Europe

 The newly-started Muslim Nuance Party is running in the upcoming Swedish elections slated for September 11.  Nuance is a party that focuses on the rights of minorities, with Muslims being the main focal point.  According to the party leader Mikail…

The inauguration of a new eco-mosque and Islamic centre in the Croatian town of Sisak is scheduled for Thursday, 8 September, as reported by the Bulgarian News Agency reports (BTA). This will be only the third largest religious facility for…

A Muslim place of worship in northern France was completely burned down by a fire late Friday night. Authorities suspect an arson attack, according to local media reports. The incident took place at the Rambouillet mosque in the Yvelines department…

A cartoon published in Wednesday’s edition of l’Acadie Nouvelle, an independent French-language newspaper in New Brunswick, is causing a social media uproar. Moncton-based activists said the cartoon “turns Muslim women into an object and degrades them.” The cartoon was quickly…

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) has expressed its strong condemnation of the racist acts that targeted the Takhteet al-Islam Mosque building in the Dutch city of Veldhoven, calling on the authorities to prosecute the perpetrators and arrest them to…

Former Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson has called for putting an end to the Quran burnings by the far-right, noting that such an act amounts to crime under Swedish law. “Quran burning should be seen as incitement against a group…

The South Wales Argos daily newspaper, published in Newport, western Britain, reported that the oldest Husseini mourners in the city held the Ashura ceremony of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) in a remarkable and significant way. Newport is the…

A Muslim woman of African descent documented the moment she faced a racist attack by a female administrator in a special center for the elderly in France because of her hijab. According to a video clip posted by a woman…

Due to lack of services, jobs and human rights violations, the number of immigrants leaving their countries is dramatically increasing. The French website “Mediapart” said that deaths are increasing among illegal immigrants without this provoking a slightest reaction on the…

 The Fatima al-Zahra Islamic Cultural Center in Winterthur, Switzerland, one of the centers affiliated with the Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, hosted the mourning ceremonies for the year…