News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
December 24, 2010 Fanatics from a banned Islamic hate group have launched a nationwide poster campaign denouncing Christmas as evil. Organisers plan to put up thousands of placards around the UK claiming the season of goodwill is responsible for rape, teenage pregnancies, abortion, promiscuity, crime and paedophilia. They hope the campaign will help ‘destroy Christmas’
The British government on March 20 allowed teachers for the first time to ban the full Muslim face veil – or niqab – from the classroom if it interferes with learning.New guidelines issued by British Education Secretary Alan Johnson brought a mixed response from Muslims.
Policy Exchange has released Living Apart Together: British Muslims and the paradox of multiculturalism, a major new survey of the attitudes of Muslims in Britain and the reasons behind the rapid rise in Islamic fundamentalism amongst the younger generation. The research finds that there is a growing religiosity amongst the younger generation of Muslims and