3 November 2010 Journalist and broadcaster Lauren Booth, 43 – Tony Blair’s sister-in-law – has converted to Islam after having what she describes as a “holy experience” during a visit to Iran. She decided to become a Muslim six weeks ago after visiting the shrine of Fatima al-Masumeh in the city of Qom. “It was…
26 October 2010 Islam often shows up in the headlines in Austrian newspapers, though rarely in a positive light. According to Professor Farid Hafez at the University of Vienna, the debate surrounding a statement made by the president of the Islamic Religious Community in Austria (IGGiÖ) Anas Schakfeh is symptomatic of the problem. Schakfeh had…
What is clever about last Sunday’s “Where’s Muhammad?” comic is that the prophet does not appear in it. Miller is known for social satire. But at first glance, the single-panel cartoon he drew for last Sunday seems benign. It is a bucolic scene imitating the best-selling children’s book “Where’s Waldo?” A grassy park is jammed…
Researchers for the Tijdschrift voor Criminologie (Journal of Criminology) claim this week that over half of Dutch Moroccan youths have come into contact with the police: some 54% of young Dutch Moroccan men, compared with 23% of young men in the country overall. The research report was picked up by several newspapers offering differing commentaries…
The annual Metroscopia Report on the feelings of the Muslim Immigrants living in Spain was made public. The most commented conclusion was the fact that Muslims express to more trust for some Spanish institutions; such as Justice, the Parliament, the King and the Catholic Church, than Spaniards do. The results show a moderate and tolerant…
