Bid to build East Lothian’s first mosque

A Bid is being launched to build the first mosque in East Lothian. Asian community leaders are set to meet council officials to discuss finding a suitable site or building that could be converted. More than 100 Muslim families from across the county currently have to travel to Edinburgh for prayers at least once a…

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    Muslims outnumber Catholics, says Vatican

    The number of Muslims has surpassed that of Roman Catholics for the first time, the Vatican said. While Catholics make up 17.4 percent of the world’s population, Muslims account for 19.2% – this according to the Vatican’s new statistics yearbook, based on figures from 2006. Monsignor Vittoro Formenti, who edited the yearbook, cites this due…

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      Muslim Women Behind Wall of Silence in Germany

      Europeans are starting to question the notion of multiculturalism, which can lead to separate, parallel societies and a large Muslim underclass. Officials are now focusing on Muslim women, believing their empowerment can facilitate their communities’ integration into mainstream society. In Germany, many Muslim families are guided by the strict patriarchal traditions of rural Turkey. The…

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        Mohammed top of baby name table

        Jack could soon be overtaken by Mohammed in a poll of the top boys’ names in the UK. According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), the trend has been fuelled by high birth rate among Muslim families. Currently, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities have a higher birth rate than any other ethnic group. ONS research…

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          French Court Backs Muslim School

          LYON – A French court in the east-central city of Lyon has overturned a decision by the city’s top educational authority to close a Muslim secondary school. “Justice is served,” the school’s principal Nazir Hakim told IslamOnline.net on Tuesday, February 20. “We were confident that the French judiciary would give us back our right to…

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