A small band of fundamentalist Muslims is attempting to introduce Sharia Law zones in Copenhagen. Read the full story

The governing Conservative Party in Denmark has decided to drop its contentious proposal for the banning of Burkas. As reported by Danish news source Politiken, the Minister for Justice Biran Mikkelsen said: “It’s obvious that neither I, nor a party such as the Conservative People’s Party, can support a proposal that raises that sort of legal issue”. Read the full story

Over 1200 Muslims in Iceland will be observing the Islamic month of Ramadan today. Many Muslims in Iceland will be fasting from dawn to sunset, which in Iceland will be nearly 16 hours a day. The sun in Iceland rises at around 3 or 4 in the morning and sets around 9 or 10 at night. Read the full story

Last weekend was an important moment for the Muslim community in Iceland, because the first ‘all-Icelandic’ couple got married at the Muslim Association mosque. The head of the association, Salmann Tamimi, performed the ceremony to join Hjalti Bjorn Valthorsson and Gunnhildur Aevarsdottir in matrimony. Read the full story