January 22, 2014 Hundreds of Catalan children travel each year to Gambia to study the Koran and Arabic. These children between 7 and 17 years old may be between six months to five years in madrasas (Islamic schools). The goal is for their children to maintain the traditions and religious and cultural ties to the home community….
December 17, 2013 “Reports received from some schools in Turin show that performances of a classic children’s Christmas play will not be organized or there will be a play but without any reference to the Nativity and the Catholic religion, to avoid offending the growing number of Muslims who attend local schools. In all…
The cover of Rolling Stone’s Aug. 1 edition features a photograph of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing in April. Many have responded angrily to the magazine’s treatment of Tsarnaev’s image: Rolling Stone editors said in a statement that the story falls within the traditions of journalism and the magazine’s commitment…
8 July 2013 Speaking to Europa Press, the President of the Islamic Communities of Spain, Riay Tatary has asked the employers to “take care” of the Muslims workers during the Ramadan period. Tatary also thanks the Spanish people for their interest in the celebration of Ramadan and invites them to go to the mosques and…
Damian Green, Police and Criminal Justice Minister, said men linked to sex crimes such as female genital mutilation and selling underage girls for sex must learn to obey Britain’s laws and customs. “If you come and live in 21st-century Britain then you obey the laws and observe the conventions of 21st-century Britain. And the law…
