Crime
Tariq Ramadan admission sparks fresh row over rape claims (LINK ONLY)
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Day: October 31, 2018
Children & Teens
Failed asylum seeker’s daughter ‘at FGM risk,’ High Court hears
(BBC) A failed asylum seeker is facing removal from the UK despite a family judge ruling her nine-year-old daughter would be at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) if she goes. The High Court heard the woman, who has links to Bahrain […]
News: Europe
Syrian spotted at activist film screen is arrested on terrorism charges
(Dutch News) A man spotted at the Balie debating centre in Amsterdam last September and accused of being a former IS fighter by Syrian activists has been arrested on terrorism charges. The public prosecution department says they consider it likely the 32-year-old […]
Government & Politics
Once a refugee, Somali-American appears headed to U.S. Congress
(Reuters) Ilhan Omar fled civil war in Somalia and spent four years of her childhood in a refugee camp in Kenya. Now she is poised to win a seat in the U.S. Congress, taking on a president who has tried to prevent […]
Children & Teens
Hundreds of female genital mutilation cases referred to the Met without a single successful prosecution
(ITV) Just under 750 cases of female genital mutilation were referred to the Met Police over the last five years, though prosecutors are still yet to make a conviction. According to figures obtained by ITV News, 748 people have approached authorities with […]
Crime
Will the Pittsburgh bloodbath forge a bond between American Jews and Muslims?
(Forward) Within hours of the October 27 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Muslim-American activists sprang into action. Tarek El-Messidi, founding director of the faith-based nonprofit CelebrateMercy, launched a “Muslims Unite for Pittsburgh Synagogue” campaign on LaunchGood, a […]