Speakers from community groups, the LAPD and State Department said that by knowing and exercising their rights, American Muslim women could become a force against religious and political extremism. “The American Muslim woman is empowered because she is an American,” said author, educator and Irvine community activist Anila Ali. From job discrimination and domestic violence…
December 2 2010 The family and friends of two Amsterdam men arrested last week on terrorist charges have written to the city’s mayor to request his assistance. The men, two out of three arrested in the city, are both social workers without criminal records, and their arrest has shocked their local communities. The men are…
20 days after being forced to close its doors on account of the number of assistants exceeding the permitted. The mosque holds a capacity for 240 persons but the assistance to the prayers exceeded some times the 1000. The towns administration had already offered for an alternative location in a industrial zone but the community…
Despite efforts by courts in Ohio and Florida, Rifqa Bary, a runaway teenager from Ohio says reconciliation with her Muslim family is not possible. Ms. Bary converted from Islam to Christianity and fled home with the alleged assistance of a Christian pastor claiming she would be in danger due to her conversion. Ms. Bary’s attorney…
More than 500,000 Muslims live in Austria, but this figure tells us nothing about how many are actual believers. The expression “C and E Christians” (German version: “Baptismal-certificate Catholics”) applies to the Muslim community as well – people who still live according to certain traditions, but otherwise live a largely secular life. For these “Muslims”…
