Islam in Europe

Court overturns French decision to cut funding to biggest Muslim school

Private school Averroes was the first Muslim high school to open in mainland France in 2003 in Lille, and has offered students the regular French curriculum and also religion classes.

 Students leave the Averroes high school in Lille, northern France on September 28, 2023.
HARALD VILIMSKY celebrates the Austrian Freedom Party’s success in the European elections at an election night party in Vienna in June.

Vilimsky to 'Post': 'Israel represents a bulwark against Islamism and political Islam'

 MEMBERS OF the European Parliament vote during a plenary session last year, in Strasbourg, France. Recent election results in France, the UK, and for the European Parliament cast a pall over the future of the Jews in Europe, says the writer.

As Europe becomes Islamized, Jews should jump ship and move to Israel - opinion

PALESTINIAN, EU, Ukrainian, and Irish flags flutter, after Ireland has announced it will recognize a Palestinian state, outside Leinster House in Dublin, on May 28.

Gaza war rattles European politics from the left - analysis


Are terror attacks increasing in Europe? - Analysis

After attacks in the UK and Norway, questions are being asked about whether a new wave of extremism could be bubbling to the surface.

 A police officer guards the scene where MP David Amess was stabbed during constituency surgery, in Leigh-on-Sea, Britain October 15, 2021.

High-level panel launches to fight religious extremism, Islamism in Europe

The debate featured some of Europe’s leading politicians, thinkers, and policymakers, including former French prime minister Manuel Valls.

High-level panel launches to fight religious extremism, Islamism in Europe

Multiple reasons for Islamist violence on European soil, experts Say

Compared to Muslims in the US, those in Europe are less integrated and more vulnerable to radicalization.

Police officers participate in an anti-terrorism operation in Barcelona, Spain, July 14, 2020

Israeli symbiotic particularity as a role-model for Europe

A fundamental debate about the essence of Europe emerged. Should Europe be European, or should Europe be a “state of all its citizens?”

JEWISH AND Arab students mingle on the Mount Scopus campus of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker revives plan for Mohammad cartoon contest

Original plans for the contest were shelved over a year ago for fear of violent retribution.

Geert Wilders 390

Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan accused of third sexual assault

Ramadan is a professor of Islamic Studies at Oxford, but he has been on a leave of absence since November 2017, after sexual allegations against him emerged.

Prominent academic Tariq Ramadan

WATCH: Ambassador Dore Gold addresses migration crisis into Europe

The study addresses "the unprecedented dilemmas confronting European states resulting from mass immigration from Africa and the Middle East."

Arrivée de migrants en Europe

Can Indonesians help moderate Islam in Europe?

Few European politicians know that the world’s largest Muslim organization is a moderate one.

A general view shows the Sehitlik Mosque in Berlin, Germany, November 28, 2018

Islam doesn't belong to Germany, new interior minister says

The German government estimates between 4.4 and 4.7 million Muslims are living in Germany.

Muslims pray during Friday prayers at the Turkish Kuba Camii mosque located near a hotel housing refugees in Cologne's district of Kalk, Germany, October 14, 2016. Picture taken October 14, 2016.

French PM vows to combat 'slow-burn' threat of radical Islam

"Islamist radicalization is a threat to our society, and not just when it leads to violence. It's a challenge every time the law of the state is respected only if compatible with religious tenets."

French Prime Minister Philippe talks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich.

Court says German mosque must stop broadcasting call to prayer

The local Christian couple had argued that the call to prayers violated their own religious rights.

British muslims pray during Friday prayer at the East London mosque.