Community leaders, families and worshippers came together this afternoon to mark the end of Ramadan. An Eid day gathering was held at the Bellingdon Road youth club, Chesham, giving religious leaders, councillors and Muslims from the area a chance to bring a close to the holy month of fasting. During Ramadan Muslims do not eat…
The 2012 Olympic Games in London will coincide with the month of Ramadan, and therein disadvantage fasting Muslim athletes, says this article in Islam Pluriel. Approximately one quarter of the 11 099 athletes in the 2004 Games in Athens came from Muslim-majority countries. Massoud Shadjareh, president of the Islam Association of Human Rights based in…
Traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks in central Brussels have been canceled due to a continuing terror threat, officials said. The popular downtown Christmas market closed early on December 31st, rather than staying open all night, and the adjacent skating rink shut down at 8pm. The terror threat is related to a December 21st arrest of…
The permissibility of Christmas decorations in Brussels caused debate among community members, as concerning about their offensiveness towards Muslim residents is being brought into question. La Derniere Heure had written that the decorations should be removed in order to not offend part of the city’s population, and stay neutral concerning religious display. However, Minster of…
Cut back on Christmas cheer, says a new report by the UK think-tank The Institute of Public Policy Research. The report was unwelcome to the Muslim community. In a bid to keep mainstream religious celebration politically correct for ethnic minorities the Institute suggests scrapping festivities so as not to offend minority communities.http://themuslimweekly.com/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=1C478BB83DA79EF480E2A0A4&MENUID=HOMENEWS&DESCRIPTION=UK%20News
