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France’s first gay-friendly mosque sparks controversy
News agencies – December 2, 2012 A Muslim prayer centre, which has been dubbed Europe’s first gay-friendly mosque, opened in Paris. Its founder described it as the first step in breaking “prejudices in Islam”, but it has been criticised by religious leaders for going “against the spirit of Islam”. The new “mosque”, which opened…
Muslim Speaker causes controversy in the University of York
19 June 2012 A controversy sparked when the University of York’s Islamic Society invited Yusuf Chambers last week to speak at their event entitled ‘Patience, Perseverance and the Final Exam’. The event was criticised by Stand for Peace, one of Britain’s leading Jewish-Muslim interfaith organisations, for Chambers anti-homosexual views that he had expressed earlier….
Controversy over a speech on the Norwegian Independence Day
May 19, 2012 A high school student from a Norwegian school on Gran Canaria had stirred up much controversy due to the speech given in her school on the day of celebrating the Norwegian Independence. She expressed partial support to the political views held by Ander Behring Breivik. The present students and their parents (Norwegian…
Photo of Canadian Muslim woman wearing face veil while holding bra stirs controversy
News Agencies – April 13, 2012 An art student who wears Muslim headscarf is defending her right to freedom of expression after a photo she snapped was removed from public display at a British Columbia university. The large black and white print depicts a woman in full Islamic scarf and cloak holding a flower-embossed…