Category: Islamic World News

  • Fighting ‘Islamic terrorism’ is France’s top priority, says Macron

    Fighting ‘Islamic terrorism’ is France’s top priority, says Macron

    French President Emmanuel Macron has made the fight against “Islamic terrorism” in Syria and Iraq the top priority in his foreign policy agenda. Speaking Tuesday to French diplomats gathered at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Macron called the Islamic State group “our enemy.” “Restoring peace and stability — Iraq then Syria — is vital priority […]

  • “One thing is clear, faith communities can be a tremendous driver of change”

    “One thing is clear, faith communities can be a tremendous driver of change”

    Gathering at World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden on 30 August, representatives from a range of faith communities and organizations engaged in water issues held a session exploring how faith communities can help achieve the sixth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. The session, entitled “Water […]

  • Dialogue on sacred texts yields peace-building insights

    Dialogue on sacred texts yields peace-building insights

    At a meeting at the Center for Interreligious Dialogue (CID) in Tehran, Iran on 20-23 August, delegations from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Iranian Shia community gathered, with a sense of warmth and a willingness for deep exchange, for a bilateral dialogue. “One of the most longstanding and enduring interreligious relationships that […]

  • New national council to issue progressive rulings for Britain’s Muslims

    New national council to issue progressive rulings for Britain’s Muslims

    Qari Asim, one of UK’s most prominent imams, says central religious authority will interpret Islam in line with British values. Britain’s most senior Muslim clerics are to set up their first national council to issue progressive religious rulings that “embed Islam in a 21st-century British context”. Qari Asim, one of Britain’s most prominent imams, said the central […]

  • US’s largest anti-Muslim group cancels dozens of rallies after seeing 40,000 anti-fascists in Boston

    US’s largest anti-Muslim group cancels dozens of rallies after seeing 40,000 anti-fascists in Boston

    The group was planning to hold 67 events across 36 states. The largest anti-Muslim group in the US is cancelling dozens of planned rallies having witnessed the number of anti-right wing protesters who gathered in Boston to demonstrate against white nationalists. ACT for America was scheduled to hold 67 rallies in 36 states on September 9 to show its support […]

  • Speakers Series of South Haven 2017

    Speakers Series of South Haven 2017

    The Speakers Series of South Haven will conclude its 2017 season on Sept. 28, when Yvonne Caamal Canul, head of the Lansing School District and 2015 Superintendent of Year for Michigan, will address her perspective on what really works in education today, and how those techniques can help break the cycle of poverty through a non-traditional […]

  • Like most Americans, U.S. Muslims concerned about extremism in the name of Islam

    Like most Americans, U.S. Muslims concerned about extremism in the name of Islam

    Most Americans are worried about Islamic extremism, and most Muslim Americans share these concerns. About eight-in-ten U.S. Muslims (82%) say they are either very (66%) or somewhat concerned (16%) about extremism committed in the name of Islam around the world, about the same as the share of the general public that feels this way (83%), […]

  • “Meet a Muslim” events hope to dispel misconceptions

    “Meet a Muslim” events hope to dispel misconceptions

    Shaiq started her program to educate people about her faith and culture while addressing people’s misconceptions and stereotypes. For Shaiq, her program is about sharing a message of love, compassion and peace. Attendance at her talks spikes following news events that include Muslims, and the discussion often gets spirited, even tense and angry. “I want […]

  • Police investigate hate mail sent to UK and US mosques

    Police investigate hate mail sent to UK and US mosques

    Counter-terrorism police are investigating an apparent transatlantic anti-Muslim campaign after hate mail and suspicious packages were sent from a location near Sheffield to mosques in London, South Yorkshire and the US. Handwritten notes were received by three mosques and other addresses across London in July. They all bore a Sheffield postmark, as did hate mail received by […]

  • BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize 2018

    BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize 2018

      BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World Application Deadline: September 1, 2017 The British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) and De Gruyter are delighted to announce the third round BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World. This international prize will be awarded […]