Books
Boris Johnson claimed Islam put Muslim world ‘centuries behind’ (LINK ONLY)
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Month: July 2019
Government & Politics
Trump claims Omar is ‘never happy’
(Hill) President Trump on Monday claimed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is “never happy” and suggested she should leave the U.S. if she’s inclined to criticize it. In a lengthy diatribe on the South Lawn of the White House, Trump defended incendiary tweets from Sunday […]
Crime
Life after prison for Muslim women
(BBC) Female Muslim ex-offenders are struggling to cope with the stigma of having served time in prison, it’s claimed, with some being disowned by their family, and others unable to rebuild a future for themselves and their children. Now there are calls […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Palestinians denounce Trump tweets against local hero
(AP) Palestinians on Monday denounced President Donald Trump’s attack on U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, accusing him of racism and saying it once again proves his bias against the Palestinian people. Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat and daughter of Palestinian immigrants, was one of […]
Christians
Canadian Muslim group declines invitation to attend US summit on religious freedom Trump's Muslim ban cited as main reason not to attend the conference, says National Council of Canadian Muslims
(Middle East Eye) A prominent Canadian Muslim advocacy group has declined an invitation to attend an upcoming US government conference on religious freedom because of President Donald Trump’s travel ban of several Muslim-majority countries. The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) on […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Ilhan Omar declines to respond to Trump claiming she supports al Qaeda
(Washington Examiner) Rep. Ilhan Omar said she would not dignify with a response President Trump’s assertion that she is pro-al Qaeda. “I will not dignify it with an answer because I know that every single Islamophobe, every single person who is hateful, […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Jewish woman’s killer not criminally liable because he was high on marijuana, French judge rules
(JTA) A Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor in Paris while shouting about Allah is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked marijuana beforehand, a French judge ruled. The preliminary ruling in the trial of Kobili Traore […]
Government & Politics
Rashida Tlaib compares ‘racist’ Israel to 19th-century US segregation Rashida Tlaib also said of US President Donald Trump: 'We are allowing a crooked CEO to run this country.'
(Jerusalem Post) Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib claims that “there is continued dehumanization and racist policies by the State of Israel that violate international human rights, but also violate my core values of who I am as an American.” In an interview published Saturday […]
Crime
Is the scale of so-called ‘honour’ killings in the UK bigger than we realise?
(ITV) These are some of the faces of the British victims of so-called “honour” killings. Each young woman died at the hands of those closest to them for apparently bringing shame on their families. Every year, July 14 offers a Day of […]
Government & Politics
Jordanian MP who called Israel a ‘Jewish cancer’ was welcomed to Parliament by the Labour shadow minister for peace (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Omar questions the patriotism of American-born citizens
(Free Beacon) Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Saturday questioned the patriotism of American-born citizens, claiming she “probably love[s] this country more than anyone who is naturally born” in the United States. Omar participated in a foreign policy panel at the […]
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What does the Muslim Council of Britain have against Muslims like me?
(Spectator) Have you ever wondered why there are so few moderate Muslim voices in the press? It’s not because they don’t exist. There are over a billion of us in the world. In many cases, it’s because of the way we are […]
Legal
Trial for 2016 Brussels suicide bombings set for 2020
(AFP) Suspects charged in connection with the 2016 Brussels suicide bombings will be tried next year in the former NATO headquarters in the city, Justice Minister Koen Geens said Friday. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks that killed 32 […]
Crime
Syrian migrant arrested after rape and murder of young French mother
(Breitbart) A Syrian migrant was arrested in south-west France on Thursday on suspicion of rape and murder after the body of a 24-year-old young mother was discovered on Sunday. The body of the woman, identified as Johanna Blanes, was found in a […]
News: North America
Report: American Islamist charities funding terror in Gaza
(IPT) A Gaza-based charity that ostensibly receives humanitarian funds from U.S. and Western Islamist benefactors has close ties to a designated terrorist group, a new report by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) finds. Board members for the Generosity […]
Immigration
Driverless car bomb plot man Farhad Salah found guilty
