The British offshoot of German anti-“Islamisation” group Pegida held its first protest in London this afternoon, marching to Downing Street. Pegida UK said the rally intended to “raise awareness of the detrimental affect radical Islam and slack border controls/mass immigration are having on our country”. Fewer than 100 supporters waving the Union Flag and St…
A British teenager who tried to join the Islamic State says she wants to go back home. A Turkish politician confirmed the 19 year-old, who previously praised the Charlie Hebdo attacks, sent a message to her family outlining her desire to return to the UK. Lena Mamoun Abdelgadir, a 19 year-old student, who grew up…
“No matter how much good you bestow upon a woman, she will deny it. Her selfishness drives her to deny it,” stated imam Mohamed Khattabi during a Friday sermon at the Aicha Mosque in Montpellier on March 6, two days before International Women’s Day. Standing in the mosque’s minbar, Khattabi continued: “This holds true for…
Dalil Boubakeur, head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith and imam of the Grand Mosque of Paris, said at a convention this weekend that the country’s 2,200 mosques were insufficient to accommodate its increasing Muslim population. Boubakeur, who estimates there are seven million Muslims in France, stated: “We need double [the number of…
Tariq Ramadan, professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford, was invited for an interview at Europe to discuss the situation of Islam in France. “As Western Muslims, we have a moral obligation,” said Ramadan, speaking about the tragic situation of Christians in the East and in Africa. “We must condemn all that pertains to discrimination…
