January 29, 2021 – Eye on Islamism

Vox party account suspended for tweet violating hate speech rules Twitter has suspended the official account of Spain’s right-wing Vox party for a tweet on Islamic immigration that they say violated its hate speech rules.

January 29, 2021 Oisin Sweeney

(Euro Weekly) The tech giant Twitter said that they had briefly suspended the official account of Spain’s right-wing Vox party as one of their tweets had violated their hate speech policy. In order to unlock their account, the company said, all the […]

Napier Barracks: Fire at Covid-hit asylum-seeker site was ‘arson’

January 29, 2021 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A fire at a former army barracks housing hundreds of asylum seekers was started deliberately, police have said. Emergency services were sent to Napier Barracks in Folkestone at 14:00 GMT after “reports of a disturbance.” The Home Office said people had […]

Proposed burka ban has solid support, poll finds

January 29, 2021 Urs Geiser

(Swiss Info) Supporters of a proposed face-cover ban in Switzerland have a clear lead over opponents ahead of a nationwide ballot to be held in March, according to a new opinion poll, published on Friday. Attempts to challenge a government-licensed digital identification […]

Priti Patel suggests fire at Kent asylum seeker site started deliberately (LINK ONLY)

January 29, 2021 EoI News

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France’s Le Pen, at record high in polls, proposes hijab ban

January 29, 2021 Adam Plowright and Anne Renaut

(AFP) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed a ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places on Friday, seeking to build on a record recent poll putting her almost neck-and-neck with President Emmanuel Macron. The hijab policy, which would be contested […]

For some Muslims, hope, uncertainty after travel ban lifted

January 29, 2021 Mariam Fam and Sarah El Deeb

(AP) Mohammed Al Zabidi celebrated in 2017 when he learned he had been selected in the U.S. green card lottery, which picks people at random from a large pool of applicants. It was a chance to escape his war-torn homeland of Yemen […]

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