A new study based on focus groups with 60 lay Muslims in Ottawa, Washington and Britain claims that imams are out of touch with the needs of Western Muslims, and divorced from the struggles their congregants face in secular society. Karim Karim, director of Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication, is the author of…
Mohamed Moussaoui, President of the French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM), voiced his opposition to attacks on French Jews, their properties or synagogues. He told IslamOnline.net that, “We are still waiting for the results of investigations into these attacks, but if the perpetrators turn out to be Muslims they must understand that showing solidarity…
Government officials and Jewish leaders are concerned that the conflict in Gaza may spill over in Europe, as demonstrations and protests amount, and attacks against Jews and synagogues have been reported. Rallies have been held in London, Paris, Berlin, Glasgow, Rome, Athens, Milan, several Scandinavian capitals, and several other cities – often drawing tens of…
50 mosques and 50 synagogues representing more than 100,000 Muslims and Jews paired up throughout the United States to learn from each other, and mutually commit to combating anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. In Saint Louis members of Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel and the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis visited each others’ houses of worship to…
In an op-ed to the International Herald Tribune, Roger Cohen explores Islamophobia in the United States, and why he believes it is important that Senator Obama reach out to America’s Muslim community, and visit mosques, just as he has visited churches and synagogues to reach out to their faithful. While Cohen is aware that Obama’s…
