Europe

Amnesty International confirmed that intolerance and unfair discrimination against Muslims is a form of racism. The organization said that amid the escalation of Islamophobia in Europe, hyperbolized by politicians who use anti-Muslim rhetoric, parliamentarians from 46 countries will vote in…

A researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research, François Burga, warned against the escalation of the phenomenon of Islamophobia to dangerous levels in France in particular and Europe in general, pointing out that it has become a state…

The Muslim call to prayer has sounded for the first time from one of Germany’s biggest mosques in Cologne, but at limited volume – as part of a project agreed with authorities in the city that has one of the…

The European Union’s (EU) top court said last Thursday that corporations and businesses may restrict the wearing of hijabs or headscarves as long as it is part of a broader prohibition. The Court was hearing a case relating to a…

Two Glasgow organizations have launched a partnership which will see joint working for older adults from all faiths and backgrounds. Glasgow’s Golden Generation (GGG) has been supporting older adults in the city since 1948 and Scottish Ahlul-Bayt Society (SABS) promotes interfaith working…

The First International Academic Conference on Sustainable Development, held by the United Nations during the past few days at the Utah Valley University in the United States, recorded the active attendance of a number of Shia clerics, and aims to…

The Swedish magazine Skogseko’s front cover of its new number sparked widespread criticism on social networking sites within Sweden. The magazine put on its cover the image of the researcher, “Mastarin Ara”, a veiled Muslim woman from Bangladesh, who was…

Pope Francis urged the world on Sunday to learn from history at a time when the danger of nuclear war over the conflict in Ukraine is emerging, and called for choosing the path of peace. “We cannot forget the danger…

Pope Francis on Sunday October 9th made an impassioned defense of migrants, calling their exclusion “scandalous, disgusting and sinful,” putting him on a collision course with Italy’s upcoming right-wing government. “The exclusion of migrants is scandalous. Indeed, the exclusion of…

The new report on immigration prepared by ‘Caritas’ Organization  and ‘Migrantes’ Foundation of the Italian Episcopal Conference, and presented in Rome on Friday October 7th, said that “taking into account the religious affiliation of the minors, it is estimated that…