A survey, conducted by the little known institutes INFO GmbH (Berlin) and Liljeberg Research International (Antalya/Turkey), compares values systems of Germans, Turks and Turks in Germany for the first time. About 1,000 people were polled about their values, religiosity, life views and consumption. While general values of friendship, family cohesion, freedom, democracy and political participation…
Muslim Americans and Christians came together to raise $45,000 for Habitat for Humanity in an effort to build a home for a homeless family, helping those suffering amidst the economic recession and express who Muslims “really are.” The family is very excited and will be moving into the house in March. “We’ve moved a lot,…
Following the construction of several “mosque cathedrals” in France in recent years, which are expensive and complicated to build and maintain, recent developments suggest that smaller projects are perhaps more effective. These comments come in the wake of the large mosque in Marseille set to open in 2011.
Zakaria Amara issued a surprise guilty plea in a Brampton courtroom, more than 40 months after he and 17 others were arrested in connection with the most audacious and ambitious terrorist attack planned in Canada as part of the “Toronto 18.” Pleading guilty to two counts of terrorism will likely garner Amara, the plot’s ringleader,…
A coalition has come together in the National Assembly of members who wish to consider women who wear the burqa and the niqab in the French territory. 58 deputies (43 from President Sarkozy´s Union for a Popular Movement or UMP) from different parties signed a proposition put forward by André Gerin (Rhône) to create a…
