Tag: Scotland

The first mosque in the Outer Hebrides opened on the 11th May, marking the first time the islands’ small Muslim community has had a dedicated place to gather and pray. The mosque was opposed by the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), which views Islam as a threat to religious and civil liberties.

When Glasgow Central Mosque was commissioned in the early 1980s, the architect received an important instruction: “Make it Scottish”. It ended up sharing a...

Just weeks before Scotland’s independence referendum, the country joins the rest of the UK with the growing crisis of disenfranchised, and subsequently radicalized, Muslim...

November 15, 2013   A BBC investigation has revealed concerns that young girls are being brought to Scotland to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) because the...