Jumlah umat muslim yang semakin meningkat menjadikan fasilitas untuk beribadah menjadi sangat penting. Universitas Boston kini telah memulai sebuah langkah penting dengan membuatkan tempat wudhu bagi mahasiswanya yang hendak melakukan shalat.

Di pusat ‘Bahasa Inggris dan Orientasi’ di kampus itu, banyak mahasiswa yang memeluk agama Islam. "Kita melakukan shalat lima kali sehari dan sebelum shalat harus berwudhu dulu," kata salah satu mahasiswa, Reeema Alashgar, seperti dikutip The Boston Channel.

Sebelum dibangun tempat wudhu, mereka biasa wudhu di toilet atau westafel. "Berwudhu di kamar mandi cukup membuat kamar mandi menjadi 'banjir'," kata direktur Margot Veldivia.

Jadi ketika kamar mandi sedang diperbaiki, pihak kampus sekaligus memasang tempat wudhu. Langkah ini ditanggapi positif oleh para mahasiswa. Mereka tidak meminta, namun pihak kampus dengan sendirinya memahami hal itu. Di Universitas Boston juga telah disediakan ruang khusus untuk shalat.

The European Union is short of warships for its counter-piracy mission off Somalia and is unlikely the fill the gap until March given economic constraints, the top EU military officer said.

Swedish General Hakan Syren, chairman of the EU Military Committee, said the shortage would be a "problem", without going into further details.
An EU military official later played down the challenge, saying the shortfall would coincide with a period when pirate attacks normally declined and the bloc would be able to sustain the mission.

Pirates operating from the Somali coast have raked in millions of dollars in ransoms from hijacking ships and a total of 243 hostages and 10 vessels are currently being held, according to figures from EU Navfor, the EU's anti-piracy task force.

A report earlier this year estimated maritime piracy costs the global economy between $7 billion and $12 billion through higher shipping costs and ransom payments.

Islam entered Europe from the eastern side. The Muslims attempted many times to conquer the city of Constantinople (today's Istanbul) since the caliphate of Mu`awiyyah Ibn Abû Sufyyân. They could not overcome such city because of its strong forts until it was finally conquered by The Muslim leader Muhammad al-Fâteh in 857 AH. – 1453 AC.

Despite the fact that Islam had its positive scientific, civil and moral effects on the continent of Europe, some Europeans had deep hatred for Islam. For example, such hatred showed in the acts of Serbian massacres in which they killed the Muslims of Bosnian and Herzegovina out of ethnic cleansing.

The Muslims of Europe are minorities that differ in size according to the country they live in. The majority of the Muslims of Europe came to Europe as immigrants from countries that were occupied by such European countries. Also, great numbers of Europeans converted to Islam, a matter that led to more understanding of the religion of Islam. The Muslims of Europe face a lot of problems such as their ignorance of the modern and old history of Europe as well as the lack of intellectual and mature leadership of the Muslim minorities that may help a Muslim immigrant and guide him to the right. Moreover, Such Muslims minorities suffer from the internal problems such as the ethnic and intellectual disagreements. They also suffer from intellectual and spiritual alienation. Therefore, there a dire need for Fiqh of Muslim minorities * that studies their lives and problems in order to produce easy fiqhî rules that is more fit and easy for Muslims who live abroad.