Members of Italy’s Muslim community met on Friday to find new ways to combat extremism. The meeting, held in Rome’s main mosque, was the first of its kind to be organized by the Association of Muslim Intellectuals. “We placed attention on the need to implement strategies to prevent Islamic radicalism and foster initiatives that aim…
Although remnants of ancient mosques are evident throughout Spain, most Muslims gather in apartments, warehouses, and garages as makeshift prayer halls, in order to accommodate a population growth. The shortage of mosques stems in part from the lack of resources common to relatively poor, rapidly growing immigrant groups – but requests to build mosques have…
Following the terrorist attacks on London and Madrid, radical Islam is presumed to be an increasingly potent force in Europe. Yet beneath the media hysteria, very little is actually known about it. What radical movements are there? How do they operate? What is driving them? Who are their recruits? What is their relationship, if any,…
A new poll shows that half of Italians believe that Islamic extremism is growing in their country and over 50% believe it to be an increasing worldwide threat. Most Italians believe that immigrants do not want to integrate, while less than one third blame the lack of Italian integrative infrastructure. The results of the survey…
Special thanks to the Islam in Europe Blog for providing this translation. The Dutch intelligence service AIVD recently released a report on the development of Islamic neo-radicalism titled “Radical Dawa Changing, The Rise of Islamic Neo-Radicalism in the Netherlands” (Radicale dawa in verandering: De opkomst van islamitisch neoradicalisme in Nederland.). This report follows two previous…
