This article in Le Monde suggests that mosque construction – that of minarets in particular – is largely impaired in France because of financial constraints, and less to public opinion. Of the country’s 2000 mosques, only a minority have minarets. The Grand Mosque of Marseille, currently under construction, includes plans for a 25 meter-high minaret….
Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Sudais can normally be seen leading prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, but this week he’s been charming the crowds of Banbury, Blackburn and Birmingham, where he attended a conference organised by the Ahlul Hadeeth Society called Unity of God: A Message Of Peace And Security. This evening, he will speak…
The director of Rome’s Grand Mosque is urging mosques across Italy to hold their Friday prayers for the victims of the devastating earthquake in central Italy, which killed at least 278 people, injured several thousand, and left around 28,000 homeless. “I am asking the imams of all of Italy’s mosques to follow our example and…
In an effort to integrate foreign-born imams in France, a group of 40 imams have completed a year-long training course on French politics, law and secularism. According to Djelloul Seddiki, director of Al Ghazali theology institute at the Grand Mosque of Paris and an organizer of the course, the students study the humanities, as well…
Rome’s Grand Mosque’s Islamic Cultural Center has boycotted a meeting being organized by several “radical” mosques from northern Italy. The move is being supported by many Moroccan immigrants in the country: “I welcome the decision…moderate Muslims are now, more than ever before, showing their determination not to comprise with extremists,” said centre-right MP for the…
