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Razwan Faraz: Teacher in Trojan horse scandal is back in classroom (LINK ONLY)
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Austria’s new coalition agrees to extend school headscarf ban (LINK ONLY)
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First imam training course starts in February
(Brussels Times) The University of Leuven (KULeuven) will begin a new course for the training of imams in February. The course lasts six years. The training of imams was a point raised in the report of the parliamentary committee which looked into […]
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Migrant who murdered Swedish teacher has sentence reduced
(Breitbart) A Swedish court has reduced the prison sentence for a 20-year-old Afghan who murdered his 69-year-old teacher, who he was also in a sexual relationship with at the time, because of the migrant’s mental health issues. The Afghan, who came to […]
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Headscarf ban in public schools justified as Court of Appeal overturns previous decision
(Brussels Times) The Court of Appeal in Antwerp has ruled that a ban on wearing headscarves in two schools in the municipality of Maasmechelen in the Limburg province is justified, on Tuesday. With its decision, the Antwerp court overturns an earlier decision […]
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Second Swedish school linked to extremism by security services Sweden’s security service Sapo says children are at risk of being subjected to radicalisation
(National-UAE) Sweden’s security service has warned an extremist network has been meeting at a school and says children are at risk of radicalisation. It comes weeks after another school was shut down after it was revealed its staff had included former ISIS […]
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‘Foolish’: Muslim convention criticised for hosting anti-Palestinian politician Attendees criticise decision to host Ontario Premier Doug Ford whose political party has been accused of Islamophobia
(Middle East Eye) Billed as one of the biggest Muslim events in North America, the Reviving the Islamic Spirit (RIS) conference has attracted some high-profile names in recent years, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as Pakistan’s Imran Khan. So […]
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Muslim group urges debate moderators to ask candidates about Trump’s antisemitism decree It would be 'disservice to American voters' if moderators did not heed call during next debate, CAIR's government affairs director says
(Middle East Eye) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on the moderators of the next Democratic presidential debate to question candidates about a recent executive order that effectively silences criticism on US campuses of Israeli human rights abuses. The order, […]
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib in San Diego Saturday, but location kept secret for safety
(Times of San Diego) Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the harsh critic of Israel, will speak at a town hall meeting Saturday in San Diego and visit with local groups Sunday, says the sponsoring Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter. But the location […]
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s talk will happen, perhaps even at Poway school ‘I regret there is so much misunderstanding,’ school board president says after district pulled permit
(SD Union-Tribune) The abrupt withdrawal of a permit allowing Rep. Rashida Tlaib to speak at the Westview High School theater, reportedly to allow staff time to clean the facility before the holiday break, will not block the Democratic congresswoman’s visit, organizers say. […]
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib talk at Westview High School ‘bumped’ by Poway schools
(Times of San Diego) A day after the Council on American-Islamic Relations won approval to host a talk by controversial Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan at a Torrey Ranch-area school, permission was revoked Thursday due to a schedule conflict. The cancellation had […]
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Poway schools urged to cancel talk by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, critic of Israel
(Times of San Diego) A conservative group wants Poway school officials to cancel a talk by Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, a Palestinian-American seen as one of Israel’s most vocal critics in Congress. The nonprofit Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund — which […]
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Sharp rise in children at Islamic primary schools, but total is still tiny
(Dutch News) The number of pupils attending Islamic primary schools has soared 60% over the past 10 years, according to education ministry figures obtained by the Volkskrant. In total, 15,000-plus Muslim under-12-year-olds are attending an Islamic faith school, compared with 9,300 in […]
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Swedish Islamic school closed over radicalisation fears It was claimed ISIS fighters recently returned from Syria were employed as teachers
(National-UAE) A leading Islamic school in Sweden accused of appointing teachers who had recently returned from fighting for ISIS abroad has been shut down amid fears students were at risk of being radicalised. Abdel Nasser El Nadi, former principal of Vetenskapsskolan school […]
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Czech Supreme Court rules in favor of Somali girl barred from wearing hijab at Prague school The Czech Republic must accept and tolerate religious pluralism, and neither discriminate against any religion nor favour it unless it has a special reason, the court said
(Expats.cz) A Somali girl who wanted to wear hijab at a Prague secondary nursing school but was banned to do so in 2013 had the right to wear it, the Czech Supreme Court ruled in its verdict that has been released on […]
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Islamic schools grow as parents seek a ‘safe zone’ for their children
(Age) Victoria’s private Islamic schools are the fastest growing schools in the state, almost doubling their population in just eight years. Combined, student numbers at the state’s 10 Islamic schools grew at six times the rate of enrolment growth at government schools […]
