German Protestants and the Dialogue with Islam
While the German Protestant church is losing members, and steadily closes churches, Islam in Germany is growing. But within the Protestant church resistance against new Mosques emerges.
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Dialogue Between British Muslims and Politicians
This month, The Muslim News successfully launched the first ever series of dialogues between British political leaders and British Muslims. The first meeting, organized jointly with Sadiq Khan, MP, Minister in HM Government Whips Department, was held in the House of Commons on October 18. Ahmed J Versi
Muslim Integration: Challenging Conventional Wisdom in Europe and the United States
As part of its ongoing Transatlantic Dialogue on Terrorism, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC dedicated its seventh meeting in the series to Muslim integration and assimilation. In partnership with the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin, Germany, CSIS hosted a two-day event entitled, “The Transatlantic Dialogue on Muslims…
UK Muslims Want National Dialogue on Radicalism
A high-profile London meeting that brought together senior Muslim community leaders, imams and police representatives has recommended a national dialogue on radicalism in Britain. “We called on both Muslims and non-Muslims from all sections of society to come together and engage in a national dialogue on radicalism,” Dr Daud Abdullah, Deputy Secretary General of the…
Spain Asks Pope To Back Muslim Dialogue Plan
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Spain asked the Vatican on Friday to back an initiative promoting Western-Arab understanding, in a bid to give fresh impetus to the plan after Muslim protests against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos made the request for support of the “Alliance of Civilisations” during talks with…