Yazid Sabeg issued a wakeup call to the French nation, which has already suffered major rioting from alienated immigrant youth in the country’s social housing projects. President Nicolas Sarkozy appointed Sabeg in December 2008 to the newly created position of diversity and equality commissioner. He is to oversee a government action plan aimed at putting…
A new national president marks the 10th anniversary of the CIC. The CIC Board appointed Ms. Wahida Valiante as the organization’s national president; she previously served as its Vice President. Ms. Valiante noted, “I am most fortunate to assume my duties at time when CIC has both an extremely strong Board of Directors and an…
Muslims in Russia’s neighborhood of Nizhny Novgorod are opposing plans to include ringing church bells in a propose new regional anthem. The Muslim community warns that the ringing of church bells will alienate other ethnic and religious groups. “There should be no political or religious themes in the anthem. It should be something that uplifts…
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at Geert Wilders, controversial Dutch lawmaker and creator of the inflammatory anti-Islam film ‘Fitna.’ It examines the dualistic conceptions of Wilders – as an advocate of free speech and secular values, or an anti-Islam and anti-Muslim provocateur. While Wilders acknowledges that the majority of Muslims in the West…
According to a new poll by the Dutch Centre for Folk Culture, the Dutch have adopted the Sugar Feast – a celebration marking the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan – as one of their favorite cultural traditions. In a top 100 list of favorite traditions, the Sugar Feast came in as number…
