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Ramadan all over Europe
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/08/ramadan-in-europe.html
http://www.hudson-ny.org/2340/ramadan-in-europe
In Norway, the Oslo-based Imam Syed Farasat Ali Bukhari told the
Norwegian state television channel NRK
that any Muslim not fasting during Ramadan should be beheaded. He made the comments shortly after asking the government for permission to open a private Islamic school for 200 pupils in the Ammerud neighbourhood of Oslo. The government subsequently denied his request.
In Spain, where an estimated 95 percent of the country's 1.5 million Muslims are observing Ramadan this year, hundreds of municipal and provincial governments have issued special instructions to help non-Muslims avoid offending Muslims during Ramadan.
Ignoring the advice, a municipal councillor in the Barcelona suburb of Sant Adriŕ del Besós was attacked by a Muslim mob on August 7 while
trying to photograph an illegal mosque
in the town.
Meanwhile, a court in Tarragona on August 2 absolved a local imam who had been sentenced to one year in prison for
forcing a 31-year-old Moroccan woman to wear a hijab
head covering. The imam had threatened to burn down the woman's house for being an "infidel" because she works outside of the home, drives an automobile and has non-Muslim friends. But the Socialist mayor applied political pressure to get the ruling overturned to prevent "a social conflict."
Also, the
Taliban issued a statement saying
: "Most Islamic battles, like the conquest of Spain, were fought during Ramadan. So, we can conclude that the month of Ramadan has an astonishing place in the history of Islamic jihad."
Also in Germany, the
television channel RTL2
launched a special service for Muslim viewers during Ramadan, letting them know when to begin and end the daily fast. "You can theorize all you like about integration, but we wanted to send a clear signal," said Carsten Molings, chief of marketing at the channel.
In Berlin, Özcan Mutlu, a Turkish member of the Berlin House of Representatives, was charged with assault after allegedly starting a fight after a Turkish sausage seller insulted him for
ordering a currywurst during Ramadan
.
In Sweden, the Social Democrats have called for
turning Ramadan into an official Swedish holiday
. "Almost all of our public holidays, except for Midsummer and May 1st, have a Christian religious connection. Sweden is today a multicultural society, and it is worth looking at how it can be done," Social Democrat Party secretary Carin Jämtin told the centrist Svenska Dagbladet daily newspaper.
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