Deploring soaring Islamophobia in France, President Francois Hollande has vehemently condemned an anti-Muslim attack that targeted a mosque in the southwestern French city of Auch, stressing that Muslims “should be able to practice their religion freely and safely.” France “strongly condemns an act such as this which undermines the values of our Republic and our…
Ayoub El-Khazzani has been identified as the man who boarded a high-speed Amsterdam-to-Paris train with a Kalashnikov rifle before being tackled by passengers. The 26-year-old Moroccan man was on the radar of authorities in France, Begium and Spain, had ties to radical Islam and may have traveled to Syria. The attacker was identified by a…
Speaking ahead of the country’s biggest annual gathering of Muslims this weekend, Naseer Dean, the London head of the influential Ahmadiyya Muslim group, launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister David Cameron and Home Secretary Theresa May. He argued that Tory ministers had allowed for the radicalisation of 4,000 young British Muslims by failing to…
The cross-dressing Asif was one of three courageous characters who agreed to be filmed for this First Cut documentary Muslim Drag Queens (Channel 4). Courageous, because homosexuality remains a taboo in Islam and Asif has received death threats. The “Gaysian” club scene in London is clandestine, populated by young men who fear coming out not…
A pub in Derby city in south Britain has been purchased by Muslims after it was offered for sale by its owner, as community leaders promised to turn the building into a community centre for Muslim families. “We’ve only bought it because it was for sale. We’ve not precipitated anything,” secretary of Normanton’s Jamia Mosque,…
