Month: September 2023

Academics & Education

Germany’s first cohort of locally trained imams graduates Germany set up its own training school for imams due to the large number of foreign-trained Islamic religious leaders. The issue now is the lack of jobs for the graduates.

September 30, 2023   

(Deutsche Welle) Twenty-four Muslims from across Germany formally passed their imam training at the country’s new Islamkolleg Deutschland in the northwestern city of Osnabrück on Saturday. The graduates, who included men and women, received their first certificate of completion after attending a two-year part-time course. […]

Government & Politics

Athens wants to revamp EU-Turkey migrant deal Greek interior minister says now is time to ‘reenergize, rejuvenate and expand’ pact that returns migrants to Turkey.

September 29, 2023   

(Politico) Athens wants to expand a migration deal with Turkey, Greek Interior Minister Dimitrios Kairidis said. The European Union reached the contentious agreement with Turkey at the peak of the migration crisis in March 2016. It foresaw that all undocumented migrants arriving […]

Arts & Entertainment

Birmingham police pull out of controversial Islamic conference after sparking outrage Speakers at the LPM conference have made charged remarks about non-Muslims and compared Israeli policy to the Nazis

September 29, 2023   

(GB News) West Midlands Police has pulled out of exhibiting at a religious conference this weekend after a GB News investigation uncovered a litany of controversial remarks by the speakers. The Birmingham police were set to exhibit at the LPM Conference, hosted […]

Government & Politics

Tlaib slams Israel’s visa waiver admission, citing discrimination against Palestinians 'The Biden Administration’s decision to admit Israel into the Visa Waiver Program explicitly condones and enables the Israeli government’s discriminatory practices towards Americans requesting entry, including hours of detainment and interrogation,' the Michigan lawmaker said

September 28, 2023   

(Haaretz) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American member of Congress, sharply criticized the Biden administration’s decision to grant Israel entry into the coveted U.S. Visa Waiver Program, citing Israel’s “discriminatory” treatment of Americans as well as her own personal experience being denied […]

Government & Politics

Iranian spies have infiltrated the American government, lawmakers warn Leaks constitute 'a significant security breach of U.S. government property by a foreign adversary'

September 27, 2023   

(Free Beacon) The Iranian government has infiltrated the Biden administration and obtained access to sensitive U.S. government information, according to a coalition of Republican lawmakers who are investigating the matter. Iran has repeatedly demonstrated in the past several months that it has […]

Legal

Alleged Aussie terrorist Neil Prakash ‘refuses’ to appear in court An alleged Islamic State recruiter has refused to face court on terrorism charges, with a prison guard saying 'he states he does not attend court.'

September 27, 2023   

(NCA NewsWire) A Melbourne-born alleged Islamic State fighter has again refused to appear in court, claiming he “does not attend court.” Neil Prakash, 32, was due to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday afternoon, but a prison officer appeared on […]

Law Enforcement

Man accused of leading 9/11 plot was denied a lawyer, then confessed The confession at issue in the case came after the accused mastermind asked about a lawyer. He would not get to see one for 15 more months.

September 27, 2023   

(NY Times) Prosecutors called a retired F.B.I. agent this week to testify that the man who is accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks freely discussed the deadly hijacking plot during four days of questioning in January 2007. In doing so, the […]

Children & Teens

Fate of Australian women and children in Syrian refugee camps to be decided in Federal Court A senior diplomat has told a court any effort to bring back ISIS brides and their children stuck in Syrian camps would require a 'political decision.'

September 26, 2023   

(NCA NewsWire) A senior diplomat has told a court she was not aware of any plans to bring ISIS brides and their children back to Australia. On Tuesday, a “last resort” legal fight began in the Federal Court hoping to force the […]

Arts & Entertainment

Ofcom fines Islam Channel £40,000 after it broadcasts antisemitic documentary Broadcasting watchdog fines the Islam Channel over broadcast of The Andinia Plan — a one-hour documentary examining a conspiracy theory which originated in a neo-Nazi publication.

September 26, 2023   

(Jewish News) Ofcom has fined the Islam Channel £40,000 after it broadcast a documentary which was deemed to have amounted to “hate speech against Jewish people.” An investigation by the broadcast watchdog found that Islam Channel Limited (“Islam Channel”) had failed to […]

Academics & Education

France’s top court rejects appeal against ban on Muslim abaya dress in schools Last week, 3 unions filed appeal against ruling of Council of State upholding ban on abaya in schools

September 25, 2023   

(Anadolu) France’s highest court on Monday ruled that the government ban on Muslim dress abaya is legal. The Council of State said it had rejected an appeal by three organizations against the government ban announced last month on abaya — a loose-fitting […]

Children & Teens

Man who plotted mass murder at Chicago synagogues, mosques as teen asks for 6 years in prison Xavier Pelkey, nicknamed 'The Bomb Guy,' became radicalized into extremist Islam while surfing internet in his bedroom

September 22, 2023 , , and   

(WLS) Authorities said they interrupted a terror plot against metro Chicago mosques and synagogues when they arrested a Maine teenager more than 1.5 years ago. In a rural Maine town, 1,200 miles from Chicago, Xavier Pelkey sat in his bedroom and devised […]

Academics & Education

Muslim girl turned away from school in France for wearing hijab files complaint with UN 15-year-old student in Lyon was sent back home on Sept. 5 for wearing Japanese garment kimono

September 22, 2023 and   

(Anadolu) A Muslim student, who had been turned away from school for wearing a kimono, a Japanese garment, in France, has filed a complaint with the UN over being “discriminated against” due to her religious affiliation. The controversy over the French government’s […]

Health & Medicine

9/11 defendant not fit for death-penalty trial, judge rules A military mental health panel said that Ramzi bin al-Shibh had PTSD, psychosis and delusions, which his lawyer blamed on his torture by the C.I.A.

September 21, 2023   

(NY Times) A military judge ruled on Thursday that a defendant in the Sept. 11 case who was tortured by the C.I.A. was ineligible for a death-penalty trial, adopting a finding that the prisoner was too psychologically damaged to help defend himself. […]

Law Enforcement

French police reject Muslim man’s application because of prayer mark on forehead Karim’s boyhood dream of serving in the French police force has been shattered because of his visible devotion to his faith.

September 21, 2023   

(Morocco World News) The Paris police prefecture rejected a Muslim’s man application to join the police academy because of a prayer mark on his forehead, French news outlet MediaPart reported last week. Karim, the 24-year-old Muslim man whose application was rejected, spoke […]