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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 […]
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Female and LGBT Labour MPs say Salma Yaqoob should not be allowed to stand for West Midlands mayor (LINK ONLY)
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Erdogan’s foundation to open school in Budapest
(Hungary Today) The Budapest Metropolitan Government Office has given permission for the opening of an elementary and high school established in Budapest by the lobbying organization of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — liberal news site 24.hu reports. Answering the portal’s questions, […]
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Macron warns against stigmatising Muslims as headscarf row deepens
(Radio France) As the debate on wearing the Islamic hijab in France intensifies, President Emmanuel Macron has weighed in — saying Muslims should not be “stigmatised” and warning against what he called the “fatal shortcut” of linking Islam with terrorism. Speaking Wednesday […]
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‘I hate Islam,’ says deputy director of French newspaper Figaro The deputy director of right-wing newspaper Le Figaro said, 'we have the right to hate religion.'
(Morocco World News) Deputy editor of French newspaper Le Figaro Yves Threard is at the center of controversy after making statements against Muslims and Islam. During debate show “Le Grand Soir” (the Big Evening) broadcast on LCI on Monday, October 14, the […]
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Islam in public school challenge rejected by Supreme Court
(Bloomberg) The U.S. Supreme Court rejected what could have been a contentious high court showdown on the role of religion in public life. The justices turned down the appeal from a Christian former high school student that challenged, on First Amendment grounds, […]
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French public figures call on Emmanuel Macron to ‘end Islamophobia’ Politicians and public figures often use France’s famous secular state as an excuse for hate speech and Islamophobic statements.
(Morocco World News) French newspaper Le Monde will publish, October 16, an open letter to the president of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, calling for an end to Islamophobia. Ninety French public figures have called on Macron to condemn verbal attacks on […]
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Minister threatens to halt Islamic school’s funding if no new head is appointed
(Dutch News) Education minister Arie Slob has given Amsterdam’s only Islamic secondary school two days to appoint an acceptable interim director or have its funding halted in December. The Cornelius Haga Lyceum was due to hand over control to an interim chief […]
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School trip hijab clash sparks new secularism row in France
(AFP) A new row over secularism and the wearing of the Islamic hijab in public buildings has erupted in France after a far-right politician asked a woman accompanying her son and other children on a school trip to remove her headscarf. The […]
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French govt minister announces a dozen cases of radicalised Muslim teachers
(Breitbart) French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer revealed cases of a dozen Muslim public school teachers who have been radicalised, along with a far greater number of radicalised pupils. Blanquer announced ten cases of radicalisation on Friday morning, stating, “These are cases that can […]
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Dept. of Education stands firm that Duke-UNC joint program needs to ‘expand’ to include more religions beyond Islam
(Hill) The Department of Education maintained that the joint Duke University-University of North Carolina program needs to “expand” to include more religions beyond Islam to fulfill federal grant funding requirements. The department stood its ground that the consortium needs to diversify its […]
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Jewish boy who was forced to kiss the feet of his Muslim classmate has been told he will be ‘slaughtered’ as he is targeted by disgusting threats (LINK ONLY)
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‘Radical Islam’ training course for Oklahoma police removed and changes made to CLEET’s ‘accreditation’ process
(Frontier) Oklahoma’s Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training removed all references to “accreditation” from its website after a Frontier story showed the agency didn’t actually accredit the online courses it was offering to police officers seeking mandatory continuing education. Additionally, a […]
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Former religion teacher accused of indecent assault to stand trial in Brussels
(Brussels Times) A former Islamic religion teacher accused of indecent assault will stand trial on Tuesday morning in the Brussels Criminal Court. The 53-year-old faces charges of indecent assault and harassment for unsolicited touching, an accusation made by a former student of […]
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Merlino calls for urgent review Merlino: 'I have asked for an immediate review into how both schools have handled these matters, to ensure they were dealt with appropriately.'
(Australian Jewish News) Victoria’s Education Minister James Merlino has ordered an “immediate review” into how two Melbourne schools responded to alleged incidents of antisemitic bullying, following yesterday’s exclusive report in the AJN. In a story that has since made international headlines, we […]
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‘A rapidly spreading crisis’ A 12-year-old student in Melbourne was verbally abused, physically assaulted and forced to kiss the feet of a Muslim boy — all because he is Jewish.
