Europe’s first major conference on intolerance against Muslims wrapped up in Spain with participants stressing that media and education hold the key to solving the problem. “Education is a fundamental instrument in the prevention and treatment of intolerance and discrimination against Muslims,” Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told the two-day gathering organized by the…
Muslims in Norway feel they’re being watched by the authorities as suspected terrorists. “Many Muslims feel that the threshold for being watched have been lowered. Ordinary people watch what they say on the telephone or what they write in email,” says Mohammad Usman Rana of the Muslim student society to NRK.They fear that the telephones…
BRUSSELS – High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy for the EU Javier Solana has appointed Belgian official Gilles de Kerchove d’Ousselghem as the new anti-terrorism coordinator for the EU. De Kerchove must coordinate the European Council’s efforts in the fight against terrorism and continue the implementation of European anti-terror strategy. “I am certain that…
’Representing Islam: Comparative Perspectives’ is an international conference organised jointly by the Universities of Manchester and Surrey and supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Britain. It has attracted over 100 eminent national and international speakers. Representations of ’Islam’ have a profound influence on political cultures and national identities, as well as on…
As part of its ongoing Transatlantic Dialogue on Terrorism, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC dedicated its seventh meeting in the series to Muslim integration and assimilation. In partnership with the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin, Germany, CSIS hosted a two-day event entitled, “The Transatlantic Dialogue on Muslims…