(BBC) A man has been found guilty of trying to make a bomb to be used in a driverless car. Farhad Salah was convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of preparing to commit acts of terrorism. He “posed a very real risk to […]
Children & Teens
Sweden man blames Ramadan after assaulting wife and children
(Breitbart) A man living in Sweden was found guilty of physically abusing his wife and children but blamed his actions on being hungry due to Ramadan fasting. The unidentified man, who lives in the south-west Swedish province of Dalsland, was sentenced to […]
Children & Teens
‘I was forced to marry my cousin’
(BBC) Nyla Khan says she was taken from Scotland at the age of 17 and forced to marry her cousin in Pakistan. “I knew from a very young age that I was promised to my cousin and I always felt very uncomfortable […]
Children & Teens
Germany must repatriate from Syria IS fighter’s wife and children: court
(Reuters) A Berlin court has ruled that Germany’s foreign ministry should repatriate from Syria the German wife and three children of a suspected Islamic State fighter, in what a court spokesman said was the first such ruling against the government. The man’s […]
Government & Politics
Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s planned trip to Palestinian territories in doubt as organizer drops out
(NY Daily News) A landmark congressional trip to the West Bank planned by Rep. Rashida Tlaib appears to be in doubt as the group that was organizing the tour has pulled out, the Daily News has learned. The first-term lawmaker has failed […]
Government & Politics
30 German mosques and cultural centers tied to Hezbollah: intel report
(Fox) Some 30 mosques and cultural centers in Germany have ties to the U.S.-classified terrorist organization Hezbollah, according to a Hamburg intelligence agency report. The U.S. government and a bipartisan group of American lawmakers have urged Berlin to outlaw the Lebanese terrorist […]
Deradicalization
America faces a new counter-terrorism problem it is completely unprepared for Country lacks system to ensure that scores of jailed extremists no longer pose a threat after release
(National-UAE) Few people have defined America’s post-9/11 homegrown terrorist threat like John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban.” On May 23, having served 17 years of a 20-year sentence for aiding a terrorist organisation, Walker Lindh walked free from a high-security prison […]
Law Enforcement
Fishers brothers charged with trying to sell guns to Islamic State group
(Indianapolis Star) Two brothers from Fishers accused of trying to sell manufactured firearms and ship the weapons overseas to the Islamic State group are facing federal charges, authorities said. A federal grand jury indicted Moyad Dannon, 21, and Mahde Dannon, 20, with […]
Clothing
Montreal police removed Muslim woman’s hijab during search, Human Rights Commission says The Quebec Human Rights Commission says a Montreal police officer asked Aicha Essalama if she had any weapons on her, then removed her hijab and prayer robe without her permission.
(Montreal Gazette) Claiming a Montreal police officer removed a Muslim woman’s hijab and prayer robe without her permission, the Quebec Human Rights Commission is seeking to have the force ordered to update its search policies to better accommodate religious minorities. According to […]
Demonstrations
Tommy Robinson given nine-month jail sentence for contempt of court (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Minister to withdraw funding from Islamic school if board does not change
(Dutch News) Education minister Arie Slob has announced that he will stop funding to the Cornelius Haga Lyceum, an Islamic middle school in Amsterdam, if the current board remains in place. Slob announced that only a new school management can “put the […]
News: Europe
Germans support democracy, but are concerned about Islam A study by the Bertelsmann Foundation found 89% of respondents, across all religions, consider democracy to be a good form of government. But half of respondents expressed concern over Islam.
(Deutsche Welle) The latest edition of the Bertelsmann Foundation’s bi-annual “Religion Monitor” interview survey published on Thursday found religious tolerance in Germany to be sustained but Islam to be having a hard time, perceived by many to be negative. As a result […]
Atheists
Atheism and Islam on the rise in the UK as Christianity suffers ‘dramatic decline’ (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim Advocates defend Ilhan Omar against Fox News 'This is not a critique of Omar’s ideas or politic[s]. This is hate speech directed at her as a Muslim and as an immigrant.'
(Jerusalem Post) The head of a Muslim advocates group has condemned conservative talk show host Tucker Carlson for accusing US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of being “living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country.” Scott Simpson, public […]
Books
Germany’s center-left SPD ousts anti-Islam writer Thilo Sarrazin, 74, has said he will appeal the decision, and denies claims that his books are racist. SPD leadership has welcomed the decision, as they have tried three times to oust Sarrazin.
