Norway: First conversion course 0
Norway: First conversion course The Islamic Network opened conversion course for non-Muslims in Oslo Thursday. “Many Norwegians are turning to Islam,” says the organization
Netherlands: Crown-Prince studied Islam 0
Netherlands: Crown-Prince studied Islam So to speak. ———- Dutch crown-prince Willem-Alexander has been working for years on his image, with some success, according to a new biography. In 2008 and 2009 Willem-Alexander studied Islam for a year and a half.
Norway: Immigrants, Muslims portrayed negatively in the media 0
Norway: Immigrants, Muslims portrayed negatively in the media The IMDI report is available here (in Norwegian) ————- The Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDI) published a report on Tuesday “Immigrants in Norwegian media: Media caused Islam fear and invisible day to day life”, a detailed report on how immigrants are portrayed in Norwegian media. The report shows that in 2009 there were just as many reports about Islam and Muslims (77,000) as there were about PM Jens Stoltenberg, and more than about the swine flu (74,000). 71% of all media reports focusing on immigration or integration were assessed as problem-oriented.
Scotland: Muslims tackle Islamic far-right 0
Scotland: Muslims tackle Islamic far-right The British National Party and the Scottish Defence League often portray Islam as a separatist Trojan horse inside Britain – a religion of shadowy conspirators plotting to bring the county to its knees.
Lessons From Surah Yusuf – Part 3: Da’wah Behind Bars 0
بسم اللّه Part I | Part II | Part III For the second time in his young life, Prophet Yusuf [عليه السلام] found himself treated unjustly, oppressed and punished for committing absolutely no crime or offence. It is interesting how he appealed to Allah that living in a prison cell would be better for him than what the women of the city were calling him towards, and it was through his life in the cell that Allah decreed for him to have future honor and respect.
Berlin: Islam-related films look beyond stereotypes 0
Berlin: Islam-related films look beyond stereotypes Terrorism, honor killings, fundamentalism and female oppression. The themes of films in the Berlin festival lineup this year could read like a series of banner headlines from Fox News. But instead of sensationalism and stereotypes, what competition films such as “On the Path” and “Shahada,” Panorama title “When We Leave” and Berlinale Special entry “My Name Is Khan” offer are new images of Islam
A Pond of Milk 0
Once there was a king who told some of his workers to dig a pond.
Sweden: Muslim wins handshake lawsuit 0
Sweden: Muslim wins handshake lawsuit Aftonbladet reports (SE) that the man had greeted the female CEO by putting his hand to his chest and explaining he was forbidden by his religion to touch women outside his family. The 28 year old now lives in Malmö and works in Denmark
Denmark: Muslims feeling less religious, more Danish 0
Denmark: Muslims feeling less religious, more Danish There are fewer strictly religious immigrants in Denmark, and more who feel Danish. The distance between the political debate and reality is incraseing, researchers claim.
Paris: Worshipers want to fire "burka-opposing imam" 0
Paris: Worshipers want to fire “burka-opposing imam” Chalghoumi says that he doesn't oppose the burka, but that he doesn't think a woman can wear the burka peacefully in France, and there are other, more real, issues to deal with. ( FR ) The worshipers of the mosque, on the other hand, claim he's not an imam. ————– Called to explain his version of the incidents on Monday which, he says, were caused by Islamists, Hassen Chalghoumi claims to be the imam at the Drancy mosque (Seine-Saint-Denis) and says he got death threats, hurriedly left the mosque Friday, cursed by a hundred worshipers, escorted by several policemen