London: Youth jail inmates converting to Islam for protection, easier lifestyle Via the Daily Mail : A third of inmates at one of Britain’s most notorious youth jails are Muslims and the religion is attracting a large number of converts. (…) ‘The popularity of the faith has surprised people. We are seeing a large number of inmates converting to Islam.’ He added: ‘There is a difference between mainstream believers and extremists, but the fear is that some in the jail are being radicalised.

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Germany: Muslim car-pool service Via TAZ (German, h/t Snaphanen ) Selim Reid (24) is the founder of MuslimTAXI, a Muslim ride-sharing service.

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Oslo: Muslims call to boycott Islamic demonstration Via Views and News from Norway : Muslims themselves were urged to boycott a planned demonstration in front of the Norwegian Parliament on Friday by an Islamic group considered to be extremist. One local Muslim leader in Oslo claimed the group’s attitudes, actions and slogans actually violate Islamic principles. Dr Usman Rana, the former leader of Muslimsk Studentsamfunn (the Muslim students’ society) and now a practicing physician, urged fellow Muslims to stay away from the demonstration that was organized to protest Norway’s presence in Afghanistan

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UK: Imams must reach out to youth, says cleric Via ENInews : Imams at British mosques have let down a generation of young Muslims by failing to reach young people who sometimes end up in prison, Ibrahim Mogra, chair of the mosque and community affairs committee of the Muslim Council of Britain, said. Following the publication of a report showing that the number of Muslims in British prisons has rocketed over the last 20 years, Mogra told ENInews in an interview on 11 January that most Muslim clergy and mosques have finally realized that in houses of worship they are preaching only to the converted

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Bosnia: Muslims want RS Day declared “genocide day” Via B92 : Islamic organizations in Bosnia-Herzegovina demanded, in completely identical statements, that the Republic of Srpska (RS) Day be declared the genocide day. The RS celebrates its national day on January 9. Citing rulings of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, they said the entire month of January should be declared “the day of truth” because of the genocide committed by RS institutions against the Bosniaks in Bosnia-Herzegovina

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Bosnia: Muslims urged to “boycott New Year” Via B92 (h/t Jihad Watch ): The Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina has called on Muslims in that country to boycott the upcoming New Year celebrations. By taking part, said the organization, they would “violate Allah’s boundaries, and do something their master hates and despises”. The Islamic Community statement on Wednesday quoted from a book by Almir Dumica, entitled, “Pearls of the Sunnah in the Mosaic of Time”: “On that night, turn off the lights early and let everyone see you’re boycotting everything happening on that night

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Bosnia: Serb leader criticized for spreading “hate against Muslims” Via AKI : Spiritual leader of Bosnian Muslims Reiss Ul-Ulema Mustafa Ceric on Tuesday accused Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik of “spreading intolerance and hate against Muslims and Islamic values”. In a letter to the ambassador of several Islamic countries to Sarajevo, Ceric demanded that Dodik “and his protectors and mentors in Belgrade” be proclaimed “persona non grata” in their countries.

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Belgium: Sharia4Belgium calls on Muslims to turn Belgium into Sharia state (threatening to destroy the Atomium monument) Full clip here , via MEMRI.

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Norway: Muslims not the reason for dropping school Christmas celebration A couple of days ago I posted about a school in the Norwegian city of Drammen that decided to drop Christmas from its Christmas celebration. This started off a major debate, with commentators blaming Humanists and Muslims for this step. However, according to the school principal, this had nothing to do with Muslims or students of a foreign cultural background

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Scotland: Muslims join Evangelicals in fighting same-sex marriage bill Via TNT Magazine : Religious groups in Scotland are mounting a campaign to block the Scottish government’s proposals to introduce same-sex marriage. (…) Scottish Muslims have also threatened a withdrawal of support for the Scottish National Party (SNP) should the definition of marriage be redefined to include gay couples

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