Europe

The Muslim community in Sweden held mourning ceremonies on the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, with the participation of various nationalities.One of the participants in the ceremonies, Ali Ahmed, said in a press…

British Health Minister Matt Hancock praised Muslims for complying with the teachings of taking the Covid-19 vaccine and encouraging others to do so.Matt Hancock thanked Muslims for following the vaccination procedures and for receiving the vaccine with great enthusiasm, in…

The Budapest municipality announced that it will rename streets in the Hungarian capital near a Chinese university building to “remember human rights violations” attributed to Beijing.One of the streets will bear the name “Uyghur Martyrs’ Trail” in reference to the…

The Council of Europe on Monday called upon Austria to withdraw the controversial “Islam map”.Publication of the map is hostile to Muslims and potentially counterproductive, the top European human rights body said in a statement.Countering extremism and ideologies that spread…

The Mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig, criticized the government of Chancellor Sebastian Curtis for launching a website called “The National Map of Islam,” noting that the site promotes apartheid in Austrian society.Ludwig explained in a tweet via Twitter, that the…

For two consecutive days, the Al-Husseini Islamic Center in Peterborough, eastern England, hosted the temporary mobile testing center for coronavirus tests.A statement by the center, made available to Shia Waves, said, “The Islamic center, in cooperation with the mobile testing…

The British Middle East Eye warned against the return of ISIS terrorist families from al-Hol camp in Syria, describing their return to the city of Mosul as a time bomb.The report stated that “about 300 people or 90 families of…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a qualified apology for offence caused by his past remarks about Islam in a report that criticized his Conservative Party over how it deals with complaints of Islamophobia.Johnson was interviewed for the report, commissioned…

A recent study issued by the European Center for Combating Terrorism sheds light on Abu Wala al-Iraqi and his role in recruiting youth in Germany to ISIS terrorist organization in Syria and Iraq.The study indicated that his real name is…

Members of the British House of Lords and politicians stressed the need for Boris Johnson’s government to pressure the Bahraini authorities to put an end to the repression against activists, and to emphasize the need to protect prisoners and detainees,…