Jobless rates among migrants in Germany are significantly higher than among the rest of population, and it’s especially bad for young people of Turkish origin. A mosque-based initiative in Hamburg is trying to remedy the situation. Career advisers speak after Friday prayers, trying to persuade their congregation how important it is to learn a trade…
In a meeting with the Muslim community in Glasgow, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband explained the aims and objectives of the United Kingdom’s foreign policy and addressed the community’s concerns. He said Pakistan’s domestic problems, not the presence of United States and British forces in Afghanistan, were the cause of terrorism in the country. Military…
Austria’s first ever Islamic cemetery will see its first burial tomorrow (Fri). Omar Al-Rawi, a Social Democrat (SPÖ) municipal councillor and the person responsible for integration at the Islamic Believers Denomination (IG), said today the first body to be buried there would be that of a Moroccan who at worked for the UN in Vienna…
A referendum next month may import religious teaching into Berlin’s schools. By American standards, German culture wars are mild affairs. A spat in Berlin over teaching religion in schools may be an exception. Next month the city will vote on whether schools should teach the subject as an alternative to an ethics course. The debate…
The Dutch cabinet will make it more difficult for lenders to obtain influence in Dutch mosques. According to the minister of internal affairs, Guusje ter Horst, international foundations must be more transparent about their finances, and the cabinet will make a law proposal for the regulation of international funds used on mosques in the Netherlands….
