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  • 22 Aug 2011
    American Muslim leader coming to Scotland

    Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, the American Muslim leader, author and activist at the centre of the recent storm about plans to build an Islamic community centre near Ground Zero in New York, arrives Scotlan

  • 14 Aug 2011
    Churches coming under more pressure in North Sudan

    Churches in the Muslim north of Sudan are facing pressure from government officials and members of the public who are demanding their closure.

  • 7 Jun 2011
    Islam is part of a 'modern, changing Germany', says president

    Islam is part of a modern, changing Germany and necessary to develop a vibrant society, President Christian Wulff has said at a church gathering.

  • 18 May 2011
    Calling for a peaceful jihad against injustice

    In his speeches at the demonstrations of the citizens’ protest movement in the Kurdish Region of northeastern Iraq, Mullah Kamaran has called for a revolution without violence—a jihad. He has urged the armed militias to put down their guns. He appealed to the demonstrators to see the soldiers as their brothers and not throw rocks or hurt them, and has twice been arrested for his stand. Peggy Gish of Christian Peacemaker Teams reports.

  • 3 May 2011
    Bin Laden had little, and falling, Muslim support before his death

    In the months leading up to the killing of Osama bin Laden, a survey of Muslim publics around the world found little support for the al-Qaida leader.

  • 6 Apr 2011
    WCC sends message to UN over Afghan killings horror

    The World Council of Churches has condemned religious violence and provocation in sending condolences to the UN over the recent killings in Afghanistan.

  • 4 Apr 2011
    Global evangelicals condemn Afghan UN killings and Qur'an burning stunt

    The World Evangelical Alliance has strongly condemned the killings of UN workers in Afghanistan, and also the Qur’an burning stunt by Terry Jones.

  • 10 Feb 2011
    Indonesia called upon to repeal blasphemy laws

    Indonesia has been urged to repeal its blasphemy laws and provide greater protection to minorities, including Christians and the Muslim Ahmadiyya sect.

  • 3 Feb 2011
    The pernicious 'good Muslim, bad Muslim' game

    Western stereotypes frequently cast Muslims as either "good" (quietist) or "bad" political, with Sufis wholly identified with the former camp, says Omid Safi. This dichotomy ignores a third group of Muslims: Those who, whether mystically inclined or not, want to neither destroy the world nor acquiesce to the wishes of the Empire, but rather seek to redeem the world by speaking truth to power.

  • 27 Jan 2011
    New report projects 35% global increase in Muslim population

    The world’s Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, says a new, comprehensive report from the Pew Research Center.