Paris mosque: Burger chain not fully halal Via AP : Note to big companies hoping to tap into France’s lucrative but long-neglected Muslim consumer market: Pitfalls may await, and not only in the form of complaints from the far-right. As of this week, 2 2 outlets of popular French fast food chain Quick are serving burgers it says respect Islamic dietary law
Spain: Muslims upset at Mecca disco Via Al-Arabiya (h/t Bivouac-ID ): The inauguration of a discotheque called Mecca in Spain infuriated Muslims in the country and raised questions about the position of Muslim workers offered jobs in the controversial place. After 10 years of renovations, an old discotheque in the city of Aguilas in the southwestern province of Murcia opened its doors on June 18 under the name La Meca amid protests from Muslim individuals and organizations, the Arab Spanish newspaper Andalus Press reported Wednesday
Taraweeh Salaah – Night 24 By Sheikh Abdul Hamid Lachporia – Canada In the Name of Almighty Allah Most Gracious, Most Merciful Tonight’s Tarawee consists of Qad Sami-Allahu (JUZ 28) and the Surahs that will be covered are the following: Surah Al Mujadilah [The Woman Who Pleads]; Surah Al Hashr [The Mustering]; Surah Al Mumtahinah [ That Which Examines]; Surah Al Saff [The Battle Array]; Surah Al Juma’ah [Frida]; Surah Al Munafiqun [The Hypocrites]; Surah Al Taghabun [The Mutual Loss And Gain]; Surah Al Talaq [Divorce]; and Surah Al Tahrim [Prohibition]. SURAH AL MUJADILAH: [The Woman Who Pleads]
Germany: Public split on fate of race row banker Via Reuters : German public opinion is deeply split over the fate of a central banker whose disparaging comments about Muslim immigrants have triggered a heated debate on race and integration, surveys showed on Wednesday. Over the past week and a half, Thilo Sarrazin has dominated headlines with criticism of Germany’s large Muslim community, and contentious remarks asserting that Jews have a particular genetic makeup. (…) A survey by pollster Emnid for N24 television showed 51 percent of respondents saw no need for the Bundesbank to fire board member Sarrazin, with 32 percent taking the opposite view.
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
Brussels: Halal hotel rooms Starting in 2011, hotels in Brussels could get a halal label.
Link to all Ramadan 2010 posts By Sh. Haitham Al-Haddad cross-posted with permission from Islam21c.com I call upon committee members and Imāms to seek the pleasure of Allah and not the pleasure of their congregation. Imāms should respect the Qur’ān when leading the Tarāwī ḥ Prayer All praises be to Allah and may the blessings and salutation be upon his messenger Muhammad
Taraweeh Salaah – Night 17 By Sheikh Abdul Hamid Lachporia – Canada In the Name of Almighty Allah Most Gracious, Most Merciful Tonight’s Tarawee consists of Surah Utloo-Maa-Oohiya…(JUZ 21) and the Surahs that will be covered are:- The remaining half of Surah Al Ankabut, Surah Al Rum, Surah Luqman, Surah Al Sajdah and a third of Surah Al-Ahzab.
Germany: Blurred identities He has been living for six years in Berlin, and is married to a German woman, yet Rabee [who gave only one name] has no German friends. In politically correct parlance this could be headlined: ‘New German marries old German, does not befriend older Germans’. Via Jordan Times : The 22-year-old Muslim Lebanese, who emigrated to Germany illegally in search of better work opportunities, is part of an about 120,000-strong Arab community whose members reside in Berlin but have limited interaction with Germans and other Europeans
Opinion: Do moderate Muslims exist? A couple of weeks ago the Guardian was all aghast about the fact that the Quilliam Foundation accused moderate peace-loving Muslims of being radicals. The assumption being that if a Muslim is working for the Scotland Yard, then he must be moderate