News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
The US attitude towards Iran is an illegal attitude tantamount to economic terrorism, done with the objective of creating fear in the economic market. This is was the belief of Seyyed Davud Salehi, the Ambassador of Iran in Madrid, in response to an IRNA reporter asking about the new north-American actions against Iran. Salehi, opposition
The University of Graz, in cooperation with the local Muslim community, has started a lecture series on Islam in Austria and Europe.
MADRID – Spanish police arrested two Pakistani men accused of financing terrorist groups in Spain and other countries following an investigation involving the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, authorities said on Friday. The officials said the men were taken into custody in Madrid and Barcelona. Searches of the men’s property turned up more than EUR
Brussels (dpa) – EU government ministers have agreed to appoint a new anti-terrorism coordinator tasked with improving cooperation with EU institutions and among member states in a concerted bid to thwart further terrorist attacks on the 27-member bloc, sources in Brussels said. The appointment, whose official announcement was said to be “imminent”, was set to
BRUSSELS – High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy for the EU Javier Solana has appointed Belgian official Gilles de Kerchove d’Ousselghem as the new anti-terrorism coordinator for the EU. De Kerchove must coordinate the European Council’s efforts in the fight against terrorism and continue the implementation of European anti-terror strategy. “I am certain that