Islam in Europe

The German federal law is applicable across all states in a public school does not violate any constitutional rights linked to religious freedom. The teacher is employed in a public secondary school in Berlin. According to dpa, the news agency which first...

His family is planning a ‘Banish Hate Day’ on Tuesday (April 3) and is encouraging people to take the time to be kind Source: A café owner has come up with the best response to 'Punish a Muslim Day' flyers - Manchester Evening News

Counterterrorism investigators are looking into anonymous letters that said points would be awarded for acts like pulling off a woman’s scarf and bombing a mosque. Source: ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ Letters Rattle U.K. Communities - The New York Times

The 2011 law, which bars wearing clothing that "partially or totally covers the face" in public, had come under fire for allegedly violating Muslim women's rights to privacy and freedom of religion.Source: European Court Of Human Rights Upholds Belgium's...

Muslims leaders come out against the London bridge attack that killed 7 people. The attacks led to the deaths of seven people while grievously injuring 48. Several Muslims gathered at the scene to pay their tributes. Many were seen holding condolence...

Many French Muslims believe it's time to create a uniquely French brand of Islam that is compatible with the country's secular values and responds better to the needs of modern Muslims. Source: In France, Some Muslims Seek To 'Adapt' Islam To Secular...

PARIS (RNS) The powerful Grand Mosque of Paris will pull out of a new, state-sponsored Muslim foundation, criticizing “interference” in how Islam is exercised, at a time of simmering tensions surrounding France’s second-largest faith, its spokesman said...

PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls defended a ban on burkinis in more than a dozen coastal towns on Thursday, saying France was locked in a “battle of cultures” and that the full-body swimsuit symbolized the enslavement of women. Source...

PARIS — Armed police surrounding Muslim women on beaches and ordering them to remove their modest clothes or leave. Calls from onlookers to “go back to where you came from.” Public humiliation and ostracism with echoes of the morals police of theocratic...

HONG KONG — The woman credited with creating the so-called burkini said the controversy over efforts to ban the full-body bathing suit worn by some Muslim women has helped bolster demand for her invention, which she said was not meant to be a political...