For the first time Austria has named a public place after a Muslim. The entrance to UN-City in Vienna will be named “Muhammad-Asad-Platz in spring. City officials declared that their decision should symbolize that Vienna is multicultural and a city which had always had Muslim life.
The conflict between Western society and Muslim extremism has called into question the reality of multiculturalism in the Netherlands. In a guest article for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, writer Ian Buruma, born in the Hague in 1951, sees this as a result of the complacency that Netherlanders have had about the functioning of their multicultural…
48 future members of Spanish Police Force are Muslims, a fact of major importance considering the rigid mental structure of this entity. Besides this inclusion practice also represents the opening of the Guardia Civil to a multicultural reality, the acceptance of larger geographical challenges, and the portrait of a flexible, modern and tolerant institution.
London’s ethnic and religious diversity makes it one of the world’s most cosmopolitan and vibrant cities; the multicultural and international character of London contributes to the city’s economic growth and dynamism. There has been a long and fruitful connection between Muslims and London over many centuries, involving interactions in the realms of diplomacy, commerce and…
SYRACUSE, New York (AP) — Gozde Demir says sororities are the most American you can get. But at first, she knew nothing about them. She was a freshman and a conservative Muslim from Turkey. As she walked to Syracuse University’s international center, she noticed the Greek-lettered houses and asked in her then-heavy accent just what…
