8 August 2010 Warwick University this weekend was the venue for what is billed as the UK’s first anti-terrorism camp: 1,300 young Muslim men and women were listening to Dr Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, an Islamic scholar with a gift for rhetorical flourishes and what he describes as a message of love for mankind. Talking in…
11 August 2010 The private German TV station RTL 2, usually providing mass entertainment, announces the times of sunrise and sunset during the month of Ramadan. Hosting shows like Big Brother and small-scale Hollywood movies, the station’s slogan is “It’s fun”. Unexpectedly, the marketing directors have now decided to “send out a signal” for integration…
6 August 2010 In his new book, Rauf Ceylan reports on the daily lives of imams in Germany. According to the professor for religious studies, imams are the key to a new Islam. At first glance, it seems that there is no other topic as well-trodden as this one — imams in Germany. Even those…
13 August 2010 The Islamic month of fasting began on Wednesday. Most Muslims in Germany observe the holy month — but in an environment where the majority is not Muslim, fasting is something many find difficult. Azima Moustafa und Haidar Omar have lived in Germany for 13 years. As Syrian Kurds they faithfully observed Ramadan…
13 August 2010 With HATIF, the first opt-out programme for Islamists, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution aims to help those who want to leave the militant Islamist milieu. Although this new approach has been broadly welcomed, some doubts remain over its potential efficacy. Through HATIF, which is the Arab term…
