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The Federation of French Muslims, the largest Muslim organization in France, called on the French authorities to reconsider the ban imposed on wearing the hijāb at schools and to recognize Muslim holidays.
Dr. Carl W. Ernst, a specialist in Islamic Studies, at the University of North Carolina has affirmed that the US is now witnessing an increasing number of those who wish to explore and know more about Islam.
Hizb Allāh’s al-Manār television channel, considered a terrorist organization by the United States, will no longer be broadcasted on European satellites starting Monday, media monitors said yesterday.
Antagonizing Muslims is much more widespread than antagonizing Islam itself. In fact, the hostility towards Muslims reflects a racist attitude towards non-European races, including Muslim as well as non-Muslim communities such as Albans, Palestinians and even Caucasians.
A British court upheld the right of a Muslim girl student to wear her hijāb [headscarf] inside her school in a case that sparked a public uproar reminiscent of the one in France about the hijāb in government schools.
Five members of the European Parliament have launched a signature-collecting campaign to forward a written petition demanding European countries to respect individual freedom to wear what one wants; Muslim hijāb, Sikh turban, Christian crucifix or Jewish yarmulke in schools or government...
The Qur’an says about the kitābis [People of the Book] that “They are not all alike” [The Meaning of The Holy Qur’ān by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall,3:113 ]. I just remembered this Qur’ānic fairness when I read about two court rulings and a political position that recently took the attention of...
The Dutch authorities took a decision yesterday to deport an Egyptian imām and two other persons on charges of extremism and calling for jihād. The mayor of Eindhoven [Alexander] Sakkers has condemned the decision.
With the 100th anniversary of the 1905 law, known as the law of Laïcité, or secularism in France, many French voices have started to call for expanding the ban on all religious symbols, especially the hijāb [veil covering a woman’s hair]. They want to apply this law within all hospitals,...
The Head of the Pontifical Council for the Dialogue of Religions, Cardinal Fitzgerald, supported the initiative of the Azhar’s Permanent Committee for the Dialogue of Religions at the Davos International Forum. The initiative stated that there is no connection between terrorism and Islam. It also...

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