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Muslims and Political Participation in Britain
A new book, titled “Muslims and Political Participation in Britain” has recently been released by Timothy Peace of University of Stirling. The first link below is the link to purchase the book, and the second link is a PDF which contains a discount code to apply to the book purchase. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415725316/ Muslims and Political Paricipation…
Approximately 660,000 Dutch adults view themselves as Muslim
The percentage of religious adults has further decreased in the Netherlands. In 2014 only a small majority of 50,8 % claimed to have a religious affiliation. The largest part thereof (40,2 %) consider themselves as Christian. 24,4 % is Catholic and 15,8 % is Protestant. 4,9 % of the Dutch population above the age of…
Konrad Adenauer Foundation initiates Muslim Forum Germany
The “Konrad Adenauer” foundation, the political foundation of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) has initiated the Forum, stating to provide a platform for “liberal Islam”. Muslims in Germany would not be represented sufficiently. The chair of the Adenauer foundation Hans-Gert Pöttering described the Forum as enriching contribution to the current debate about Islam in…
Islamophobia soars in France since Charlie Hebdo
A leading French anti-racism observatory warned of an unprecedented increase in Islamophobic attacks in France during the first three months of the year, rising by six-fold than in 2014. “Never since the establishment of the Observatory in 2011 have Islamophobic acts known such an implosion of actions or threats, especially on social networks Abdallah…
Controversy on court decision to overturn the ban to wear hijab in class
The Federal Constitutional Court decided that “a General Ban on Headscarves For Teachers at State Schools is Not Compatible With the Constitution”. Despite of the plead for the freedom of religion, the judges argued that headscarves could be banned when “turning to a dangerous signal”. Addressing the State of North-Rhine Westphalia, the court underlined that…