Islamic culture

A senior figure in one of Germany's governing parties is calling for an "Islam law" that would prevent foreign financing of mosques in the country.
     
Andreas Scheuer, the Christian Social Union's general secretary, argued in an interview with the daily Die Welt published on April 13 that "political Islam" undermines efforts to integrate people in Germany.
     

An exhibition, organized by the Istanbul Entertainment Group and Dubai sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktum's company Meraas and inspired by popular Turkish TV series "Magnificient Century," has opened in Dubai CityWalk. 

According to UK site ‘express.co.uk’, a Greek government official from the Education Ministry, who wanted to remain anonymous told newspaper ‘Kathimerini’ that authorities fear that Muslims in Greece could be radicalised, if a mosque was not built for their religious needs soon.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's wife, Emine Erdo?an, recently participated in a meeting with the theme "Ottoman sultan's mothers who left their mark on history" and spoke afterward about the women living in the Ottoman harem. 

Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, one of the oldest surviving shopping centers in the world, has a new president and board following the first elections in its nearly six-century history. 

The election over the weekend came at a time when the discussion over renovating the facility, a top tourism spot in the city, has heated up. 

Some 250 stores in Ankara's Ottoman Public Bazaar have burned to the ground in a fire of unknown origin. 

The fire, which rapidly spread across the Ottoman bazaar in the Keçiören district of Turkey's capital, started at 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 20. 

New data about the number of mosques in Albania operating outside the legal standards or the rules of the Muslim Community, KMSH, put the figure at around 200 out of a total of 727 in the country.

The number is far higher than it was previous estimates and has fuelled concern about the aims of those setting them up.

Istanbul Technical University (?TÜ) has begun construction on a "landmark mosque" in an area previously designated for housing facilities, in a controversial move that previously sparked satirical student protests demanding an on-campus Buddhist temple. 

A mosque in Brussels has been evacuated after a suspicious envelope was found.

A spokesperson of firemen told Le Libre newspaper many envelopes contained a suspicious white powder were found in the building.

The mosque is located close to the the headquarters of the European Parliament.

The city’s decontamination unit was sent to the site.

As expected from a city founded by Amazons, the women of ?zmir are fighting violence against women through art, theater and a strong determination to take offenders to court.The tradition of talismanic shirts ? known as the Ottoman magic shirts- dates from Turkey?s shamanist past.