April 23, 2020 – Eye on Islamism

Hosting Linda Sarsour, Engel challenger rails against congressman’s ‘uncritical’ support of Israel 'One is bad and one is outrageous,' Sarsour says of presidential candidates

April 23, 2020 Jacob Kornbluh

(Jewish Insider) New York congressional candidate Andom Ghebreghiorgis hosted Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour on Wednesday evening for a digital town hall discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential platform. Details: Ghebreghiorgis, a 33-year-old activist from Mount Vernon, […]

Minneapolis mosque publicly broadcasts historic call to prayer during Ramadan

April 23, 2020 Unlisted Author

(KMSP) Thursday night marked the first publicly broadcast call to prayer, or “Adhan,” in Minnesota. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey approved a permit for Dar [Al-Hijrah] mosque in Minneapolis to play the call to prayer publicly five times a day during the month […]

German Muslim leader demands government mosque bailout

April 23, 2020 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) Aiman Mazyek, chairman of the Central Council of Muslims, has called on the German government to give aid to mosques struggling financially due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. Mr Mazyek said that many mosques in Germany were facing financial difficulties due […]

City DOE offering more halal meals at local schools during Ramadan

April 23, 2020 Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

(amNY) More halal meals will be distributed at 32 school sites in the city beginning today, April 23, the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. Halal options are offered at the over 400 school sites offering grab-and-go meals and […]

Hungary seen wrongly holding asylum seekers in transit zones

April 23, 2020 Pablo Gorondi

(AP) Hungary’s practice of keeping asylum seekers in a closed transit zone on the border with Serbia qualifies as “unlawful detention,” according to [a] nonbinding opinion issued Thursday by a senior official at the European Union’s highest court. Over the past few […]

Spain probes how ex-rapper IS fighter slipped into Europe

April 23, 2020 Aritz Parra

(AP) Spanish police who this week arrested a former London rapper allegedly turned Islamic State fighter in Syria say they have no evidence he was planning an attack in Europe, but his illegal, undocumented entry into Spain raises suspicions about his motivation. […]

Finnish police believe asylum seeker staged his own death after returning to Iraq Strasbourg judges ruled against Finland in 2019 for violating the human rights of a refugee who was reportedly killed on returning home.

April 23, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Yle) An Iraqi man who was refused asylum in Finland and believed to have been murdered a month after returning to his home country may still in fact be alive, police said on Wednesday, as they launched an investigation on charges of […]

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