News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
After twenty years of controversy and difficulties, the grand mosque of Strasbourg officially opened to a crowd of 2,000 to coincide with Eid El-Kebir festivities. It is estimated to have cost 8.7 million euros.
World Bulletin reports that Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Northern Morocco, has approved Eid el-Kebir an official public holiday. This is the first time a non-Catholic feast will officially be designated a public holiday since the Reconquista of 1492. Melilla has about 40,000 Muslims, slightly more than half the population. To date the city had