Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
The murder of the Brazilian Jean Charles De Menezes by Scotland Yard police officers has rung an alarm bell for the world’s conscience. The accident took place after British police officers were instructed to follow a shoot-to-kill policy if they came across a person suspected of being a suicide...
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
European countries are dealing with the Muslim community in the same way that they dealt with the Jews in the past. This eventually led to the Nazi Holocaust. What is indifference towards Islam in the beginning will turn into disdain, suspicion and finally hostility. Most European legislations – in...
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2005
Bosnia’s Muslims, who are of European origin, were brutally murdered in genocide massacres by Serbs. If such torture can befall a European - but Muslim - group, what happened to Asian and Arab Muslims who came into Europe over the last century?
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
Muslims living in western communities need a policy that guarantees their social integration, especially now that racial and religious diversity are to be part of the fabric of Europe in the future. However, Muslims are aware that they are not welcome in societies that are rife with racism and...
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
Have the 7/7 blasts in London undermined the diligent efforts of Muslims living in western communities to mingle with the natives, abandon underground mosques and disprove that Islam is synonymous to terrorism? After 4 years of struggling since 9/11 have their efforts come to nothing?
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
The Dutch Interior Minister Remkes stated that there are 20 extremist groups in the Netherlands. They count hundreds of members – including women and people of Dutch origin that have converted to Islam – who are liable to use violence.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Muhammad Bouwīrī, a Dutch-born dual Moroccan-Dutch citizen, who is accused of murdering Theo Van Gogh, confessed to killing the Dutch filmmaker in the Amsterdam Court last Tuesday.
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
An urgent meeting of the International Organization was held in London to discuss the Brotherhood’s failure to attract the Egyptian public’s support for their policies and to determine a clear stance regarding Mubārak’s regime.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Before, the British only knew Muslims as people whom they governed. Today they are living in British cities alongside locals. It is important to note that while Christians in Lebanon are native citizens, Muslims in Britain have come from foreign countries and are not yet completely assimilated....
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
Terrorism usually comes like a bolt from the blue, but not so the explosions in London. Some British Islamist leaders have been warning for months that such violence was imminent.