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Basque Country: Debate over mosque law Via Gatestone Institute : The Basque regional government in northern Spain is drafting a controversial new Law on Religious Institutions, which states that mosques and prayer rooms with a capacity of fewer than 300 people will no longer require the prior local government approval. The draft law is generating considerable opposition from elected officials of all political stripes, who fear the new measure will encourage the proliferation of mosques throughout the Basque region. The mayor of the Basque capital Vitoria-Gasteiz, Javier Maroto, said in an interview that the practical effect of the new law will be that "any fruit and vegetable shop can be converted into a mosque and there will be nothing we can do about it." He has promised to fight the new law, which he believes will encourage "mosques to spring up like mushrooms." ( source )

Hesinki: First Mosque for Shia Muslims Opens in Finland Via ABNA : The first mosque and cultural center for Finland�s Shi�ites was inaugurated in the capital Helsinki earlier this week. Managers of Islamic centers from Sweden, Denmark and Norway, Muslim scholars including Hojat-ol-Islams Hakim Elahi, Khademi, and Razavi, Iranian ambassador to Finland Seyyed Rasoul Mousavi, head of Finnish prime minister�s office, and a number of cultural, religious and social personalities attended the inauguration ceremony of the center, which is named after Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (SA).  ( source )

France: 3 mosques vandalized, Muslim group urges politicians to speak out Via AP : A leading French Muslim group says three mosques have been vandalized over the past week and is urging authorities to punish the perpetrators. The French Council of the Muslim Faith, or CFCM, said racist insults and Nazi slogans were scrawled on a mosque in the southeastern town of Tarascon and another in the eastern city of Strasbourg on Tuesday and Wednesday. It said the mosque in the southern town of Draguignan was vandalized May 17.  ( source )

France: Mosque desecrated with Nazi graffiti Via France3 : The El Mouhsinine mosque in Tarascon (southern France) was tagged with Nazi graffiti Monday night.

Copenhagen: Churches shouldn't be turned into mosques since 'Islam is an enemy of Christianty' Via JV : Islam is an enemy of Christianity, says former Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Birthe R�nn Hornbech (Liberals), and therefore Muslims shouldn't be taking over churches which have closed down.  16-17 churches in Copenhagen face closure. The former minister spoke on the issue after Per Ramsdal, pastor of Brorson's Church in N�rrebro, suggested the churches can be used by Muslims, Buddhists or Hindus. Birthe R�nn Hornbech wrote in a mail to Berlinkske News that he will publicly oppose the churches being turned over to another religious, when that religious is a direct enemy of Christianity, as is Islam, for example.  Even if it doesn't necessarily apply to Danish Muslims, Islam is an enemy of Christianity. Kirkefondet (Church Foundation), which owns half the churches due to be closed down, has denied that their churches will be sold to Muslims or other faiths...

Italy: President, Interior Minister visit Rome's Mosque ( photo ) Via ANSAmed : President Napolitano arrives with Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri and the Minister for Integration, Andrea Riccardi. And it is Riccardi's speech that puts the seal on a new pact of ''integration'' and living together. (...) Riccardi remarks how ''the mosque's dome fits in well with all the other church domes in Rome,'' making the capital city ''a model for integration between religions and cultures''. ''Integration arises from differences. Many predicted after the September 11 attacks that there would be a clash between the West and Islam. Ten years later, the Arab Spring has drawn a different scenario: reasons for living together and getting on have multiplied''. President Napolitano appreciated this reference to the Arab Spring. (...) Mohammad al Gramdi, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador and Chair of the Islamic Cultural Centr...