Many Muslims today struggle to integrate into Western society, but those in the U.S. are better off than those in Europe, said Islamic scholar Ralph Ghadban during a lecture Monday at Ohio State. “Many of the millions of Muslims that have moved to the West wish not to integrate into society,” Ghadban said. As a…
Favourite figure especially of the tabloid press, British Islamist Anjem Choudary loves to provoke. There is hardly a controversial topic he has left out – be it implementing shari’a in Britain with also non-Muslim women having to wear the burka, glorifying terrorism, calling for assassinating the Pope or just pointing to the evilness of Christmas….
Muslim refugees and immigrants from war-torn countries like Iraq and Somalia are finding refuge and freedom in Finland. While the country only has one official mosque, many Muslims are undergoing training to lead the faithful as interest – including that of native Muslims in Finland – is generating interest and community cohesiveness. Abdullah Tami who…
When the Archbishop of Canterbury announced last month that British authorities should accommodate Sharia, he placed the Anglican church in the middle of a heated controversy. For many Brits, sharia is associated with amputation, whipping and stoning for even small infractions. Though others reject these associations, the prospect of a “plural jurisdiction” in which Muslims…
By Ian Austen MONTREAL – Viewed separately, the incidents seemed relatively insignificant. Members of a Hasidic synagogue here wanted a neighboring Y.M.C.A. to block or tint the windows of an exercise room used by women. A Muslim girl was barred from playing soccer for wearing a hijab on the field. And, in Quebec, some Muslims…
