Interfaith
Mosque boss quizzed over ‘civilised Taliban’ post shared ‘Nazi Israel’ clips (LINK ONLY)
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Mosques
Children & Teens
$5 million lawsuit accuses former Tampa Islamic youth director of drugging, molesting ‘multiple boys’
(WFLA) The Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area is accused of concealing the sexual abuse of “multiple boys” in a lawsuit that claims the suspect in a criminal case who was the congregation’s youth director “groomed” one of the children and later […]
Government & Politics
Treasury Department to release impounded religious tiles
(AP) The U.S. Treasury Department is releasing a shipment of tiles that were intended for a northern Virginia mosque but were confiscated at Dulles International Airport after they were determined to have violated sanctions on Iran. Word of the release came through […]
Government & Politics
Sanctions on Iran block mosque from claiming religious tiles
(AP) A northern Virginia mosque is asking the Biden administration to release a set of religious tiles that were confiscated at Dulles International Airport after they were deemed to violate sanctions on Iran. At a news conference Tuesday at the Manassas Mosque, […]
Children & Teens
Pinellas man charged with sexually abusing kids he met as youth director Police: Ehab Ghoneim, 51, met the minors while volunteering at a Tampa Bay mosque.
(Tampa Bay Times) A 51-year-old Pinellas Park man has been arrested after police say he engaged in sex acts with children he met while volunteering as a youth director at a mosque in the Tampa Bay area. Police received a tip in […]
Interfaith
ADL and PayPal: Defunding extremists or censoring opponents? (UPDATED)
Why have the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) urged PayPal to cancel its planned project with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to investigate and close accounts the ADL considers too extreme? At first blush, the PayPal project may sound […]
Mosques
Study finds the American mosque increasingly a melting pot of Islamic traditions The report, conducted every 10 years, found American Sunni mosques are blending various schools of Islamic jurisprudence or madhabs.
(Religion News) The American mosque is becoming more American. At least according to Ihsan Bagby, who has authored a report for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding based on a … new survey of American mosques. The report, conducted every 10 […]
Clerics & Preachers
Mosque imam sacked in France for reciting verses deemed ‘contrary to values of Republic’ Human rights advocate criticizes French interior minister for targeting imams, for asking governor to dismiss imam
(Anadolu) The imam of a mosque in France’s Loire region was dismissed at the behest of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, on the grounds that the verse and hadith the former recited in the Eid al-Adha prayer sermon were deemed “contrary to the […]
Clerics & Preachers
Entrenched antisemitism among imams serving US Muslim communities needs to be challenged, scholar tells major conference
(Algemeiner) “I was wrong,” said Mohammed Al-Azdee, with disarming candor. An associate professor of communication theory at Bridgeport University in Connecticut, the Iraqi-born Al-Azdee was speaking to the Algemeiner in detail about his latest research project: examining the content of khutbahs, the […]
Law Enforcement
Father of Brighton jihadi brothers killed fighting in Syria charged with terrorism offences (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
French teen harassed over anti-Islam videos visits mosque
(AFP) A French teenager whose criticism of Islam saw her targeted with a barrage of online abuse met with the imam of the main Paris mosque [Thursday], a visit she said she hoped would “calm things down for everyone.” It came a […]
Government & Politics
French Senate adopts anti-terrorism bill with controversial provisions Bill blocks access to archives and strengthens internet surveillance to prevent terrorism
(Anadolu) France’s Senate adopted a controversial bill early Wednesday aimed at strengthening anti-terrorism measures and intelligence with provisions to shut down places of worship and blocking access to the state’s secret archives to strengthen internal security. The bill, which was approved by […]
Academics & Education
Labour candidate in Batley and Spen by-election left ‘intimidated’ by anti-LGBT protester (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Extremist mosque repeatedly ignores French govt orders to close
(Breitbart) An extremist Salafist mosque in the city of Marseille has been ordered to close several times over the last five years by French authorities but continues to refuse to obey the orders. The mosque, located in the Consolat area of northern […]
Law Enforcement
Mosque sting operation will get Supreme Court treatment The FBI had to pull the plug on the operation when someone called the police on its informant disguised as a Muslim advocating violence against the United States.
