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French Interior Ministry Opens Strasbourg Mosque

News Agencies – September 27, 2012   French Interior Minister Manuel Valls opened the country’s largest Mosque in eastern France, in his first speech to Muslims after the insulting caricatures were released of the Prophet Mohammed. During the opening ceremony of the Great Mosque, Valls praised the wisdom of Muslim leaders, who have called their

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University of Toronto gets Muslim chaplain who hopes to fight stereotypes

News Agencies – September 28, 2012   The University of Toronto hired its first full-time Muslim chaplain and the man taking up the post hopes to combat stereotypes surrounding the faith. Amjad Tarsin is a 28-year-old of Libyan descent who hails from Ann Arbour, Mich. He began to devote himself to the religion when he

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Edmonton, Alberta Muslim community holds funeral for ‘baby M’

News Agencies – September 23, 2012   The tiny pink casket at the front of an Edmonton mosque was the focus at the funeral of Baby M, the two-year-old girl who died this week after four months in a coma. About 150 Muslim mourners, including many small children, gathered at the Al-Rashid Mosque at 13070

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French far-right leader Le Pen calls for ban on Islamic headscarf and Jewish skullcap

News Agencies – September 22, 2012   French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has caused a storm with a proposal to ban Islamic headscarves and the Jewish kippa on the streets of French towns. President François Hollande has accused her of tearing the nation apart and opposition politician Jean-François Copé says she if confusing secularism

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Louvre opens long-awaited Islamic Wing

News Agencies – September 20, 2012   France’s Louvre Museum is unveiling a new wing devoted to Islamic art, with the long-gestating project debuting during a period of increased tension with the Muslim community over a French publication’s caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The Louvre’s new addition, which cost nearly 100 million euros (about $127

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