The Alternative Mosque
Yesterday, the opening celebrations for one of Germany’s first liberal mosques began and have continued today. The...
Ramadan: Trials and Blessings of the Holy Month
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and is one of the five pillars of Islam. It’s a month where Muslims around the...
Commemorating Srebrenica
Today the world has come together in Srebrenica to remember. “Srebrenica”, the name of the eastern Bosnian town, stands as equivalent of...
A match made in heaven? "Revelations" from the Raif Badawi case and a challenge for Wester
Barack Obama with King Abdullah, July 2014 The recent Raif Badawi case reveals not only the brutality of the Saudi Arabian legal system...
Can societal polarization caused by terrorism endanger European integration?
The Charlie Hebdo massacre is not only about freedom of speech – it may have the potential to severely challenge the European project. ...
Pegida – Have people learned nothing from history?
I despair every time I turn on the German news and hear about another demonstration taking place, with people gathering as a group...
Action and Reactions: United we Stand, United we Fall?
The US has recently found itself in an almost unfamiliar situation: a ‘war on terror’ against a threat that much of Western world and...
A Culture of Islamophobia in Australia?
The latest debates and demonstrations in Australian communities at the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast reveal two things: firstly, despite...
