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Interview with Muslim Scholar Ziauddin Sardar: ”Muslims yearn for real debate”
Ziauddin Sardar is a leading British-Pakistani Muslim scholar and critic. In this interview with Susannah Tarbush, he talks about the magazine “Critical Muslim” he founded and which he sees as an “intellectual, cultural, philosophical and creative backup” for the revolutions of the Middle East In January a year ago, a refreshingly different kind of Muslim…
Muslims ask for exclusion from gay laws
17 December 2012 Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which is an umbrella organization that represents 500 mosques across the UK, has strongly criticized the new government initiative to pass a law which would allow gay marriages to take place in religious establishments. According to the law however it is illegal for the Church of…
UK Census 2011 reveals increasing Muslim presence in the UK
01 January 2012 Since the data of the UK Census 2011 was revealed last month, the public has been debating the increasing presence of British Muslim community. The data has revealed that the Muslim population in Britain has almost doubled in ten years so that Muslims make up 50 percent of the residents in…
German Federal Parliament approves ritual circumcision
Dec 12 After controversial debates about religious motivated circumcision, the German Federal Parliament approves circumcision. The circumcision must be executed by trained persons and must fulfill health and medical regulations. A prior draft attempted to legalize the circumcision of boys with the minimum age of 14. However, the majority of the parliament did…
Netherlands Threat From Jihad Remains Limited
19 December 2012 The potential threatening impact of jihadist activity on the Netherlands remains “limited and indirect”, according to the National Terrorist Threat Assessment provided to the country’s House of Representatives. The main source of terrorist threat faced by the country remains jihad, with the report mentioning conditions in Syria, Egypt and Mali as potential…