Justin Bieber was seven when 9/11 shattered North America’s sense of national security. Why, then, would the Canadian pop star weigh into the politically fraught debate about Park51, the controversial mosque under construction near Ground Zero? Andy Sullivan, the founder of the 9/11 Hard Hat Pledge — which asks construction workers to turn down any…
Muslims from around the world gathered from December 23-26th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to attend an annual conference. More than 17,000 Canadian Muslims will gather at the ninth annual Reviving the Islamic Spirit convention, a meeting that offers Muslims a renewal of their faith just before the new year through sharing meals, group…
Dozens of posters were hung recently in the Paris suburb of Grigny, in which Christian Le Bras, Greens municipal councilor, wished a New Year to the residents on behalf of his party: “Europe Ecologie Grigny’s best wishes for this new year 1432-2011”. The Muslim Year 1432 started December 6th. His party was very upset by…
Pierre Cattenoz, Archbishop of Avignon told Christian magazine Famille Chrétienne that, “My pectoral cross is sometimes mocked by French youth of Maghrebian origin. When I tell them it was given to me by Pope Benedict XVI, they respond: ‘Who’s that?’ ” “We’re at a turning point in the religious history of our country.’Gallic’ families, traditionally…