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Belgian schoolteacher shares imam’s sermon about jihad on Jews
(JTA) A high school teacher in Belgium shared a Facebook video of an imam calling for a jihad, or holy war, against the Jews and those who “conspire” with them. Talal Magri, who teaches about Islam as part of the religions major […]
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Students in Maryland school system to be off on Muslim holiday — and Lunar New Year
(Washington Post) Elected officials in the Washington suburbs adopted an academic calendar for next school year that gives students a day off on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, a move that followed the resolution of a possible conflict with Advanced Placement […]
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Amid political gamesmanship, some Quebec Muslim women enticed by offer to move to Manitoba 'Why wouldn't I go somewhere where I feel welcome?' asks one law student who wears a hijab
(CBC) As a political spat plays out between Manitoba and Quebec over Bill 21, some Muslim women affected by the province’s ban on religious symbols say they are tempted by the offer to move to the Prairie province. Seeba Chaachouh, a third-year law […]
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Pamphlets inform Muslim women of their rights in wake of Quebec’s secularism law Documents include information on how to face and report harassment and how to deal with discrimination
(CBC) An advocacy group is launching a campaign to inform Muslim women of their rights as it tries to deal with increasing reports of harassment and discrimination since Quebec’s secularism law was introduced. Justice Femme, the group behind the campaign, will begin distributing […]
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Opponents argue Bill 21 affects women more than men and is unconstitutional
(Canadian Press) Opponents of Quebec’s secularism law introduced a new legal argument in Appeal Court Tuesday, saying that Bill 21 disproportionately affects women and therefore violates the Constitution. Lawyer Olga Redko argued Bill 21 violates the sexual equality guarantees in the Canadian […]
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UNC to update policies following complaint of anti-Semitism
(AP) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has agreed to expand its anti-bias training and expressly forbid anti-Semitism in campus policies as part of an agreement with the U.S. Education Department following complaints about a March conference featuring a rapper […]
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‘We need to take our revenge now.’ South Florida man wanted ISIS to bomb colleges, feds say
(Miami Herald) A North Miami Beach man who wanted the “establishment of Islamic law” plotted to bomb deans at two of his former colleges, federal authorities said Monday. Salman Rashid, 23, appeared in Miami federal court on Monday charged with soliciting another […]
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Call for Peterborough flu injection trial for Muslims (LINK ONLY)
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Germany’s Muslims skeptical of new imam training project
(Daily Sabah) Muslim communities in Germany criticized the government’s new project to train imams, accusing it of being a political initiative and a concerning development for the community, while noting that the new project violates the German constitution. Germany is launching an […]
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Italy to deport imam who beat children at religious school
(Breitbart) A 23-year-old Bangladeshi imam faces deportation from Italy after investigators confirmed he had physically assaulted young children at a religious school. The migrant, who lived in Italy on a work visa, is said to have created what investigators described as a […]
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Court tells minister he can’t cut Islamic school funding in one go
(Dutch News) Education minister Arie Slob has been told by the highest Dutch administrative court that it cannot stop funding for Amsterdam’s only Islamic secondary school. Slob wanted to stop funding for the Cornelius Haga Lyceum because the school had failed to […]
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A new study offers a glimpse of the unrepentant Australian terrorist
(Sydney Morning Herald) New research has painted a chilling portrait of the “average” Australian Islamist terrorist by creating a database [of] about 173 citizens or residents who have been charged with terrorist offences or joined terrorist organisations. An Australian terrorist is likely […]
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Calls to shut Swedish school where ‘ISIS teachers’ taught in classrooms Politicians demand closure of leading state-funded school accused of hiring former militants as teachers
(National-UAE) Calls are mounting for the closure of a leading state-funded Islamic school in Sweden that was accused of hiring ISIS fighters as teachers after their return from Syria. The chancellor of Vetenskapsskolan school in Gothenburg, Abdel Nasser El Nadi, has been […]
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Teacher union to sue Quebec on religious symbols ban
(AP) A union federation representing 45,000 teachers in Quebec is suing the Canadian province over its ban on the wearing of religious symbols by many public employees. The lawsuit by the Fédération Autonome de l’Enseignement challenges a state secularism law passed this […]
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France closes 12 worship sites due to ‘political Islamism’ Secretary of state Nunez says shouldn't be confused with Islam
(ANSAmed) French Secretary of State to the Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said Friday that France has closed various businesses, schools, places of worship and associations in about 15 neighbourhoods in the country “hit by political Islamism and communitarianism.” “We are fighting against […]
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Germany set to take charge of imam education locally In a bid to reduce foreign influence on Islamic religious leaders, Germany will support a new pilot project that educates imams locally. Experts say it is a positive step, but a more comprehensive approach is needed.
