(IPT) Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton A. Klein is calling for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to fire Los Angeles chapter director Hussam Ayloush after he advocated for the “termination” of Israel. “Iran’s regime calling Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’ […]
(Asian Image) Muslim students from across the UK set a new record by raising over £1 million during Charity Week. The total was announced at the Charity Week International Annual Dinner that took place in the iconic Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. […]
(Forward) The Muslim crowd funding campaign to support victims of last month’s synagogue massacre has distributed its final grant of money to Pittsburgh, its organizer told the Forward. All in all, $238,634 was raised in a little more than a week, much […]
(Algemeiner) The Palestinian cause is an Islamic struggle that should be “marketed” as a humanitarian concern to non-Muslims, a prominent imam told a recent “Workshop for Palestine” held at the Islamic Center of Union County, NJ. “Although our cause is Islamic, when we market and present […]
(Deutsche Welle) Horst Seehofer said on Wednesday in Berlin that “Muslims belong to Germany,” speaking as he presided over the fourth German Islam Conference (DIK). The comments drew particular attention given Seehofer’s past statement that Islam was not part of Germany. Seehofer said […]
(NL Times) The burka ban will apply to everyone, also the Netherlands’ large cities, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in reaction to the news that the large cities won’t prioritize enforcement of this ban on face-covering clothing. “Let us first implement the law. […]
(Brooklyn Eagle) Assemblymember Dov Hikind, a longtime critic of Linda Sarsour, is getting ready to leave office at the end of the year but on his way out the door, he is taking a parting shot at the controversial Arab-American civil rights […]
(AFP) Italy on Wednesday adopted far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s tough anti-migrant and security decree, despite fierce criticism from the left. The bill, which makes it easier to expel migrants and limits residency permits, was passed in the lower house of parliament […]
(Asian Image) Naz Shah MP opened Islamic Relief’s seventh office in the UK. The new regional office will be based on Legrams Terrace, Bradford, and will aim to bring much-needed work-space for local community volunteers. Islamic Relief has had a presence in the city […]
(Dutch News) Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema told a full meeting of the city council on Wednesday that her comments about the pending “burqa ban” had been misunderstood. Halsema was criticised by MPs and ministers for telling local broadcaster AT5 that she did […]
(KDKA) The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh transferred the remaining $85,000 worth of donations Wednesday afternoon to the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh to support the victims’ families, survivors and first responders of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Squirrel Hill. A […]
(Local) On Wednesday and Thursday, the controversial Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CDU) is for the first time hosting the Islam Conference in Berlin, with integration as a top theme. Shortly after becoming interior minister in March, Horst Seehofer announced that Islam “doesn’t […]
(Local) People from Iraq, Somalia, Turkey and Afghanistan are more likely to fail the Danish citizenship test than other nationalities. Thousands of people across Denmark will today take the country’s citizenship test in a bid to become nationals of their adopted home. […]
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