Proposed Icelandic ban on circumcision accused of attacking religious freedom of Muslims and Jews

The proposed ban on circumcision in Iceland has been accused by Muslim and Jewish religious leaders of attacking religious freedom. Concerns have been raised that the criminalisation of religious practices could act as a proxy for Islamophobia and antisemitism.

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Iceland: First full Icelandic Muslims marry in the country

For the first time in Iceland, a fully Icelandic Muslim couple was married. The occasion is an important moment for the Muslim community in Iceland, where previously, the country’s very small Muslim population had only seen converts married in the mosque. The country’s first “all-Icelandic” couple married at the Muslim Association Mosque. The had of…

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