Education and Schooling
Christian school expels Muslim boy citing family threats over suspension
11-year old Muslim student Mohamed Bouckhachakhe was expelled from the Protestant Christian elementary school in Rotterdam. The school claims the expulsion was because of Mohamed’s systematic behavior, having “problems in class situations and conflicts regarding the identity aspects of the school”. In addition, the school claims that because Mohamed “wants to be a good Muslim,…
ACLU to sue Twin Cities charter school that caters to Muslims
An ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) lawsuit against the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy claims that the charter school has crossed the line that separates church and state. TiZA, as the school is known, serves mostly immigrant children, many of them from Muslim countries. The ACLU claims that classroom time is lost as the school sets…
Program in Islamic Finance to begin at the Strasbourg School of Management
The School of Management in Strasbourg will, for the first time in France, offer a university diploma in “Islamic Finance (a “bac +5”). The United Kingdom is the only other country to hold a similar program in Europe. Michel Kalika, the school’s director, explains that the diploma is “the reasonable result of a market analysis…
Berlin Muslims to train imams at new Islamic school
Muslims in Berlin are planning to train Islamic clergymen at a soon-to-be-opened school, the first of its kind in the German capital. The project is the brainchild of Institut Buhara, an organization founded by a group of Muslims linked to the Sufi branch of Islam. The move comes amid growing frustration by Muslims who have…
Berlin Muslims to train imams at new school
Muslims in Berlin are planning to open a school to train Islamic clergymen, the first of its kind in the German capital. The project is the brainchild of Institut Buhara, an organization founded by a group of Muslims linked to the Sufi branch of Islam. The move comes amid growing frustration by Muslims who have…