Muslim teenagers in danger of being “brainwashed” by extremists preaching hatred of western society are being targeted by an anti-racism group. It is just one of the new initiatives from Race Equality First designed to promote tolerance across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Director Mohammed Tufail said: “There are young people in the UK…
Scotland’s first Muslim youth development officer has called for changes to the intensive after-school system of teaching school children about Islam, amid fears that it leaves them with little time to integrate with their non-Muslim peers. Faisal Hussein, 27, last week took up the full-time role with the government-backed Scottish Islamic Foundation (SIF) and his…
Psychologists in the Prison Service will try to ‘cure’ extremist Muslim inmates of their political beliefs with controversial therapies similar to those used to ‘de-programme’ members of religious cults. The experimental treatments are being developed by a special Extremism Unit set up by the Ministry of Justice in January last year, it has been reported….
The Scottish-Islamic Foundation have appointed Scotland’s first national Muslim youth development officer. Faisal Hussein has been selected to fulfill the role for the next three years. The job’s remit is to support, extend and network current provision for Muslim youth across Scotland. This includes working with local groups as well as mosques. The post was…
The mosque in Milan is commemorating its 20th anniversary during the latter half of the month of October. The Al-Rahman mosque, the first mosque in Italy built with a dome and minaret, is holding a series events from October 16th to 30th, in joint cooperation with the Milan branch of the Young Muslims of Italy….