(Deutsche Welle) On its third try, Germany’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) will be able to kick controversial anti-Islam author Thilo Sarrazin from its ranks, an arbitration court ruled on Thursday. The former Berlin senator intends to appeal the ruling. “We will try […]
Law Enforcement
Two Bradford men charged with terrorism offences (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Tlaib blasts Foreign Affairs Committee’s anti-BDS bill as ‘unconstitutional’
(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) took aim at a bill in the House Foreign Affairs Committee condemning the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, calling it “unconstitutional.” The measure, H.R. 246, aims “to silence opposition of Israel’s blatantly racist policies that […]
Government & Politics
EU court rules against Denmark in remarriage immigration case
(Reuters) Denmark was wrong not to allow a Turkish woman to be reunited with her husband and children in the country, the EU’s top court ruled on Wednesday. The case, which could set a precedent for similar cases, poses a considerable challenge […]
Government & Politics
Federal judge allows challenge to Trump travel ban to advance
(Hill) A federal judge in Michigan on Wednesday denied a government request to dismiss a revised lawsuit against President Trump’s travel ban. U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts determined that the case the plaintiffs — four American Muslims and five organizations representing them — are […]
Children & Teens
Iraqi gets life in jail for teen rape-murder in Germany
(AFP) An Iraqi man was sentenced to life in jail by a German court on Wednesday for the rape and murder of a teenage girl that fuelled far-right protests against a mass influx of mostly Muslim migrants. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim scholar catches flak for serving on new State Department rights panel
(Religion News) One of the world’s most prominent Islamic scholars is drawing criticism from some Muslims for participating in the State Department’s newly announced Commission on Unalienable Rights. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, an influential Sunni leader who co-founded Zaytuna College, America’s first accredited […]
Crime
Man gets 30 months in prison for ‘hate-fueled’ attack on victim he thought was Jewish
(Cincinnati Enquirer) A Huber Heights man who beat up a man he believed was Jewish outside a Cincinnati restaurant in 2017 was sentenced Tuesday to two and [a] half years in prison. Izmir Koch, 34, was outside the restaurant on Feb. 4, […]
Academics & Education
Boy, eight, wins £3.5k payout after teachers wrongly accuse him of wearing T-shirt supporting ISIS (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Ten requests to open Islamic middle school[s] turned down last year
(Dutch News) All 10 requests to open new Islamic secondary schools last year were reportedly turned down, according to figures from education body DUO. The NOS broadcaster says that the requests all came from four cities, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, […]
Immigration
Syrian refugee complains he did not have time for Syria vacation
(Breitbart) A Syrian refugee living in Germany complained on social media about not being able to go on holiday to Syria because he had “something important” to do. Syrian asylum seeker Aras Bacho, who has previously written for several publications including HuffPost, […]
Legal
Moroccan jailed by Portugal for recruiting for Syrian war
(Reuters) A 65-year-old Moroccan citizen was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday after being convicted by a Portuguese court of recruiting young people to fight in Syria. Abdesselam Tazi was also found guilty by the court in Lisbon of financing […]
Legal
Tommy Robinson encouraged vigilante action, judges say (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
NJ anti-Semitism bill would stifle free speech, advocates say
(Bergen Record) A New Jersey bill that calls for prohibiting anti-Semitism at public schools and universities has stirred controversy because it would also label certain criticisms of Israel as prohibited activity. The bill, introduced by Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Sen. Robert […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Twitter bans ‘dehumanizing’ posts toward religious groups
(AP) Twitter now prohibits hate speech that targets religious groups by using dehumanizing language, a ban it says may extend to other categories like race and gender. The social network already bars hateful language directed at individual religious adherents. It also bans […]
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Quebec forced to defend religious symbols law in court for first time Civil rights groups argue ban will cause harm as they ask judge to freeze parts of Bill 21
(CBC) The Quebec government can’t “with a straight face” claim its new religious symbols law won’t have any harmful effects, a lawyer for two civil rights groups told a Superior Court justice Tuesday. Catherine McKenzie made the comment as she asked the […]
Government & Politics
Europe’s once biggest migrant centre closes in Italy
(AFP) What was once Europe’s biggest migrant reception centre, in Mineo in Sicily, officially closed on Tuesday in the presence of its biggest critic, far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. “We’re saving quite a bit of money, we’re working to find new jobs […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Most UK news coverage of Muslims is negative, major study finds (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Conservatives: Members see Islam as ‘threat to British life,’ poll suggests
(BBC) More than half of Conservative members questioned for a new poll believe Islam is a threat to British life. YouGov was commissioned by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme to carry out a survey among the members who will decide whether Jeremy Hunt […]
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As fight over Quebec’s religious symbols law shifts to courts, legal experts debate best way to challenge it Bill 21 invokes notwithstanding clause, complicating how opponents can challenge law's constitutionality
(CBC) Quebec’s religious symbols law was not yet 12 hours old when it became the subject of a Superior Court motion seeking to have it struck down. On Tuesday, the motion, filed last month by the National Council of Canadian Muslims and […]
Arts & Entertainment
Documentary details Muslim Brotherhood effort to dominate America
(IPT) A new short documentary by filmmaker Ami Horowitz gives an inside glimpse of what Muslim Brotherhood members really think. Horowitz traveled to Beirut, Istanbul, Cairo and California to speak with activists, as well as members on the streets in Egypt. Horowitz […]