(Courthouse News) Wading into a decade-old class action, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to look at the FBI’s use of an informant to collect information from several Los Angeles and Orange County mosques for more than a year. The FBI petitioned the […]
Christians
Church criticises Austrian government’s ‘Islam map’
(AFP) The Austrian Catholic church on Friday became the latest religious group to criticise a government-backed online map of hundreds of Muslim organisations which sparked violence against the Muslim minority. The highly controversial map shows details of more than 600 Muslim associations […]
Demographics
Report: Number of mosques in US grows overall, but African American mosques in decline The majority of America’s new purpose-built mosques are found in suburban areas, a shift that reflects the demographic footprint of Muslims in America.
(Religion News) Increasing numbers of African American mosques are closing, while the overall number of mosques in the United States continues to grow, according to a new report. “The American Mosque 2020: Growing and Evolving,” released Wednesday (June 2), shows key changes […]
Government & Politics
Notre-Dame for Muslims or ‘foreign interference’? New mega mosque stirs controversy in France (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Austria’s Muslim youth file lawsuit against ‘Islam map’ The map, showing the names and location of over 600 mosques and associations in the country, has sparked outcry.
(Deutsche Welle) Muslim Youth Austria (MJO) is filing a lawsuit against the country’s controversial “Map of Political Islam,” the group announced on Saturday. The map, showing the names and location of over 600 mosques and associations in Austria and their possible links abroad, […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Austria sparks uproar with ‘Islam map’
(AFP) The Austrian government came under fire Thursday for a new “Islam map” showing the location of mosques and associations around the country, with religious groups saying it would stigmatise Austria’s Muslim population. Earlier, Integration Minister Susanne Raab unveiled an internet website […]
Government & Politics
French Muslim Council’s Israel-Palestinian policy may violate political prohibitions CFCM president called his worshipers to recognize the significance of al-Aqsa Mosque & Jerusalem in the Muslim religion only a few months after standing against politics in places of worship.
(Jerusalem Post) In a possible violation of a prohibition on political discussion in mosques, French Council of Muslim Faith president Mohammed Moussaoui called upon his congregants to take action on the Arab-Israeli conflict and to recognize the significance of al-Aqsa Mosque and […]
Government & Politics
US Muslim groups decry Israeli violence against Palestinians American president, Congress urged to halt US support for Israeli government and institutions
(Anadolu) American Muslim organizations on Sunday strongly condemned Israeli violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which has left hundreds of Palestinians injured during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) said it denounced the […]
Government & Politics
French top court mulls curfew exceptions for Ramadan
(Breitbart) The French Council of State, the country’s top administrative court, is considering giving Muslims an exemption from the Wuhan coronavirus curfew during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The consideration is coming in response to a request made by the Grand […]
Gender Separation
Coronavirus: Why some mosques are closed to women during Ramadan
(BBC) Millions of Muslims around the world are currently observing Ramadan. But some mosques in the UK are not allowing women inside to pray. Some say it is time for change. Almas barely has time for her religion. She is a single […]
Clerics & Preachers
Meet France’s first female imam who is on a mission to modernise Islam
(Euronews) Kahina Bahloul says she didn’t just wake up one day and decide to become an imam but rather that “it’s been a long journey.” Indeed, the law graduate used to work as an insurance broker. Born in France to a Muslim-Algerian […]
Arts & Entertainment
Seyran Ateş: ‘I’m not a traitor — I’m fighting for progressive Islam’ (LINK ONLY)
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Mosques
Mosque closed over Vienna attack to reopen
(AFP) A Vienna mosque ordered shut after last year’s jihadist attack that left four people dead can reopen, a Moslem community official said Monday. The Tewhid mosque was one of two closed down after authorities found gunman Kujtim Fejzulai, who killed four […]
Academics & Education
Paris mosque implicated in teacher’s murder reopens after six-month ban
(Radio France) The mosque in the north-Paris suburb of Pantin is open for Friday prayers for the first time in six months. It was closed by police last October, following accusations that some members had contributed to the on-line campaign against Samuel […]
Government & Politics
Strasbourg mosque a lightning rod for broader French-Turkish tensions
(VOA) The cement skeleton of the unfinished Eyyub Sultan mosque in France’s eastern city of Strasbourg has become a repository for myriad grievances, ranging from local partisan wrangling to longstanding friction between Islam and this country’s staunchly secular creed. The grievances also […]
Government & Politics
Pushing back against the amplified call to prayer
The English city of Peterborough is the latest stop in the ongoing debate over a symbol of Islam’s growing footprint in the West: the amplified call to prayer (adhan). Last fall, Masjid Ghousia requested permission to broadcast three daily prayer calls using […]
Government & Politics
France says no place for Turkish group which spurned charter
(AFP) An influential Turkish religious association founded by the mentor of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has no place in France as it goes against French values, the government spokesman said Thursday. The Milli Gorus association has courted controversy in France in recent […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim scholars slam French call on same-sex marriage IUMS secretary-general describes call as double standard against Islam
(Anadolu) The International Union [of] Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on Saturday decried a French government request for mosque imams to recommend same-sex marriage as a double standard against Islam. In a Facebook post addressed to French Minister of Citizenship Marlène Schiappa, IUMS Secretary-General […]
Animals
France did not ban halal slaughter of poultry
(AFP) Social media posts and online articles claim France will ban the halal slaughter of chicken. This is false; the Ministry of Agriculture said there is no ban, but a November 2020 directive clarified the rules around the religious exemption from European […]
Crime
Muslim groups mourn and raise money for Colorado shooting victims As further details about the suspect began to emerge, many expressed concern and fear over ramped-up Islamophobia.
