Italy : Khalid Chaouki elected as the new president of the Mosque of Rome

Survey : Canadians have a predominantly positive feeling about Muslims

Have Americans changed their way of looking at Muslims 16 years after the 9/11 attacks ?

16 years after the deadly 9/11 attacks, Muslims and Arabs are still looked at in a different way. According to the Council of American Islamic relations, Islamophobia and hate crimes have been on the rise since then. On the 11th of September 2017, two Moroccan nationals who lived in New York during the attacks spoke to Yabiladi about their experiences.

The Muslim Executive of Belgium wants to launch a seminiary to train Imams

Attacks in Europe : Geert Wilders rejoices over the fact that the suspects are originally from Morocco

Moroccan Christians, Shias and Bahais suffer from descrimination according to the USA Department of State

Morocco is still one of the countries that restrict freedom faith, according to the recent International Religious Freedom report issued by the USA Department of State. Despite the Kingdom’s constitution that guarantees the right to believe, Moroccan Christians, Bahais and Shias are repressed and unable to practice their faith freely.

The creation of an Islam institute in Belgium

Berlin is having its first liberal mosque

USA : Are the Anti-Sharia marches against Islam ?

Anti-Sharia protesters took the streets in several cities across the USA to oppose Islamic laws. Organized by Act for America, the marches considered Sharia a threat for the USA and its culture. However, the Council of American-Islamic Relations says that the rallies were «hateful anti-Islam marches».

Netherlands: No legal proceedings against Geert Wilders following his anti-Islam statements