By Souad Mekhennet In Many young Muslims live in the area of conflict between western society and the traditions of their parents. Some look for their identity in the religion and some finally increase in Islamic Fanatismus inside. In its book Souad Mekhennet this career/development describes the children of the Dschihad. WDR.de spoke with the…
A red polyester curtain that once separated men from women during prayers at the Muslim Community Center on Chicago’s Northwest Side never divided the 1,400-member congregation until it disappeared. A janitor took the curtain down in October 2004 during renovations of the prayer hall. The 6-foot-tall curtain was misplaced and never returned. Some Muslim women…
A Woman’s Experience Illustrates Europe’s Struggle With Its Identity Rabi’a Frank sees her Dutch home town through the narrow slit of the black veil that covers her face. The looks she receives from the townspeople are seldom kindly. On a recent winter afternoon, the wind tugged at her ankle-length taupe skirt, olive head scarf and…
Andrea Elliott The imam begins his trek before dawn, his long robe billowing like a ghost through empty streets. In this dark, quiet hour, his thoughts sometimes drift back to the Egyptian farming village where he was born. But as the sun rises over Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Sheik Reda Shata’s new world comes to life….
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – A German court on Thursday convicted a businessman of insulting Islam by printing the word “Koran” on toilet paper and offering it to mosques. The 61-year-old man, identified only as Manfred van H., was given a one-year jail sentence, suspended for five years, and ordered to complete 300 hours of community…
