Umbrella group to represent secular Muslims creates divisions

A number of Arab and Muslim organizations are intensifying efforts to form the umbrella body, to be named the Council of Secular Muslims. The proposal to create an umbrella group to represent secular Muslims, thought to be backed by the Elysée, is dividing France’s sizable Muslim minority. The goal is to set up a body…

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Unveiling Islam; A New Scientific Discipline is Born – Contemporary Muslim Life Discussed at the Symposium ‘Beyond the Stereotypes’

Secular Muslims who embrace various aspects of their heritage are often overlooked – both as social and as intellectual actors in modern Islamic societies, said Prof. Richard C. Martin, one of the key speakers at a symposium on contemporary Islam held 26 October at De Rode Hoed in Amsterdam. The question of who secular Muslims…

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