After generations of living in France, Europe’s largest Muslim community is still struggling for recognition amid widespread stereotypes and suspicions. Despite the presence of some Muslim ministers in the French cabinet, most Muslims in France have to fight discrimination daily. Stefan Simons reports.
Dutch politician Geert Wilders came under attack over his controversial film “Fitna” during a rowdy debate in the Netherlands’ parliament Monday. Ministers claimed that Wilders had toned down the original version of the film. Geert Wilders had originally planned to include footage of pages being torn out of the Koran and burned in his film…
German education ministers have announced plans to expand classes on Islam to include all students, but the plan faces a shortage of teachers. Officials seeking to open the Islam classes to non-Muslim students face hurdles in finding qualified instructors — only 2.8 percent of Muslims in German high schools eventually graduate, Der Spiegel reported Friday….
German-language Islam instruction for Muslim schoolchildren helps with integration and the development of language skills. Now the culture ministers of Germany’s states want to introduce the subject for all students. Lamya Kaddor was out sick for two weeks, but when she returned, the boys and girls in her class greeted the teacher as if she…
A Belgian of Moroccan origin was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of heading a terrorist organization. According the Moroccan Minister of Internal Affairs, Abdelkader Belliraj had also committed six murders in Belgium between 1986 and 1989, including the former rector of a Brussels mosque and the chairman of a coordination committee of Jewish groups….
