Category: Islam and The West
Meeting Place for Muslims and Non-Muslims
Strasbourg Mosque:
Strasbourg (France): Amidst tensions surrounding France's growing Muslim minority, the Great Mosque of Strasbourg has become [...]
Pope urges Church to Intensify Dialogue with Islam
Vatican City: Pope Francis called for the Roman Catholic Church to "intensify" its dialogue with Islam, echoing hopes in the Muslim World for bette [...]
British Government promotes London as Islamic Finance Hub
London: The British government launched a campaign to promote London as a centre for Islamic finance, seeking to counter growing competition in that [...]
Mapping Muslims Report Released
New York: American Muslim civil liberties groups released a new report last fortnight, "Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and Its Impact on American Musli [...]
CAIR Welcomes New Policy allowing Hijab
Washington D.C: The nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) welcomed a decision [...]
First Muslim Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Group
Paris: For the first time in France, a group of 20 Muslims men and women came together to start a collective against the proposed same-sex legislati [...]
Non-Halal School Food Angers UK Muslims
London: As UK still grapples with horsemeat scandal, a British school has apologized for serving non-halal food to Muslim students following an inves [...]
U.S. Muslim Group Offers ‘Best Wishes’ to Pope
Washington: In a statement reacting to Pope Benedict's decision to step down at the end of February 2013, Nihad Awad, national executive director of [...]
Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism Widespread among Flemes
Flanders:(Belgium): A recent study conducted by the Flemish daily, De Morgan in Antwerp and Ghent revealed a high level of Islamophobia and xenophobia [...]
British Muslims to Establish First Free Islamic School
London: Muslims in the north-western British city of Blackburn are awaiting the approval of plans to build the first free Islamic school in the count [...]