The Many Faces of Islam | RIA Novosti
#islam #womensrights #europe According to Alexander Ignatenko 2011, “Yevgeny Shestakov’s Discussion Club: A joint project of Rossiiskaya Gazeta and the Valdai International Discussion Club
As Muslims become an increasingly prominent part of Europe’s social landscape, sociologists and politicians try to understand how non-Muslim Europeans feel about Islam, as well as what Muslim communities make of the continent’s native values and lifestyles.
As a result of globalization, a burka-clad girl from some backwater Afghan or Turkish village can now find herself inhabiting the same space as female college student in Paris sporting a bare midriff. What role does Islam play in the West today? Is its influence possible to manage?” Read more > http://en.rian.ru/valdai_op/20110128/162344419.html
Tantawi: Niqab is not Islamic | St Francis Magazine
Muslim Woman in Yemen
According to Stringer 2009, “Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, dean of al-Azhar university, said full-face veiling (niqab) is merely a tradition that has nothing to do with the Islamic faith.” http://stfrancismagazine.blogspot.com/2009/10/tantawi-niqab-is-not-islamic.html #stfrancismagazine #muslim #islam #sheikhtantawi @hashimmusic @jerrycallistejr
For Imam in Muslim Center Furor, a Hard Balancing Act | NYTimes.com
Feisal Abdul Rauf speaks to Muslim worshippers in Muharraq, Bahrain. (Photo Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)
According to Anne Barnard 2010, “Not everyone in the Cairo lecture hall last February was buying the imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s message. As he talked of reconciliation between America and Middle Eastern Muslims — his voice soft, almost New Agey — some questioners were so suspicious that he felt the need to declare that he was not an American agent.” Continued here > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/nyregion/22imam.html?_r=1&hp #cordoba #imam #feisalabdulrauf #nymosque #muslim #islam @hashimmusic @jerrycallistejr
Mapping the World’s Muslim Population | Pew Forum
World Muslim Population
According to the Pew Research Centers Forum on Religious and Public Life 2009, “Mapping the World’s Muslim Population” Map: Distribution of Muslim Population by Territory and Country.” http://pewforum.org/Muslim/Mapping-the-Global-Muslim-Population%282%29.aspx #pewforum #pewresearch #islam #muslim #muslimpopulation @hashimmusic @jerrycallistejr
The Islamic Veil Across Europe | BBC News
Muslim Women (Photo BBC News 2010)
According to the BBC News 2010, “Countries across the continent have wrestled with the issue of the Muslim veil – in various forms such as the body-covering burka and the niqab, which covers the face apart from the eyes.” Continued here > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5414098.stm (With a Muslim headscarf display) #bbcnews #muslim #islam #ramadan #hijab #niqab #burka #shayla #khimar #al-amira @hashimmusic @jerrycallistejr
Muslim integration ‘easier in Scotland than England’ | BBC News
According to BBC News 2010, “Integration is easier for Muslims in Scotland than in England, new research has suggested. The poll, for the British Council Scotland, also found six out of 10 Scots believed Muslims were integrated into everyday Scottish life.” Continued here >
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10920747 #bbcnews #muslim #islam #ramadan #scotland #england @hashimmusic @jerrycallistejr
Muslim Women (Photo Current TV 2008 Source: Reuters.com)
