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Comments comments Archive ‘Urfi marriage in the Tunisian universities The issue of ‘Urfi marriage came to the fore recently in Tunisia, having been banned for over than half a century. It brought about much controversy at a time Tunisia is getting ready to formulate the constitution of the “Second Republic”, knowing that sources say that this phenomenon is spreading in universities… Cremation in the west: The death of death An article published on Radio Netherlands Worldwide discussed the phenomenon of body cremation in the Netherlands, which is not to be considered odd, the writer says, in a country known for the prevalence of euthanasia or voluntary death, which is eventually a suicide. A Muslim British Minister: Do not marginalize religion Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the first Muslim Minister from the Conservative Party in the history of Britain, warned of the growing danger of “militant secularists” to British life. In an article for the Daily Telegraph, Warsi wrote that religion is being marginalized and downgraded in the public life and that Europe needs to become more comfortable and confident in its Christian religion Former Dutch MP warns against the feeling of hatred towards the Christians Former Somali-Dutch MP, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, said that the Christians in the Islamic world are facing genocide. She also considered that the western governments and media portray Muslims as heroes or victims, forgetting that thousands of Christians in Muslim countries are facing persecution and even killing on the basis of their beliefs. Moreover, she considered that the so-called Islamophobia; i.e. fear from Islam, is in no way comparable to what she called “Christianophobia”; i.e. fear from Christianity… She continued to say that the policy of silence vis-à-vis this violent expression of religious fanaticism should come to an end, considering that the fate of Christians and other religious minorities in the Islamic world is at stake Tasting wine and pork: A necessity to graduate in Denmark The Danish capital, Copenhagen, witnessed a controversy after forcing the students attending Copenhagen Hospitality College to taste wine and pork, which was rejected by the Muslim students and others who abstain from consuming such forbidden foods or drinks… This controversy found its way to the Danish parliament and the Danish Board for Equal Treatment that is looking into the matter. In the meantime, the representatives of the alliance of the left-wing parties confirmed that it is necessary that Minister of education interferes to put an end to the conflict that took place, after a Muslim student who is majoring as a nutrition assistant refused to taste wine and pork, yet the college’s administration confirmed that he will not graduate if he does not fulfill all the requirements of his study, including tasting wine and pork. Sheikh Al-Azhar launches the international campaign to break the siege on Jerusalem Al-Azhar Ash-Sharif decided to start implementing the practical steps that constitute a part of the international campaign to break the siege on Jerusalem during the second week of next April. Moreover, Sheikh Al-Azhar, the Mufti of Jerusalem, prominent figures from the Egyptian political parties, as well as prominent members of Jerusalemite families and Christian Palestinian confessions and Islamic organizations who are taking part in this campaign decided to confront the conspiracies and schemes of judaizing Jerusalem. An Italian MP warns from the threat of the extremist Islam The Italian MP, Mara Bizzotto, a member of Lega Nord, an anti-immigrant – especially the Muslim immigrants – party presented a paper to one of the committees of the Italian Parliament, in which she discussed what she called “Islamic extremism threatens our freedom”… OIC to convene a media workshop on facing Islamophobia The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will develop a media workshop, the first of its kind, in Brussels, Belgium, on 15 and 16 February, 2012 to develop media–related mechanisms to address the smear campaigns of Islam in newspapers and media institutions in the West. The first mosque in a military barracks in the Netherlands The military barracks in Amersfoort City in central Netherlands witnessed the opening of the first mosque for the Muslim soldiers and employees in the Dutch Army; which the observers see as a step in the framework of boosting the participation of Muslims in the public life… Halal food industry in Russia The Association of Halal Producers in Moscow held a press conference in which it discussed the means of developing Halal products in Russia and the ways of facilitating the act of presenting them to the entire Russian society. The conference attendants expressed their hope that Russia becomes one of the countries that export these products, especially that it own big potentials that makes accomplishing this project easy. Halal food industry in Russia has attracted everyone’s attention and it is developing day by day, knowing that the intensive demand on them by more than twenty million Muslims, not to mention the visitors of this country, made those specialized in this domain always think of how to expand this production and make it within everyone’s reach…