Marouane Bouloudhnine, a doctor from Nice, launched last week a secular French Muslim organization. He rejects the label of 'the Muslim CRIF' (French Jewish umbrella organization), since he says they're mature enough not to copy from others. ...

A mayor of a northern Italian town decided on Wednesday to slap a hefty fine on women seen wearing the Islamic head-to-toe swimsuit or 'burkini' in local pools. Gianluca Buonanno, the mayor of Varallo Sesia in the northwestern region of Piedmont,...

Gothenburg: University Dress Code aimed at Muslims? The introduction of a dress code for students at the University of Gothenburg has raised suspicion that the new policy might be aimed at Muslims. Swedish Radio news reports that lecturers now have...

London: University not preventing radicalization University College London, where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was recently president of the Islamic Society, has been accused of being "complicit" in the radicalisation of Muslim students by "failing...

Marseille: "I'm going to bomb it when it opens" This article doesn't really differentiate between assimilation (letting go of your culture in favor or another) and integration (trying to find a way to keep your culture while fitting in with another)....

EU: Muslim Brotherhood behind new Muslims Rights group Unsurprisingly, the new European Muslim Human Rights group announced on the IslamOnline site, is the brainchild of the FIOE (Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe), the umbrella group for...

Germany: Life sentence for ordering honor murder This is the first time, I think, in which German authorities prosecuted somebody for ordering an honor murder, and not only for carrying it out. This is an important step in fighting such murders. ...