(Breitbart) German author and undercover journalist Shams Ul-Haq claims to have visited hundreds of mosques across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and says that one in ten mosques there preaches radical Islamic ideas. Mr Ul-Haq, who is originally from Pakistan, said that the […]
(AFP) Switzerland’s government on Wednesday backtracked from its pledge to support a United Nations migration pact after lawmakers insisted they have the final say on the matter. The United States, several European countries along with Israel and Australia have already said they […]
(Deutsche Welle) The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ordered Austria to roll back regulations on Wednesday that saw refugees given markedly less social assistance than native-born Austrians. The ECJ ruled that the Austrian measure from 2015 was not compatible with EU directives […]
(Clarion) An Islamic center in New England is pushing the Iranian regime message in America. The Islamic Masumeen Center of New England is a Shiite non-profit organization in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, that has held multiple events with sheikhs who are supporters of the […]
(FrontPage) On July 26th, Nidal Sakr tweeted a Hamas communique, which included a photo of an armed Hamas soldier dressed in fatigues. That’s a normal event for Sakr, someone who has been associated with the founders of al-Qaeda and has issued death […]
(Breitbart) Six non-Muslim German girls volunteered for a “discrimination experiment” at their school to test whether they felt discriminated against for wearing an Islamic headscarf. The experiment last week saw the volunteers don the hijab as part of an assignment by their teacher […]
(Free Beacon) Left-wing activist Linda Sarsour has been alternately apologetic and defiant this week about the Women’s March and its previous refusal to disavow radical Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan. After saying Sunday in an open letter that Farrakhan has “said […]
(Daily Beast) Twitter kicked Laura Loomer off its platform permanently Wednesday, making her the latest conservative media figure to be banned from the site. “This is not going to be the end of Laura Loomer,” the far-right activist told the Daily Beast. […]
(OC Register) Ahmad Zahra is not here to make history. But he — a gay Muslim immigrant film producer from Syria — knows what his election to the Fullerton City Council means. “It’s a pleasant surprise,” he said. “We’re maturing as a […]
(Breitbart) Ilhan Omar, the newly elected U.S. representative from Minnesota’s 5th congressional district, and a member of the left-wing “Justice Democrats,” argued against a 2017 bill in her state that increased penalties for female genital mutilation. Omar is being celebrated as one […]
(Gatestone) Chancellor Angela Merkel has appointed a Turkish immigrant to fill the second-highest position in Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, BfV). As the BfV’s new vice president, Sinan Selen, a 46-year-old […]
(WWMT) A federal judge in Detroit dismissed charges against two Michigan doctors who performed female genital mutilation on several girls. Attorneys for the doctors argue the procedures were religious rituals. The judge ruled the federal ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) unconstitutional. […]
(Anadolu) Austria’s far-right government has introduced a draft law to the parliament to ban the headscarf in primary schools, planning to implement it without the support of the opposition. Transport Minister Norber Hofer told a news conference following the Council of Ministers […]
(AP) A Muslim civil rights group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a regional jail in Virginia, alleging that the jail has set up a Christians-only unit dubbed the “God Pod.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations says officials at the Riverside Regional […]
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