Stockholm: Swedish women have been posting photos of themselves in traditional Muslim headscarves in solidarity with a woman attacked apparently for wearing a veil. Among the protesters from various faiths were politicians and TV hosts. The “hijab outcry” campaigners urged the government to “ensure that Swedish Muslim women are guaranteed the right to religious freedom”.…
New York: The New York Police Department (NYPD) has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorism organisations. The designation has allowed police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Since the 9/11 attacks, the NYPD has opened at least a dozen “terrorism enterprise investigations” (TEI) into…
An Italian was arrested in Avignon, southern France, after he smeared the walls near the entrance to the historic Palace of the Popes with anti-Islam writings, The Le Parisien reported, citing the deputy prosecutor of Avignon, Thierry Villardo. The man, in his 30s has been identified through surveillance cameras and he was stopped as he…
Canterbury (England): When it comes to donating to charity, Britain’s small, but fast-growing Muslim community comes out ahead of other religious groups, a recent survey shows. Conducted by ICM, a London-based polling agency, the survey shows that U.K’s estimated 280,000 Muslims report giving more money annually to charity than Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and Jews. The…
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is launching a satellite TV channel on 25 July, 2013 to challenge the stereotype of Arab and Muslim women abroad. The channel, run by businessman Sheikh Yusuf bin Awad Al-Ahmadi’s Ideas Arabia company, will be aimed at, and dominated by Saudi women showcasing their capabilities, Arab News reports. Speaking at a launch…
Granada: “Stop Islam” and “Stop the Invasion” were the sentences painted at the Islamic Cultural Center and Mosque in Armilla, Granada. The fact has been described as serious by the Islamic Commission of Spain. Mounir Benjelloun, President of the Islamic Commission of Spain has issued a statement protesting against this event and calling the graffiti…
Bilbao: (Spain): More than a hundred members of the Bilbao Muslim community expressed their dissatisfaction about the new law about the places of worship, during a demonstration at the esplanade of the Guggenheim Museum. According to the law which is to be approved at the end of the month, no mosque or other type of…
Canada: Considering it the center of their sizable community, Muslims in Edmonton are celebrating the diamond jubilee of Canada’s first mosque. “We want to send a message to the whole community, to thank them for what they did for Al Rashid Mosque from the beginning,” Khalid Tarabain, president of the Canadian Islamic Center and Al…
Allensbach (Germany): According to a representative survey, conducted by the Allensbach Institute for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, the majority of the people associate Islam with a propensity for violence, fanaticism and intolerance. Although the real life situation of Muslim women does not correspond with the image of the “oppressed woman”, 83 per cent of…
Bern: Following the controversial debate on integration and assimilation of Islam in Switzerland, which led to the legal passing of a right-wing initiative of the populist SVP party against the construction of minarets in the country in 2009, three postulates requested obtaining further information upon the state of affairs of the Muslim community in Switzerland.…
