Islamic radicalism in Belgian cities

La Libre 09.03.2013 Following the discovery of some 70 Belgian Muslims to have departed to fight alongside the Syrian rebels, an editorial published by the Belgian newspaper La Libre brings the question of Islamic radicalism in Europe to the forefront. Lamfaluss focuses upon the Belgian urban space as a futile soil for the radicalisation of…

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The new age of anti-terrorism

Le Monde 16.03.2013 A year after Mohamed Merah’s killing spree in Toulouse and its surroundings, the domestic anti-terrorist initiatives of the French intelligence services comes under criticism for the failures in the case.  With problems in information sharing, lack of coordination and rivalries, French attempts to combat terrorism are criticised in front of the Committee…

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Muslim job consultant

March 9   28 years old social pedagogue Funda Doghan is specialized to advise Muslim job seekers. Although, migrants with “diversity” skills have been employed at German public services and job agencies to advise minority groups, the job consultant is a new concept. The city of Waiblingen in the German State of Baden-Württemberg has implemented…

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Group aims to limit Muslim development of former Catholic school in rural Howard County, Maryland

WESTMINSTER, Md. — A citizens group aims to limit new construction at a former Catholic school complex in rural Howard County that an Islamic community is considering buying. The Carroll County Times reports that residents of the Cooksville area met Thursday night with a representative from the Dar-us-Salaam community of College Park. The Islamic group…

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Followers of Islam look for new space for worship and community

3/6/2013 The Islamic community of Varese [a community in Northern Italy] has outgrown it’s meeting space in downtown Verese. New plans include possible spaces in other districts with parking lots. The then Mayor in the early 90s would not allow the center to be called a mosque but rather a community center. The space has…

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