Radicalization
Anti-radicalization poster campaign – Turkish community of Germany calls the UN
September 4 The Turkish community of Germany has appealed to the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe with a protest against the poster campaign initiated by the German Ministry of Interior. In the press release, the poster campaign against the radicalization of young Muslims has been described as “discriminating…
How Are American Muslims Responding To The Anti-Islam Film?
Muslims have been demonstrating from North Africa to Southeast Asia, often violently, over the film that ridicules the Prophet Muhammad. But, in America, Muslims have been virtually silent over the video Innocence Of Muslims. Why the subdued response in the U.S.? Jonathan Brown, an assistant professor of Islamic studies at Georgetown University, offers one theory….
Afghan-Canadian Mother allegedly stabs daughter in the chest
News agencies – September 26, 2012 For months, Bahar Ebrahimi had been rebelling against her parents, complaining their Afghan culture and Muslim religion were suffocating her. It was June 2010, Grand Prix weekend in downtown Montreal, and on two straight nights the 19-year-old stayed out past dawn against her parents’ wishes. For her mother,…
”Young, German, Taliban”: What Causes Radicalization?
How does one explain the phenomenon of Salafism? And what causes young Islamists the world over to take up jihad? Wolf Schmidt offers some answers in his insightful book “Young, German, Taliban”. Albrecht Metzger has read the book The recent riots in the Islamic world triggered by a crude film about the Prophet Mohammed once…
Protest against the movie about the prophet unites Muslims
30 September 2012 The Islamic Commission ciffers the attendance of the manifestation at around 10,000 people while the local governement presents a number of 700 to 800 people. It was a quiet ride, while several protesters clamored for “respect”. The Muslims of the autonomous city came yesterday to the streets to show their opposition to…