The straw man of the famous post-Sept. 11 slogan, “Not every Muslim is a terrorist but every terrorist is a Muslim” was debunked by a 2005 FBI report. It showed that only 6 percent of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from 1980 to 2005 were carried out by extremists calling themselves Muslims. But one group…
01/09/2012 The construction of the Mosque in Torroella de Montrgi (Catalonia) has resumed after interruption of the works due to its “Arabic” esthetics. The local government demanded in September of last year the alteration of the structure to make it more in tune with the local urban landscape. After reducing the number of arches…
28 August 2012 In a historical documentary, aired on Channel 4, British writer Tom Holland investigated the origins of Islam and raised doubts about the Muslim version of the history. The program, shown on the 28th of August, infuriated many Muslim viewers as the documentary entitled Islam: The Untold Story concluded that Islam was not…
30 August 2012 BBC has come under criticism due to its new TV comedy called Citizen Khan aired on BBC1. The comedy, which follows the life of a self-appointed “Muslim community leader” and his British-Pakistani family in Birmingham, received more than 700 complaints that it is stereotyping and insulting Islamic values. Ofcom, the independent regulator…
News Agencies – August 26, 2012 Leading a double life, reversion to Islam has saved French rapper Regis Fayette-Mikano from falling victim to heroin, murder and suicide that ended the lives of his close friends. Born in Paris, Abd Al Malik was raised in Neuhof, a neighborhood of Strasbourg, to a Catholic family. He…
