08.10.2011 Richard Dawkins, author of books on evolution and religion (“The God Delusion”) and noted atheist, has criticized Muslim faith schools for teaching their students “alien rubbish”, as they continue to ignore scientific evidence in favour of creationism. Drawing on material from the Times Educational Supplement, the Daily Mail and the BBC quote Dawkins as…
03.10.2011 More than 500 mosques throughout the Germany opened their doors to non-Muslims on October 3rd, the “Day of the Open Mosque”. Since 1997, many Muslim communities have been inviting visitors and given them an opportunity to learn about Islam and their culture on October 3rd, which is also the day of German Reunification. The…
3 October 2011 A report by Dutch counter-terrorism organization NCTb indicates that the country’s most significant terror threat comes from abroad, “where Muslim extremists see the country as a legitimate target because of insults to Islam”. Threat from Muslim extremists within the country remains low. Overall the report keeps the threat level at ‘minimal’. …
3 October 2011 Anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders, leader of the Freedom Party, will release a book about the history of Islam in late April 2012. Press agency Novum announced that the book, which will examine “the true nature of Islam” will be launched in the US and then published elsewhere.
7 October 2011 Hassan Bakir, secretary general of Moroccan Islamist group Shabiba Islamiyya, was arrested in Spain while on vacation with his family, and detained for the past two months while Spanish courts rule on is possible extradition to Morocco. Bakir had been living in the Netherlands since 2005. In 1985 at the age…
