News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
18.02.2012 The Turkish Muslim community in the city of Volklingen celebrated the completion of the first minaret in the federal state of Saarland last week. The plans to build a minaret on top of the Selimiye Mosque, a former cinema, had divided Volklingen’s population last year. While the argument was reminiscent of the ban of
07./ 08.12.2011 Last Tuesday, the local council in Meßkirch (Baden Württemberg) agreed to the plans of a local Turkish-Muslim association to build a mosque in their town. Many Muslims attended the council meeting, during which some local politicians expressed their sympathy for the associations’ desire to build an appropriate place for worship.
08.07.2011 A Turkish-Islamic association in Messkirch (Baden-Württemberg) is looking for a new property for their mosque after the owner of their current place has given notice to end the lease. The head of the local Turkish-Muslim association, Bahtiyar Sahin, is concerned about the timing of things, as they need to find a new property or
15.06.2011 A Turkish-Muslim community in Löhne/ North Rhine-Westphalia held an open day at their mosque to allow others to get to know their community life, culture, and customs. Through the event, the Muslim community demonstrated their willingness to engage in integration processes; at the same time, they highlighted the importance of integration conceptualized as a
9 February 2011 A number of neighborhood anti-mosque initiatives in Vienna are coming together to create a new anti-Islam federation, the “Pro-Austria Movement” (BPÖ), also called the “Federation against Islamic Multipurpose Centers and the Islamicization of Austria.” The new federation brings together four separate citizens’ initiatives (Dammstraße, Trostgasse, Rappgasse, and the “Garten-Gallier”) which had been