(AFP) Belgium’s domestic intelligence agency warned Friday that the country faces a persistent terror threat, in part because of the radicalisation of prisoners. The State Security Service said Belgium faces a “considerable problem” of extremism in jails and that convicted terrorists continue […]
(Free Beacon) Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) defended former CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill’s remarks defending Palestinian violence against Israel at a recent United Nations speech, tweeting that “calling out the oppressive policies in Israel” was not anti-Semitic. CNN dropped Hill from […]
(Dutch News) Appeal court judges will today begin three days of procedural hearings in the Geert Wilders “fewer Moroccans” case, as the PVV leader re-starts an appeal against his earlier conviction. The original appeal began in May but Wilders’ legal team successfully […]
(JTA) Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs said he was “shocked” that the Labour Party rejected a motion calling for the adoption of a definition of anti-Semitism, saying its vote aimed to curry favor with some Muslim voters. On Tuesday, a majority of […]
(Breitbart) Academic Sameh Egyptson has claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups have been systematically infiltrating Sweden’s political system since the 1980s. Penning an opinion piece for Swedish newspaper Expressen, Mr Egyptson, a researcher in interreligous relationships at Lund University, believes that […]
(BBC) Germany’s Interior Ministry has said it regrets serving pork sausage at a conference on Islam in Berlin earlier this week. The ministry said the food selection had been designed for the “diverse religious attendance” at the German Islam Conference in Berlin. […]
(Brussels Times) The Belgian intelligence services have warned of a growing trend for Muslim parents to take their children out of [the] schools system, for home-schooling which exposes the children to extremist Salafist propaganda. The state security was announcing its latest annual […]
(Swiss Info) Zurich cantonal court has upheld the conviction handed down one year ago to a Muslim preacher who worked at a Winterthur mosque, accused of spreading hate and inciting violence. The Ethiopian faces a suspended sentence and deportation. The Zurich court […]
(IPT) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent out a fundraising email for #GivingTuesday earlier this week claiming that Facebook and PayPal would match up to $7 million in donations to the group. “Today is Giving Tuesday, a day where you can […]
(CBC) The head of a national Muslim group based in Ottawa says he’s not surprised to learn the number of hate crimes reported to police in Ontario and Quebec jumped dramatically last year. According to Statistics Canada, there was a 47 per […]
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