Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
About 1,574,000 Muslims (3% of the Italian population) are living in Italy, the majority of which of foreign origin. They constitute 29,2% of the migrant community and only 30% are European Muslims (from Albania, Moldavia, Kosovo), whereas 52,7% are from Africa (37,8% from North Africa).[1] The...
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This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof.
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2023
Geert Wilders, the controversial Dutch politician known for his extremist views, recently expressed his anger towards the Palestinians, calling for their expulsion from their own country or their relocation to Jordan.
Date of source: Thursday, April 6, 2023
The President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, has spoken on the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and think tanks in the United States of America, expressing that strong bonds still exist between the two. Elsewhere, whilst speaking during a conference on...
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has said that although women’s rights and issues have been handled well within the sharīʿa (Muslim law), with explanations duly given and false claims refuted, objections nevertheless appear every now and then.
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2023
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, welcomed a visiting delegation of French journalists and intellectuals, and responded to their questions about the strategy of al-Azhar in confronting intellectual extremism.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Manpower Committee, Sūlāf Darwīsh, has praised comments made by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, about the misuse of the term ‘freedoms’ by the West. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb had stated that the world was in need of religion to help solve the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2022
The European Court of Justice’s decision to ban the headscarf in the workplace was not the first measure and it will not be the last. Over the past twenty years, the veil has become a matter of great controversy in Western societies, due to its increasing appearance on the streets of European and...
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 2021
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a ruling allowing the ban on headscarves (Hijab) at work if the employer deems it necessary. This comes after two women in Germany filed complaints after being suspended from work for wearing a headscarf.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 14, 2021
The Grand Imam, Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, welcomed His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II and his delegation into the sheikhdom of al-Azhar, expressing his appreciation for this visit and for the strength and cohesion of the relationship between al-Azhar and the Church, which embodies the human brotherhood that...