Pigs’ heads and bloodied pages of the Qur’an left on the Reykjavík mosque site last November Salman Tamimi, founder of the Muslim Association of Iceland, and his lawyer, Helga Vala Helgadóttir, say it is important to make a stand against … Continue reading
42.4% of respondents to a poll from Market and Media Research (MMR) say they are against The Muslim Society building a mosque in Iceland. According to the poll, respondents were asked how supportive or against different houses of worship they … Continue reading
Þorsteinn Magnússon resigned yesterday as Alternate MP for the Progressive Party citing the party’s handling of the mosque issue. Þorsteinn said in an interview with visir.is that the reaction of the party’s leadership implies that there was nothing wrong in … Continue reading
“I have received emails from people asking how they can register to the Association. I was a bit surprised but very pleased by these enquiries,” says Salman Tamimi, the leader of the Muslim Association of Iceland, asked whether he had … Continue reading
Progressive city councilperson Sveinbjörg Birna Sveinbjörnsdóttir says she will not fight against a mosque in Reykjavík, and that Islamophobes who voted for her “bet on the wrong horse”. “I find this really distressing,” Sveinbjörg told Rás 2 listeners yesterday morning, … Continue reading
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Head of the Muslim Association of Iceland, Ibrahim Sverrir Agnarsson, says the final preparations are being made for the design of a mosque, scheduled to be built on a plot of land on Sogamýri, Reykjavík. “We could in reality break … Continue reading
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 6-12 October 2014 Newcastle Muslim Association thanks skaters for standing up to bigotry 12 October 2014 Man charged after storming a mosque throwing cement bags and threatening to hit a woman with a chair 12 October … Continue reading
Three pig heads and bloodied pages of the Koran were scattered across the plot of land allocated to the Association of Muslims in Iceland for the building of a mosque on Wednesday. Professor at the University of Iceland’s law department Björg … Continue reading