(Australian Jewish News) A five-year-old student began wetting himself in class after he was subjected to antisemitic bullying over the course of four months, while a 12-year-old student was forced to kiss the feet of a Muslim child and was physically assaulted. […]
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New Flemish government to ban headscarves in schools, causing unrest in Ghent
(Brussels Times) The new Flemish coalition agreement that was presented on Tuesday called for ideological neutrality in schools, banning headscarves and other religious symbols. “In education, we warrant neutrality. In provincial and community education, we ensure the philosophical neutrality for teachers and […]
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Protesters decry Quebec secularism law’s impact on teachers Charles Taylor among protesters, says law may lose popularity in future but already damaging society
(CBC) Hundreds of people attended a rally in the Park Extension neighbourhood on a rainy Saturday afternoon to speak out against Quebec’s secularism law — and in particular its effect on teachers in the province. Bouchera Chelbi, who teaches English as a […]
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US is urged to end probe of Middle East studies program
(AP) The American Civil Liberties Union urged the Trump administration Friday to drop its investigation into a Middle East studies program the agency says has focused too much on the “positive aspects of Islam” and misused grant money to promote “ideological priorities.” […]
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Halal food program expanded to 10 more Paterson schools
(Paterson Times) School officials expanded the district’s self-operated halal food program to 10 more Paterson schools in the 2019-20 school year, said superintendent Eileen Shafer on Friday morning. School 2, 7, 8, 9, 19, 27, 28, Don Bosco Technical Academy, International High […]
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EMSB votes to challenge Quebec’s religious symbols law in court The commissioners voted 7 in favour, 3 against and 2 abstentions
(CBC) The English Montreal School Board has voted in favour of taking the province to court over its religious symbols ban. They’re seeking an exemption because they are a linguistic minority. Last month, the EMSB held off on deciding whether or not it […]
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Quebec’s religious symbols ban causes ‘irreparable harm,’ teachers tell court Civil rights groups file affidavits ahead of appeal set for November
(CBC) Civil rights groups fighting Quebec’s religious symbols law have filed new evidence which, they say, demonstrates without a doubt it has “caused and continues to cause irreparable harm.” Lawyers submitted affidavits last week from Muslim women who were denied employment opportunities or […]
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French minister questions pro-hijab campaign by parent group
(Radio France) France’s education minister has expressed concern over a campaign poster by a parents’ association showing a mother wearing a Muslim headscarf while accompanying her child on a school trip. Jean-Michel Blanquer called the campaign an “error” and questioned the association’s purported […]
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‘I feel a kind of rage inside me’: Hijabi teachers in Quebec struggle to find way forward Advocacy group Justice Femme says secularism law is so vague, school boards all apply it differently
(CBC) Fatima Boularhmane isn’t sure where to turn anymore. She and her husband and children emigrated from Morocco about a decade ago, lured by the idea of living in a free and democratic country. Trained as an electrical engineer, Boularhmane tried in vain to get a […]
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Greece: Turkish students protest school shift system Students and parents in Xanthi protest introduction of shift system due to lack of space for rising number of students
(Anadolu) Parents and students of a Turkish minority school in Greece on Monday protested a move splitting up the school day into two shifts due to inadequate classroom space. Some 2,000 protesters, according to local media, at the Xanthi (Iskece) Muzaffer Salihoglu […]
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Feds cite Islam focus in review of Duke-UNC language grant
(AP) The Trump administration is threatening to cut funding for a Middle East studies program run by the University of North Carolina and Duke University, arguing that it’s misusing a federal grant to advance “ideological priorities” and unfairly promote “the positive aspects […]
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3 CSDM teachers have taken off religious symbols to work, school board says The board would not specify what kind of symbols the teachers wore
(CBC) The largest school board in Quebec says three teachers have been directly affected by Quebec’s secularism law, formerly known as Bill 21. On Tuesday afternoon, the Commission Scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) revealed the teachers took off their religious symbols in order to be able to […]
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Minister gives Islamic school board four-week ultimatum to quit
(Dutch News) Education minister Arie Slob has told an Islamic secondary school in Amsterdam that the entire board must step down, or the government will halt all funding. It [is] extremely rare for a government minister to intervene directly in a school. […]
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Dutch people in favor of abolishing religious primary schools
(NL Times) A majority of Dutch people are in favor of abolishing religious primary schools, according to a poll by Maurice de Hond. 59 percent of respondents said that all schools based on a religion in the Netherlands should be closed. Last […]
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Islamic spokesman awarded €7,500 by Labour Court after unfair dismissal (LINK ONLY)
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Austria: Proposed headscarf ban receives condemnation Former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz proposes to ban headscarf in secondary schools as election promise
