May 12, 2010
Today there are around 35-40,000 Muslims in Poland, including Poles, Tatars, Arabs, Turks, Palestinians. The majority of Poland’s Muslims (around 11-13,000 people) live in Warsaw.
Despite being an overwhelmingly Catholic country, since the 1970s, Poland has also housed a small but swelling immigrant Muslim community. These newcomers join the country’s tiny, sporadic Tatar communities to make [...]
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May 9, 2010
Ae Fond Kiss (Just a Kiss) is an unusual romantic drama set in Scotland. It tells the tender, often tragic story of forbidden love between Casim, a Pakistani-Scottish Muslim DJ and Roisin, an Irish teacher.
Set in Scotland, Ae Fond Kiss was directed by the legendary Ken Loach and released in 2004. It won several awards, [...]
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