Saturday, December 5, 2009

Switzerland’s Invisible Minarets (New York Times)

The Swiss voted to ban minarets that no one intends to build in order to defend themselves against an Islam that has never existed in Switzerland.

Chinese-style mosques in three states - The Malaysian Insider

... government had given approval to the building of the mosques, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister\'s Department Datuk Mashitah Ibrahim, to help the Chinese community understand Islam better. “It is a form of dakwah (spreading the ...

Wishful thinking, biased reporting endanger Rifqa Bary - American Thinker

A new government case plan directs Rifqa Bary, the girl who fled from her family in fear for her life after converting to Christianity from Islam, to talk about religion with her Muslim parents, and work toward Rifqa returning home. According to ...

Switzerland’s Invisible Minarets - New York Times

However bellicose the political face of Islam often appears, in everyday practice what I experienced was a religion of hospitality and tolerance. Switzerland, on the other hand, appeared alarmingly intolerant last weekend, when 58 percent of our ...