister Jonas Gahr Störe…
