A Swiss National Science Foundation program has found that most Muslims living in Switzerland—the second largest religious community here—advocate bringing Imam training here, as do Swiss authorities, universities and legal experts. It’s a question that points to larger issues regarding social integration for an immigrant community. Christoph Uehlinger is a professor of religious studies at…
Le Figaro daily newspaper reports that for the first time, a student has been expelled from the Catholic Institute for Imam Instruction because of anti-Semitic remarks. Alerted by other students of the problem, the RMF (Rassemblement des musulmans de France or Assembly of French Muslims) asked the imam in question not to return to class….
Fribourg University is to be the first Swiss institution to offer a course to imams and Muslim community leaders on understanding how Swiss society works. The vocational training is also open to non-Muslims with the purpose of fostering cross-cultural knowledge. It has largely been welcomed by the Islamic community. The course will start in October…
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…
