Cairo: A female Muslim preacher has been threatened with death for declaring that the niqab (a veil which covers the whole face except for the eyes) is not obligatory.
The department's Customs and Border Protection section would not elaborate on why Kamal Helbawy, 67, a founding member of the Muslim Association of Britain, was told by airline staff to get off his flight shortly before it was due to leave London.
ROME—Prime Minister Romano Prodi said yesterday that Muslim immigrant women should not be completely "hidden" behind full veils if they want to integrate and become part of Italy's future.
LONDON - The Sudanese government is supporting the feared Janjaweed militia, which the United States accuses of genocide against non-Arab ethnic groups in Darfur, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that Britain needed a debate about the position of Muslims, but that the faith also needed to decide how it comes to terms with modernity.
الامن المصري ينفذ طلبا من الازهر لمصادرة كتاب يهاجم التيارات الدينية ويساند امامة المرأة للصلاة.
ميدل ايست اونلاين القاهرة - اكد الناشر المصري الحاج محمد مدبولي صاحب مكتبة مدبولي التي تعتبر من اهم المكتبات على صعيد العالم العربي ان الامن المصري صادر كتاب "الشيوخ المودرن وصناعة التطرف الديني" الذي يهاجم التيارات الدينية ويساند امامة المرأة للصلاة.
يدين مركز الكلمة لحقوق الإنسان - وبدون تحفظ - التصرف الامنى اللا مسئول وذلك للقبض على سبعة شبان أقباط من بينهم أربعة خدام بالكنيسة بحجة إثارة الشغب والفتنة الطائفية حيث تم اعتقالهم رغم قرار النيابة العامة بالإفراج عنهم بضمان محال إقامتهم وذلك فى أعقاب مؤامرة بين شخص يدعى / محمد عبد الرحيم عبد العليم والجهات الأمنية والذي أوهم أسرة الفتاة المختفية /دميانة جرجس - من محافظة الفيوم - في شهر أغسطس الماضي وقيل إنها أشهرت إسلامها وتزوجت من شاب مسلم وطلب منهم مبلغ عشرون ألف جنية اخذ منهم خمسة آلاف مقدما نظير أن يعلم أسرتها بمكان اختفاء ابنتهم المذكورة ا
The United Copts of Great Britain condemns the persecution and discrimination practiced by Muslim fundamentalist gangs which is being conducted under the nose of the Egyptian police with either the Egyptian police tacit approval or complacency.
A London gallery has decided not to show some works of art because it fears they would upset Muslims, a curator said on Friday, a week after a German opera house canned a Mozart production for the same reason.
The director of the WhitechapelArtGallery decided to remove works by surrealist artist Hans Bellmer from an exhibition the day before it was due to open, one of the museum's curators, Agnes de la Beaumelle, told Reuters
By JULIE MOULT, JAMIE PYATT and TOM REILLY Source The Sun MUSLIM yobs who wrecked a house to stop four brave soldiers moving in after returning from Afghanistan sparked outrage last night. The house in a village near riot-torn Windsor had BRICKS thrown through windows and was DAUBED with messages of hate.
Police are appealing for calm after three nights of violence at a Berkshire dairy owned by a Muslim family. The Medina Dairy in Windsor was hit by a suspected petrol bomb on Wednesday evening, on the third night of unrest.
Police have stepped up patrols in the Dedworth area and said they would use "robustpolicing tactics" to bring the situation under control.
Jack Straw, the ex-foreign secretary, has angered Muslim groups by suggesting women who wear veils can make relations between communities more difficult.
The Blackburn MP says the veil is a "visible statement of separation and of difference" and he asks women visiting his surgery to consider removing it.
The Islamic Human Rights Commission said the Commons leader's request was selective discrimination.
David Cameron: Steering Tory immigration policy in a new direction
David Cameron today vowed to break up Muslim ghettos in Britain's cities.
The Tory leader said Islamic schools should in future admit a quarter of their pupils from other faiths. And he said that housing estates should be planned to avoid creating isolated communities.
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Christian BA employee to take legal action over suspension for wearing cross
12/10/2006 14:04 - (SA) 
Bilingual support worker Aishah Azmi, 24, was asked to remove the veil after pupils found it hard to understand her during English language lessons. 
Extra police are being drafted into the Windsor area today after three nights of violent clashes between white and Asian youths. 
MUSLIM yobs who wrecked a house to stop four brave soldiers moving in after returning from 
Police are appealing for calm after three nights of violence at a 
Jack Straw, the ex-foreign secretary, has angered Muslim groups by suggesting women