8 May 2012 While some Christian groups are joining in the Islamphobic discourse, Princess Badiya of Jordan was invited by Biblelands, a Christian charity to lecture in London’s St James’s Church about Muslim-Christian relations. In her lecture she pointed out the similarities between the two Abrahamic religions and called for more co-operation between the…
While Islam has been firmly placed on the global agenda since 9/11, and continues to occupy a prominent place in media discourse, attention has recently begun to shift towards European Muslims, or “as some would prefer to say” Muslims in Europe. Apart from the usual concerns, mostly articulated in the media, on the radicalization of…
4 February 2011 Renowned scholar of Islam Gudrun Krämer regularly contributes to the public debate on Islam in Germany. She is director of the Institute of Islamic Studies at the Free University Berlin and director of the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies. Her special research subjects include religion, law, politics, society and the…
In this interview, Tariq Ramadan discusses the possible causes of the Fort Hood incident, the multiple identities of Western Muslims, the creation of spaces of trust, and moving on from a discourse on the ‘integration’ of Western Muslims to a conception of a new ‘we’. He also discusses his US immigration status.
There is an increasing trend among European intellectuals, politicians, and essayists to describe Islam as a major cause of the current identity crisis of most European countries. Christopher Caldwell’s book, Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West [see “New Book Stokes Fear of a Muslim Europe” by Bruce B. Lawrence], is…
