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defence - Islam - protests - UK
Britain’s escalating extremism
A new organisation is taking on radical Muslims in the United Kingdom. The English Defence League’s movement is slowly gaining ground across the country, as its members protest against those who want to impose Sharia law across Britain.
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USA
Muslim group suspected of Iran ties could have mosques, skyscraper seized
US federal prosecutors have said they were moving to seize four mosques and a New York skyscraper from a non-profit Muslim group suspected of ties to Iran. The move comes as US Muslims fear a backlash after last week's Fort Hood shooting.
GERMANY
'Veil martyr' murderer gets life sentence for 2009 killing
A German court has sentenced Alex Wiens to life in prison for the July 2009 courtroom murder of Marwa El-Sherbini, a pregnant head-scarved Egyptian woman, for motives that remain unclear. The killing caused outrage across the Muslim world.
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TURKEY
Ahmadinejad, Karzai star at Islamic summit
Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for "radical change" in the world economic order at a summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul. Afghan leader Hamid Karzai is also present, but Sudan's Omar al-Bashir has opted out.
Islam - religion
Abdelwahab Meddeb, writer
In his 2009 book "Pari de civilisation" (bet for civilisation), Abdelwahab Meddeb discusses the modernity of Islam and suggests some new interpretations of the Koran.
GERMANY
Courtroom stabbing trial opens in Dresden
The trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a courtroom this summer in an anti-Islamic attack has opened in Dresden.
Islam - literature - Turkey
Nedim Gürsel, writer
French-Turkish writer Nedim Gürsel talks about his latest book, “Les Filles d'Allah” (Allah’s daughters), which earned him a court summons in Istanbul for allegedly slandering Islam.
Europe - France - Germany - Islam - Muslim - religion - Switzerland
How visible can or should Islam be in the West?
Marc Perelman interviews Tariq Ramadan (Saint Antony’s College Oxford); Amel Boubekeur (Carnegie Middle East Center); Fouad Al Obaid (Kuwait Times); and Stefan Braendle (Frankfurter Rundschau).
Burqa - France - Islam - Islamic veil - Nicolas Sarkozy - UMP
Is the burqa compatible with a western society?
Marc Perelman interviews Tariq Ramadan (Saint Antony’s College Oxford); Nicolas Perruchot (Nouveau Centre Party); Amel Boubekeur (Carnegie Middle East Center); and Fouad Al Obaid (Kuwait Times).
France - Islam - schools
The future of Muslim schools
With French law on secularity meaning religious symbols such as headscarves are banned in schools, there are growing demands for the education of Muslim children to reflect their religion. FRANCE24 takes a look at the first Muslim school in France.
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