Former DİTİB secretary general, Bekir Alboğa, has announced his intention to run for a seat in Turkey’s parliament in the upcoming June 2018 elections. Alboğa, who had led DİTİB as Secretary General from 2012 to 2017, is seeking a place on the AKP ballot, the party of Turkish President Erdoğan. The case is particularly salient,…
The Muslim Foster Network (MFN) has made Friday 25th May, 9th Ramadan, as ‘Fostering Friday’, “a day of action to raise awareness of the need for Muslim Foster carers”, as it estimates 8,100 new foster families are needed in the next twelve months. These families are needed for Muslim children, many of whom (approximately 4000) are unaccompanied refugee children.
A Le Monde reporter spoke with a French Salafist and recounted her experience: His name is Atef, he is a large, bearded man with laughing eyes. At 35, he believes in Allah as he does “Heaven and Earth”. It was during the winter, on the terrace of a bakery in Cannes, facing the beach. He arrived on…
In the Independent, Mamadou Bocoum writes that British Muslims need to remember during Ramadan that they cannot take their security for granted anymore, and that the community must work together and with the police and the government to protect their collective freedoms.
The first mosque in the Outer Hebrides opened on the 11th May, marking the first time the islands’ small Muslim community has had a dedicated place to gather and pray. The mosque was opposed by the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), which views Islam as a threat to religious and civil liberties.
