Prague: Syrian community protests against Assad’s regime About 30 people gathered in Prague’s centre Friday to protest against the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad and present an improvised exhibition of photos of victims of the people’s revolution in Syria.
UK: the TV experiment that aims to change perceptions and prejudice ( The Daily Mail ) Via the Guardian : Rashid is a devout Muslim whose insistence on praying five times a day in the mosque led to tensions in the house as his prayer schedule made it difficult for him to discharge house duties such as buying food for the evening meal. He shared a room with 24-year-old sheet metal worker Damon, who lives in a predominantly white part of the city
Italy: Four convicted in mosque-building scam Via ANSA : Four people including a judge were convicted Thursday of defrauding investors, including the Iraqi government and top Italian bank Unicredit, in a mosque that was announced but never built in the Tuscan city of Massa Carrara. ( source )
Bosnia: Muslim leader causes outrage by denying war crimes Via AKI : Bosnian Muslim spiritual leader Reiss Ul-Ulema Mustafa Ceric sparked outrage by calling for an Islamic awakening and denying that Muslim crimes against Serbs in 1992-1995 war ever occured. He also a Muslim awakening. Preaching in a local mosque, Ceric protested the arrest of eight Muslims accused of torturing more than 600 Serbs in a detention camp “Silos” in the town of Hadzici near Sarajevo, 24 of who were killed.
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Norway: Proposal to allow police, judges to wear headscarves Via the Local : A government-appointed committee is set to make recommendations that will allow police and judges in Norway to wear clothing and personal effects with religious overtones, including the Muslim hijab.
Germany: Majority of Turks believe state supports far-right terrorists Via Spiegel : Turkish immigrants in Germany have lost faith in the German state as a result of the murder series allegedly committed by the Zwickau neo-Nazi terror cell, a new study shows. Three-quarters of respondents fear there will be further racially motivated killings. Info (…) The authors of the study interviewed a representative sample of 1,058 people of Turkish descent living in Germany aged 15 years and over, between Dec.
UK: ‘Muslims are not betraying Islam in embracing liberal democracy’ Via the Guardian (by Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol): It is far better to propose Islam than impose it, for if there is no liberty there can be no genuine religiosity Last week, during a book tour in London, I spoke to a large group of British Muslims on Islam and liberty. A few of the questions that I received from the audience indicated why discussion on this topic is much needed.