(Religion News) Muslim organizations are mourning and raising money for the 10 people killed in the mass shooting on Monday (March 22) at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. The Colorado Muslim Leadership Council on Tuesday released a statement in solidarity […]
Government & Politics
Row erupts in France over state funding for mosque
(AFP) A row has erupted in France over plans to build a mosque in Strasbourg, with the interior ministry on Wednesday accusing the municipal authorities there of using public money to fund “foreign meddling” on French soil. While President Emmanuel Macron wants […]
Government & Politics
French interior minister calls for reopening of mosque implicated in Paty murder
(Radio France) In the wake of the resignation of M’hammed Henniche from his position as rector of the north Paris Pantin mosque, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has called for the reopening of the establishment, closed for the past six months following the […]
Government & Politics
The debate over a proposed mosque in Naperville could span months if all 470 people signed up to speak do so
(Naperville Sun) If each of the 470 people waiting to make a comment on the Islamic Center of Naperville’s mosque plans actually speaks, the Planning and Zoning Commission’s review of the project could require as many as nine more meetings. So far, the […]
Academics & Education
Far-right PVV wants to take constitutional rights from Muslims
(NL Times) The main focus of the election program for Geert Wilders’ PVV is still to close mosques and Islamic schools, ban the Koran, and ban Dutch people with dual nationality from voting or acting as a politician in the Netherlands, NU.nl […]
Government & Politics
Denmark bans anti-democratic donations In future, individuals, organisations and authorities will end up blacklisted for donations that aim to undermine democracy
(Copenhagen Post) A broad majority of Parliament has voted in favour of banning donations that seek to undermine democracy in Denmark. The move aims to prevent potentially extremist forces from using donations to erode basic freedom and human rights. “There exists extremist […]
Government & Politics
Peterborough mosque loudspeaker plans refused for second time after split vote (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
BBC to ‘reflect’ on Muslim Council interview condemned as strikingly hostile (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
BBC under fire over ‘strikingly hostile’ interview of Muslim Council of Britain head (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
What’s in France’s draft law against ‘Islamist separatism’?
(AFP) After months of controversy and 135 hours of parliamentary debate, MPs in France are set to approve a draft law to crack down on what has been termed “Islamist separatism” on Tuesday. AFP examines what is, and what isn’t, in the […]
Clerics & Preachers
BBC removes Zara Mohammed social media interview clip after bullying claims (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Irish Islamic community criticises targeted misinformation campaign (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Peterborough mosque’s loudspeaker application to be reviewed after council ‘mix-up’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Muslim Council of Britain’s first female leader won’t question lack of female imams in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
French mosque accused of radicalism to reopen earlier Pantin mosque was closed for six months in October for disseminating video criticizing history teacher before his murder
(Anadolu) The Grand Mosque of Pantin near Paris, closed as part of a crackdown against radical Muslims by the French government in the aftermath of history teacher Samuel Paty’s assassination, will soon be reopened, the interior minister announced Monday. The mosque was […]
Academics & Education
Lawmakers debate bill to rout out radical Islam in France
(AP) French lawmakers debated a bill on Monday they hope will uproot radical Islam in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, some schools and online with the goal of undermining national values. The bill is broad […]
Arts & Entertainment
Iran calls on U.K. Muslims to act against ‘divisive’ film
(Radio Free Europe) Iran’s ambassador to London has condemned a film produced by a U.K.-based company, claiming that the film undermines the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. The film, titled The Lady of Heaven, revolves around the story of an Iraqi child […]