Russia: First logistics hub for halal products Via BBC : Tatarstan has discovered a new money-making opportunity: providing services to its Muslim community. The majority of its inhabitants are Muslims
Germany: Stormy debate about anti-Muslim book (A protest against Sarrazin: ’shut up’) Thilo Sarrazin’s new anti-immigration/anti-Muslim book continues to make waves in Germany. The Bundesbank wants to fire him and his party, the Social Democrats, wants to expel him.
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Denmark: Danish book on Muhammad cartoons could cause riots, says US expert ( Mohammed cartoons ) Via Politiken : A leading U.S. terrorism expert has warned of renewed tensions between the Muslim world and Denmark in connection with plans by Jyllands-Postens Culture Editor Flemming Rose to release a book in which caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed are reprinted.
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Denmark: Islam’s power, Europe’s new reality One day Karen Jespersen and Ralf Pittelkow drove from their home in Dragør, over the Øresund bridge, to the Rosengård district in Malmö. They drove around and felt that they’ve arrived in a different world
Austria: Muslim leader calls for more mosques with minarets (Vienna Mosque, Wikipedia ) Via Washington Times : A call for more mosques with minarets in Austria gave rise Sunday to heated criticism from right-wing politicians, some going as far as demanding a ban on all immigrants from Muslim countries. In an interview with the Austria Press Agency published Sunday, the head of the country’s Islamic community, Anas Shakfeh, said he wished to see a mosque with a minaret in each of Austria’s nine provincial capitals.
Norway: Court rules police hijab ban is illegal Justice Minister Knut Storberget said in response that he does not intend to change the current no-hijab policy. Via AFP : A Norwegian administrative court on Friday said a ban on police women wearing the Islamic headscarf was illegal, in response to a government refusal in 2009 to allow officers to don the hijab. The Norwegian Equality Tribunal said in a non-binding opinion that the ban ran counter to the country’s freedom of religion and anti-discrimination laws by depriving a whole category of women from access to the police profession