It’s a controversial time for British women to be wearing the hijab, the basic Muslim headscarf. Last month, Belgium became the first European country to pass legislation to ban the burka (the most concealing of Islamic veils), calling it a “threat” to female dignity, while France looks poised to follow suit. In Italy earlier this…
The Bundeskriminalamt/BKA (Federal Criminal Office) has disclosed information on 37 radical converts to Islam, living in various German cities. 11 of them are seen as “threatening” and 26 as “relevant persons”, among them three women. They are between 20 and 42 years old and suspected to plan terrorist attacks on Germany. The converts are believed…
More and more Danes choose to convert to Islam. Researchers have previously estimated the number of Danish converts to Islam as 2,800. This number is now increasing. The Danish imam Abdul Wahid Pedersen who leads ‘The Danish Centre for Islam’ confirms the tendency. He says he talked to about 70 Danes last year who wanted…
Only a small number of Muslim women in Denmark wear the burqa, a new study has found, as the government considers possible restrictions on Islamic dress in public places. While it is estimated that only three women wear burqa between 150 to 200 women use the niqab. Some 60 to 80 of these women are…
The Islamic association “Junta Islamica”, created in 1989 and primarily composed of Spanish converts, has publicly condemned the references some terrorist groups have made about the re-conquest of the old Al-Andalus territory. Mansur Escuero, Junta Islamica’s president, says such declarations damage the image of European Muslims. He added that Spanish Muslims are full European citizens…
