14.10.2011 Ministers in the UK are currently considering legal changes, according to which insulting speech or actions would no longer be a criminal offence. The move to consider changes to the law on “threatening, abusive or insulting” words in public, under section five of the Public Order Act 1986, was brought forward by civil liberty…
05.10.2011 As many other Muslim communities, the Ditib Mosque in Friedlingen (Baden-Württemberg) opened its doors for visitors – Muslims and non-Muslims alike – as part of the open mosque day on October 3rd (as reported). Yet, only a few non-Muslims took the opportunity to visit the mosque and get to know the local Muslim community….
04./05.10.2011 On Tuesday, the administrative Court in Minden dismissed the claim made by a former Muslim soldier, who filed a lawsuit against the German army, as considered his early release from service to be unlawful. The 28-year old claimant, Sascha B., had joined the military in 2006 and converted to Islam during his service time….
The Toronto Star – October 14, 2011 The Sheraton Centre hotel will not host a Muslim religious conference that was to feature speakers who have expressed anti-gay and anti-Semitic views. The Star informed a Sheraton convention services manager about the speakers. A hotel spokesperson then said it had been “cancelled due to the organization’s…
News Agencies – October 6, 2011 Local communities in France’s immigrant suburbs increasingly organize themselves on Islamic lines rather than following the values of the secular republic, according to a major new sociological study by political scientist Gilles Kepel. Kepel led a team of researchers in a year-long project in Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil, two…
