The British Muslims have supported the UK Government’s decision to ban radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik from entering the country and said his preaching was contrary to the concepts of Islam which is a religion of peace and harmony. In this regard, a delegation consisting of leaders from various Islamic sects delivered a petition at…
Renzo Guolo, Italian expert on Islam, deals with the problematic issue of “self-proclaimed” imams, and the lack of opportunities for training. He tries to analyze the causes of this phenomenon, linking it to the fact that Islam doesn’t have a central authority with which to interact with the State. For the majority of the European…
Spanish Muslims have launched an independent, self-regulatory body to train imams in the southern European country, IslamOnline.net reports. The Islamic Union of Imams and Preachers in Spain will be entrusted with training imams and preachers across the country. Chairman Sheikh Alaa Said explains that “the growing Muslim community in Spain required the launch of an…
A Toronto-area imam is under fire for using derogatory language against Jews and Christians, calling for Allah to “destroy” the enemies of Islam from within and calling on God to “damn” the “infidels.” The address by Imam Saed Rageah at North York’s Abu Huraira Centre and then posted on YouTube, is an attack on those…
Mohammed el Idrissi, an Imam of Moroccan-origin accused of preaching Islamic radicalism, has been expulsed to Morocco. The French Minister of the Interior learned that el Idrissi, 72, had given violent and radical sermons in Arabic from November 2007 to January 2009. He had been Imam in the Pont-du-Las neighborhood in Toulon for seven years.
