The Canadian statutory holiday known as “British Columbia Day” (the first Monday of August) coincided this year with the beginning of the very special month in the Islamic calendar;
Imams and Sheikhs from around Australia held a meeting on Sunday 18 Sep in which they appointed Dr Ibrahim Abu Muhammad as the new Grand Mufti of Australia.However the enormous diversity among Australian Muslims make it difficult to agree on one person to represent the religious views of the entire community.
Since its introduction in Zamfara state on January 2000, the operation of the Sharia in Nigeria has been lauded and reviled, and its application has been under circumstances of suspicion and mutual mistrust.
Latino Muslims are predisposed to exemplify tolerance as their historical circumstances render them champions of interreligious dialogue and acceptance.
Attitudes towards the United States and other Western countries in Pakistan have continued to harden for the past several years with the majority saying that Westerners are greedy