(Deutsche Welle) The government has long struggled with foreign involvement when it comes to the education of imams who lead Muslim communities across Germany. Now, a new educational association, with start-up funding from Germany’s interior ministry, is set to launch on November 21. Even though some […]
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College Board to expand testing options for AP exam on Muslim holiday
(Washington Post) Responding to concerns about a possible conflict between Advanced Placement exams and a major Muslim holiday next school year, the College Board will expand testing options for the holy day of Eid al-Fitr in 2021. College Board officials said Wednesday […]
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Ex-Drexel student charged with hiding past training with anti-American rebels in Yemen
(Philadelphia Inquirer) Federal terrorism investigators have charged a former Drexel University student with hiding his ties to the anti-American insurgency group that has embroiled Yemen in a protracted and devastating civil war. Prosecutors said Gaafar Mohammed Ebrahim al-Wazer — a 24-year-old Yemeni […]
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Islamist wins Virginia school board seat
(IPT) The daughter of one of America’s most prominent Islamist leaders became the youngest woman and one of the first Muslim women elected to office in Virginia on Tuesday. Abrar Omeish, 24, won an at-large seat on the Fairfax County school board […]
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Muslim Democrats Ghazala Hashmi, Abrar Omeish make history in Virginia elections Hashmi was elected to the state Senate and Omeish to the Fairfax County School Board. They’re among the first Muslims to hold elected office in Virginia.
(HuffPost) Democrats Ghazala Hashmi and Abrar Omeish made history in Virginia’s elections on Tuesday. In a surprise victory, Hashmi unseated incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant in the state Senate, and Omeish clinched one of three vacant seats on the Fairfax County School Board. […]
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‘Importing’ foreign-trained imams can cause problems
(Swiss Info) Around 130 imams are active in Switzerland, mostly Sunnis, and many of whom receive their religious training abroad in the Balkans, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, an in-depth university study has reported. Research by the Swiss Centre for Islam and […]
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School leaders in Maryland ask for no AP testing on Muslim holy day
(Washington Post) School officials in Maryland are calling on the College Board to avoid scheduling Advanced Placement exams on the expected date of a Muslim holy day next school year, saying students should be able to observe the holiday without worrying about […]
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US growth of Islam creates need for religious scholars
(AP) “Brothers and sisters,” the seminary instructor tells his class, don’t believe in God because of your parents’ beliefs but because “you know why God exists.” The challenge spurs a discussion about beliefs. But more than Imam Mohammad Qazwini’s interesting delivery, deep […]
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Senate votes to ban signs of religion on school trips
(Connexion) The French Senate has voted to ban parents from displaying any signs of religion or wearing religious clothing when accompanying their children on public school trips. The measure was voted through on Tuesday, October 29, by 163 votes to 114, with […]
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Muslim headscarf debate divides France, in climate of hate
(AP) When a far-right French official disrupted a regional council meeting to demand that a Muslim woman accompanying a group of schoolchildren be ordered to remove her headscarf, “in the name of our secular principles,” her own child buried his head in […]
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Dearborn Public Schools now serve 100% halal meat
(WXYZ) It’s a sweeping change for students in a local school district when it comes to the meat being served at school lunches. “We are serving a fresher, higher quality & more cost effective meat,” says Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko. Speaking publicly […]
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French Senate debates Muslim headscarf bill
(AP) The French Senate is debating a bill that would require Muslim mothers who wear headscarves to remove them on school outings. The bill under consideration on Monday comes amid a weeks-long uproar over French secularism and headscarves at the center of […]
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Radical associations to be disbanded in overhaul of French Islam French president Emmanuel Macron announced a flavour of his plans on Monday.
(National-UAE) France’s president Emmanuel Macron has revealed plans to disband some radical Islamic associations and outlaw “certain practices” in what is seen as a preview of his long-awaited announcement on the organisation of Islam in France. Mr Macron said he was adopting […]
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Watchdog group launches petition to keep CAIR off American college campuses An appeal by StopAntisemitism.org was launched in response to the CAIR chapter in Georgia, urging Georgia State University to end its relationship with the project Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange due to its partnership with Israel.
(JNS) The watchdog group Stopantisemitism.org is calling on the U.S. Department of Education and [Georgia] State University to keep the “terror-affiliated” Council on American-Islamic Relations off U.S. college campuses. “The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an American front group for the terrorist […]
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Isis martyrs ‘radicalised as medical students in Galway’ (LINK ONLY)
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Lawsuit claims Lakeview teachers strip-searched, interrogated 10-year-old Muslim student
(WFMJ) A Cortland couple is suing the Lakeview School District, claiming a teacher, a student teacher, and a school nurse subjected their ten-year-old son to a strip search and interrogation about his religion and his loyalty to the United States. Nail Majid […]
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French president says Muslim hijab ‘not my business’
(Connexion) President Emmanuel Macron has said that it is “not his business” whether Muslim women wear a hijab in public spaces — but that it “is his business” when it comes to public services. The president commented on the row over the […]
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English Montreal School Board files legal challenge to Bill 21 Board argues law infringes on minority language education rights and equality of men and women
(CBC) The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) has filed its legal challenge of Quebec’s controversial law that bars teachers and principals from wearing religious symbols. The legal challenge, filed Thursday by the law firm Power Law on behalf of the EMSB and parent commissioners […]
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Teen charged with threatening to kill bullied Jewish student, boy’s mum
(Age) A Victorian schoolboy has been charged with stalking, harassing and threatening to kill a bullied Jewish schoolboy and the boy’s mother. The 16-year-old is accused of threatening a 12-year-old Jewish boy who was photographed kissing another boy’s shoe in a widely […]