Interview with Mohammad Mojtahed ShabestariWhy Islam and Democracy Go Well...
The Shiite scholar Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari is regarded as one of the Iran’s most influential Muslim reformist thinkers. In an interview with Jan Kuhlmann, he explains why there is no inconsistency...
View ArticleThe Former Norwegian Defence League Leader: – There are several types of...
June 5, 2012 The former NDL leader, Alte took the witness stance today explaining how people who are critical of Muslims are harassed. He was a leader of the organization about a year before he reigned...
View ArticleAndre Carson: Speech to Islamic Circle praised success of all faith-based...
U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, an Indianapolis Democrat who is one of only two Muslims in Congress, is coming under attack for a speech he gave to the Islamic Circle of North America. André Carson, created...
View ArticleAmerican Taliban Lindh says Ind. prison’s ban on daily group prayer violates...
INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. government claims it has the ultimate proof that American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh might foment hate and violence among fellow Muslim inmates if they’re allowed to...
View ArticleDutch Politicians React to Innocence of Muslims Controversies
20 September 2012 Media coverage of ongoing international controversies surrounding the movie Innocence of Muslims tracks the responses of Dutch politicians, particularly to statements from the...
View ArticleUpdate: Dutch MP to Receive Australian Visa
2 October 2012 Following speculation that anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders would not be permitted to visit Australia, immigration minister Chris Bouwen has announced that a visa will be issued....
View ArticleRight to Asylum: the Court of Justice of the European Union defines religious...
September 5 The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg has issued an important sentence in favor of religious freedom. The sentence defines what type of infringement on freedom of...
View ArticleSentence of Administrative Court – Muslim girl cannot be dismissed from...
September 28 The Administrative Court of the Federal State of Hessen has rejected a lawsuit by a Muslim family, who did not send their twelve-year-old daughter to the school swimming lessons. The...
View ArticleAnti-Islam pastor Terry Jones barred from entering Canada
News Agencies – October 11, 2012 A Florida pastor made famous by his strident anti-Islam views and widely publicized Koran immolation was barred entry into Canada because border officials had qualms...
View ArticleCanadian man accused of murder rejects notion of ‘honour killing’
News Agencies – November 1, 2012 When the Canadian Crown asked Peer Khairi the Afghan immigrant — accused of murdering his culturally permissive wife to preserve the family’s Muslim honour — whether he...
View ArticleSpain: Supreme Court invalidates the ban on the burqa
The Supreme Court has declared invalid the ban on women wearing the burqa or veil in public spaces, which had been decreed by the Lleida City Council in October 2010. The Supreme Court held that the...
View ArticleRacism: Muslims are the people most affected by discrimination in Europe...
March 21, 2013 Muslim citizens are most affected by episodes of discrimination in Europe. This is what emerges from the report on racism in the EU 2011-2012, published by the European Network Against...
View ArticleFrench Court affirms religious freedom in hijab case
Le Monde 20.03.2013 France’s Court of Cassation overruled the dismissal of a Muslim woman from her workplace for wearing the niqab. Fatima Afif, a former employee of private day nursery in...
View ArticleIslam: Bologna, Islamic Confederation promotes meeting
April 24, 2013 ROME — ”Diversity in Islam and interfaith dialogue” is the theme of a meeting to be held in Bologna, Tuesday April 30 at 10:00 am, organized by the Confederation of Italian Islam (CII)....
View ArticleOasis, a Center to support a dialogue between Christians and Muslims
April 25, 2013 A plaque commemorating Constantine’s edict on religious freedom is in the Palazzo San Giorgio in a church on via Torino which was built on the ruins of an ancient imperial palace in...
View ArticleA distressing map of religious freedom around the world
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued a report highlighting those it calls the worst violators of religious freedom in the world. Among them are many Asian and Middle...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court rejects the burqa ban of Lleida’s municipality
10 May 2013 The Supreme Court has rejected the motion presented by the city of Lleida to ban the burqa in public buildings. The council delegation had declared last March 22, their intention to go...
View ArticlePatriarch Bartholomew, more ‘freedom’ to Christians in Islamic countries
“The situation of Christians in some Muslim countries is in need of major improvements to allow more freedoms ‘and chances’ similar to those that Muslims enjoy in Christian countries” said Patriarch...
View ArticleThe Popular Party of Tarragona does not want more mosques in the city
05 June 2013 Popular Party (PP) of Tarragona does not want more mosques in the city and believes that “one is enough.” Its spokesman, Alejandro Fernández, said: “It is legitimate to say the freedom...
View ArticleSalam, Islam: a Trip inside the Muslim Community
June 6, 2013 After success with his first novel, Pasquale Nuccio Franco goes back to the library this time with another book. “Salam, Islam” is a travel through the Muslim community, through a number...
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