(Anadolu) Austrians have reacted to former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s proposed headscarf ban as an election promise as political fever before the Sept. 29 general elections is running high in the country. Kurz, chairman of the Austrian People’s Party who is known for […]
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Greece: Students protest state-appointed Muslim cleric Students of Turkish minority school in Komotini prevent entrance of Greek-appointed mufti to school
(Anadolu) Students in a high school of Greece’s Turkish minority prevented the entrance of a Greek-appointed mufti (Muslim cleric) by calling him an “unwanted” person, according to local media. Western Thrace region of Greece is home to a Muslim-Turkish minority numbering around […]
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MPs call for action on religious schools after Islamic indoctrination claims
(Dutch News) The ruling VVD and opposition Labour party want to change an article in the Dutch constitution which gives people the right to set up a school on the basis of a religion. VVD parliamentarian Dennis Wiersma told Radio 1 on […]
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Mosque-run Salafist schools are teaching children sharia law: report
(Dutch News) Children who go to mosque-run fundamentalist Muslim schools across the country are being taught people of different faiths deserve the death penalty and to turn their backs on the values of Dutch society, a joint investigation by current affairs programme […]
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Teachers turned away over religious symbols ban as school year begins Law creating situations that 'darken the climate' of school, says union president
(CBC) Quebec’s new secularism law is creating situations that “darken the climate of a school,” says the head of a union representing Montreal teachers. She says the law is compelling school boards to turn away teachers as they’re facing a labour shortage. “I […]
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Muslim student calls out educational institute for uploading ‘Islamophobic’ lecture content
(ABC-Australia) Tayeba Quddus was shocked when she saw a lecture slide from a subject on diversity suggesting that while “most Muslims are peaceful,” up to 300 million Muslims were “radicals who want to destroy and murder.” The quote — sourced from a […]
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Mosque trustees failed to monitor IS sympathiser who groomed boys for terrorism, inquiry finds
(Barking and Dagenham Post) The trustees of a mosque where children were groomed for terrorism failed to properly monitor an Islamic State sympathiser then attempted to cover up what happened, the Charity Commission has found. All five have been disqualified for 10 […]
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Two injured in French school stabbing: media
(Xinhua) A 17-year-old man armed with a knife assaulted two municipal employees at a canteen in a school in Marseille on Friday morning, French daily Le Parisien reported. The two victims, one with several stab wounds, the other a punch, were not […]
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Islamic school in Genk to appeal accreditation refusal
(Brussels Times) An Islamic school in the Flemish city of Genk will appeal an accreditation refusal based on constitutional grounds which prevented it from opening on the first day of school. The Flemish minister of education, Hilde Crevits, said Genk’s Selam College […]
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Belgian Muslim school not authorised to open
(Brussels Times) Selam College, an Islamic school planning to open its doors in September, has not received provisional recognition. This was decided on Friday by Flemish Education Minister Hilde Crevits on the basis of the education inspection opinion and of a competent […]
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Education ministry instructs private schools on how to comply with Bill 21
(CTV) All of Quebec’s subsidized private schools received letters from the provincial government telling them how to comply with the new law on secularism. The letters were sent on Aug. 20 to private elementary and high schools throughout the province, including Montreal. […]
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Leading Muslim figure claims he was fired over comments made on RTÉ (LINK ONLY)
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English Montreal School Board to apply religious symbols ban after avoiding vote on the issue EMSB pushed back planned vote shortly before start of meeting
(CBC) The English Montreal School Board was expected to vote Wednesday night on whether it would enforce the province’s religious symbols ban, but the item was struck from the agenda shortly before the start of the meeting. “I guess the majority of the commissioners […]
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Flemish greens want a lift on headscarf ban in schools
(Brussels Times) Dutch-speaking green party Groen want to strike down a general ban on the wearing of headscarves in Flemish schools and only ban them on a case-by-case basis, a party member announced Wednesday. Elisabeth Meuleman, a Groen MP, announced that her […]
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No shopping around for teachers who don’t wear religious signs: Quebec
(Canadian Press) The Quebec government is saying no to some parents who want to pull their children out of classrooms taught by teachers wearing religious symbols. About 50 parents signed an open letter published in Montreal newspaper Le Devoir Wednesday calling on […]
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Belgium: Court rules against headscarf ban Court rules in favor of student who filed a case against school administration in Flemish region
(Anadolu) A court in Belgium ruled in favor of a schoolgirl and against the headscarf ban in the Flemish region of the country. The school which the student had filed a case against is affiliated to a public body named GO! Education […]