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…
The United States has criticised France and Belgium for banning women from wearing face-covering Islamic veils in public, while warning of growing anti- Semitism and hostility towards Muslims in Europe. The US State Department’s report on religious freedoms, researched in 2011 but released on July 30, 2012, warned that freedom of worship was being undermined…
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) condemned the ruling by a court in Berlin, capital of Germany, to authorize far-right political party, Pro-Deutschland (for Germany) to brandish cartoons of Prophet Muhammad at demonstrations under “Islam does not belong to Germany “ stop Islamization” in front of three big mosques in Neukölln and Wedding…
Said Aalla, the president of the new Mosque of Strasbourg announced to 2,500 faithful who attended Friday prayers on the first day of Ramadan that the new mosque would be officially inaugurated by President Hollande and Interior Minister Valls on September 27. Meanwhile, Queen’s University (Canada) Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) gives France an overall…
Most voters continue to say it is important for a president to have strong religious beliefs. But voters have limited awareness of the religious faiths of both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. And there is little evidence to suggest that concerns about the candidates’ respective faiths will have a meaningful impact in the fall elections.…
Muslims in Western countries say they have gotten used to the fact that as elections get closer, politicians pump up the volume of accusations against them, whether they are Sunni, Shiite or of another sect. In some European nations, it was the debate over women wearing the veil that set off the attacks. Now in…
While there is broad agreement on the core tenets of Islam, Muslims across the 39 countries and territories surveyed, differ significantly in their openness to multiple interpretations of their faith and acceptance of various sects. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are united in their belief in God and Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) and are bound together by such religious practices…
In a recent research entitled Understanding Society carried out by the Institute for Social and Economic Research it was found that British Muslims feel more strongly about their British identities. The study was released last month. The research enjoyed a wide participation of around 40,000 UK households. Those of Pakistani origin scored highest in the research and Bengalis and Indians shared the second place in their sense…
A new mosque bearing the name of Moroccan King Mohamed VI was consecrated in second week of June amid praise for the cooperation of the French authorities. The president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (Conseil français du culte musulman), Mohammed Moussaoui, inaugurated the Mohamed VI Mosque in the southwestern French city of Saint-Ãtienne. The mosque, built on an area of 10,000 square meters, boosts a 14-meter high minaret…
A court in Germany has ruled that circumcision on religious grounds amounts to bodily harm, making it potentially punishable by law. Sociologist of religion Rolf Schieder says this is an unacceptable move that questions the right to religious freedom. Upon first glance, the Cologne district court is correct: any medical intervention in the case of a child amounts to bodily harm in Germany. The same applies to…
