Some individuals may indulge in sacrilege. But on official level the West has not been found wanting in endorsement of Muslim presence and influence of Islam. The trashy film Innocence of Muslims has caused a good amount of outrage around the world. The mayhem in Pakistan has claimed 17 lives. The American envoy to Libya…
A new woman mayor in Bosnia who is the first in her country and the continent to wear the hijab headscarf, said Tuesday her election was “a model for Europe and Islam.” “This is a great victory of democracy. My fellow citizens showed a great open spirit because they elected me first as a woman…
Eastern France largest mosque was opened on September 28 in Strasbourg by France Interior Minister Manuel Valls. The Strasbourg mosque, which was designed by Italian architect Paolo Portoghesi and seats 1,500 worshippers, was completed after more than 20 years of infighting between right and left wing administrations in Strasbourg. France new Grand Mosque has a…
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, warned not to generalize Islam as a negative force and called on believers of different faiths to reach out to one another. On a lecture tour of the United States, last month, the world’s best-known Buddhist monk said that every religion including his own had “mischievous” people and…
A paid informant for the New York Police Department says he was under orders to “bait” Muslims into saying bad things. The U.S. citizen of Bengali descent says he lived a double life, snapping pictures inside mosques and collecting the names of innocent people attending Islamic study groups. Shamiur Rahman, 19, told The Associated Press…
Hadia Tajik, a woman Muslim Holidays of Pakistani origin has been appointed the first Muslim Minister in Norway. She will look after the culture portfolio. With no precedent in Norwegian history, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg appointed Hadia Tajik, a 29-year-old Muslim woman, as minister of culture, making Tajik the youngest minister in the Norwegian Cabinet…
The German state of Hamburg has agreed to implement and recognize religious-related holidays, including school holidays, religious education and burial rituals after three years of negotiations with Muslim groups. Unlike Christians churches, Muslim mosques and associations are not recognized as corporations by public law. However, the State of Hamburg Germany has stated it will guarantee…
Istanbul-based Turkish financial institute, Kuveyt Turk investment fund plans to open the first Islamic bank of its kind in Germany in October 2012, amidst hopes of overcoming the bad effects of the ongoing euro crisis and get a share of the successful Islamic banking pie. “The idea of an Islamic bank is that it adheres…
A dedicated training institute for imams will be opened in Strasbourg as part of an agreement between France and Turkey. From January 2013, the “Free Faculty of Islamic Theology” will offer training courses for 30 French students, including women. The project, the first of its kind in France, is being completely financed by Turkey and…
Muhammad Al- Rajhi, a prominent Saudi b u s i n e s s m a n passed away last fortnight. Al-Rajhi was a member of the Al-Rajhi Bank’s board of directors and one of the bank’s founders. He established Al- Rajhi Bank, one of the biggest commercial banks in Saudi Arabia with his brothers…
