Germany is to set a new focus on persuading radical “home-grown” Islamists who are flirting with terrorism to moderate their views, according to the news magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday. The efforts are to be directed mainly at people who have been raised in Germany, both converts to Islam of German parentage and German-schooled Muslims…
The British Ministry of Defence plans to train moderate Muslim groups on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) so that their websites appear higher in search results on the Internet. Government-approved groups will be taught techniques to improve their online profile. The aim is to “flood the internet” with “positive” interpretations of Islam and to make extremist…
Head of the far-right Vlaams Belang party, Filip Dewinter, accuses Islam as being modern Europe’s main problem in his new book. Dewinter argues that the influence of Islam in Europe should be stemmed, and described Islamophobia as “an obligation.” In his book, titled “Insha’Allah? The Islamization of Europe,” Dewinter dismisses moderate Muslims and suggests that…
Rome’s Grand Mosque’s Islamic Cultural Center has boycotted a meeting being organized by several “radical” mosques from northern Italy. The move is being supported by many Moroccan immigrants in the country: “I welcome the decision…moderate Muslims are now, more than ever before, showing their determination not to comprise with extremists,” said centre-right MP for the…
According to the Ministry for Religious Affairs, Morocco is planning to send moderate Muslim clerics to Europe this September, coinciding with the holy month of Ramadan, to help fight extremism among Moroccans abroad. 167 men and 9 women will be part of the mission of clerics instructed to answer the religious needs of the Moroccan…
