At first glance it seems like a typical after-school club ? but the work done here is part of an ongoing effort to prevent young people being drawn to violent extremism.
In the News
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February 17th, 2010
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February 17th, 2010
Saying that body scanners violate Islamic law, Muslim-American groups are supporting a 'fatwa' ? a religious ruling ? that forbids Muslims from going through the scanners at airports.
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February 17th, 2010
After months of growing tension between Jewish and Muslim students at the University of California, Irvine, the Zionist Organization of America is asking potential students to apply elsewhere and donors to stop sending contributions.
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February 17th, 2010
Plans for an Islamic finance school in Birmingham have been boosted by a ?1.5m cash injection.
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February 17th, 2010
The UK government?s measures to support and promote the Islamic finance industry and the issuance of corporate sukuk will turn the UK into an Islamic finance world leader, according to Dr Humayon Dar, chief executive of BMB Islamic UK, part of the BMB financial services group.
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February 17th, 2010
Yet another targeted execution against a Christian of the city. The young man was gunned down and shot dead on his way to college. A friend wounded in the attack. The faithful speak of 'political project well organized' to force them to flee to the plain of Nineveh.
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February 17th, 2010
Britain would do well to follow the French example and pay people who take time off to look after a dying relative or partner.
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February 17th, 2010
A new web-based service from the Church of England, launched today to mark the beginning of Lent, lets people across the country confidentially share their hopes and concerns anonymously in the form of a prayer ? and also have those thoughts offered to God by a bishop.
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February 17th, 2010
Margo MacDonald has hit back at the Roman Catholic Church after a spokesman claimed her assisted suicide Bill was seeking a cheaper alternative to medical care.
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February 17th, 2010
The Pope is in negotiations to appear on Radio 4?s Thought for the Day slot after Mark Thompson, the BBC director-general, made a personal approach to the Vatican.