There are no nasty judges, booing crowds, tearful auditions or backstabbing. But the competition is just as tough. Eight mosques are vying to become Britain’s Model Mosque 2007 in a televised competition which marries halal principles with the knock-out rules of reality TV. The series, shown tonight on the Islam Channel, is not a beauty…
Gordon Brown yesterday announced a four-fold increase in funding for a range of measures to help Muslim groups tackle violent extremism in their communities. Over the next three years, the government will set aside _70m to support local authorities and community groups to improve how they deal with the threat of terrorism in their midst,…
Iftar (the breaking of daily fasts during the Islamic month of Ramadan) in interfaith settings is an increasingly widespread phenomenon. This year there were dozens of interfaith Iftar celebrations throughout New York City, where I live, and perhaps hundreds nation wide. Inviting non-Muslims to break fast has become a primary way in which Islam explains…
BERLIN – At the “Trialogue of Religions” interfaith meeting Jewish, Christian and Muslim experts, opinion-makers and social representatives sat down with students and the public to discuss both wide and specific problems of tolerance, integration and assimilation.
