Day: September 30, 2025

Government & Politics

Unions, red tape and ‘radical Islamists’: Legault lays out his battles in inaugural address With Quebec nearing an election year, the premier outlines plans for the last year of his mandate as the National Assembly resumes sitting.

September 30, 2025   

(Montreal Gazette) Premier François Legault has revealed his roadmap for the year ahead. It includes financial relief for taxpayers, more secularism legislation to counter what he says is the assault on Quebec values by “radical Islamists,” and a plan to speed up […]

Academics & Education

Federal judge launches scathing broadside of Trump’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian protesters Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, used the 161-page order to excoriate Trump as a bully who is laser-focused on 'retribution'

September 30, 2025   

(Fox) A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters and academics — saying in a blistering 161-page order that the actions had a chilling effect on college campuses nationwide. U.S. District Judge […]

Interfaith

Virginia court holds American Muslims for Palestine in contempt for defying state probe The Richmond City Circuit Court ordered the group to pay $8,000 for the state’s attorney fees and will be docked $1,000 daily for future noncompliance.

September 30, 2025   

(JNS) The Richmond City Circuit Court held the AJP Educational Foundation, which operates as American Muslims for Palestine, in civil contempt on Monday for the Falls Church, Va., group’s failure to comply with a state investigation. “The attorney general’s office has the […]

Academics & Education

‘Enough is enough’: Outcry over Muslim holiday pact AfD and other parties denounce Schleswig-Holstein’s treaty as cultural self-abandonment.

September 30, 2025   

(European Conservative) A new agreement granting Muslims in Schleswig-Holstein two additional public holidays has triggered sharp criticism from opposition parties, who warn that the move risks privileging one faith community and sidelining broader concerns over integration. Last week, the state government signed […]

Clothing

Conservative MEP launches petition to ban Islamic headscarves in European Parliament Charlie Weimers says he expects broad support for his initiative, but other lawmakers slammed it as sexist and Islamophobic.

September 30, 2025   

(Politico) An EU lawmaker is campaigning to ban the use of the hijab and other Islamic headscarves by people who work for the legislature, according to an email circulated among all members of the European Parliament on Tuesday. Charlie Weimers, head of […]