Tag: Salafis
Islam in crisis: Observations by German religious scholar Michael Blume
The assumption that ‘Islam’ – usually conceived as a monolithic force – is on an expansionary path is widely shared. Islamists herald the onset...
Controversial Cleric, Abu Qatada, condemns ISIS beheadings as against Islam
Abu Qatada, the controversial Muslim cleric deported from the UK for his extremist views, states that beheading of journalists are against Islamic teachings. Speaking...
Europe Needs to Embrace Islam by Jocelyne Cesari
August 29, 2014
Counter to the common interpretation, the appeal of radical anti-Western groups like ISIS among European Muslims is not driven primarily by socioeconomic...
French ‘jihadist’ returned to France
Liberation
14.05.2013
Gilles Le Guen, who was arrested at the end of April in Mali, has been returned to France where he was immediately taken into...