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Binmen kick up a stink in support of suspended Batley teacher (LINK ONLY)
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Nectar Trust ramps up funds for Islamic schools in France despite Macron’s policies Arm of Qatar Charity investing £12m in nine centres across Europe
(National-UAE) A British-based charity is on track to spend more than £12 million ($17m) on creating nine Islamic institutions across Europe despite growing legal obstacles to foreign funding. The Nectar Trust, which is the UK arm of Qatar Charity, has funded the […]
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NYC expands halal meals to 11 additional schools
(Staten Island Advance) New York City is adding 11 public schools certified to serve meals as part of the city Department of Education (DOE) halal in schools pilot program, bringing the total to 43 schools across the five boroughs, Schools Chancellor Meisha […]
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Virginia school board member makes anti-Israel social media posts Allegations of anti-Semitism have plagued Fairfax County schools in recent years
(Free Beacon) A Fairfax County school board member referred to Israel as an “apartheid” state that “kills Palestinians” in two social media posts Thursday morning. In posts celebrating the end of Ramadan, Fairfax County School Board member-at-large Abrar Omeish wrote that Israel […]
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Student reprimanded after backing teacher who showed picture of Mohammed (LINK ONLY)
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Flight 93 families hope heroism award helps keep story alive
(AP) Serene, stark and seemingly in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania, the National Park Service memorial to the people who died on United Airlines Flight 93 is hard to find on a map — as the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack […]
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Mosques call for calm after Prophet Muhammad image shown at Sheffield school assembly (LINK ONLY)
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Government has ‘washed its hands’ of teacher who showed Mohammed pictures (LINK ONLY)
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Islamic school to split into separate boys and girls schools in Birmingham (LINK ONLY)
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Protesters to gather outside Slough Council offices demanding deputy leader to resign (LINK ONLY)
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Bill to add Muslim history lessons in schools advances
(WICS) An Illinois lawmaker wants schools across the state to add in history lessons about contributions made by Muslims and Muslim Americans. A proposed bill would require all Illinois public schools to include such lessons. “This legislation is meant to raise awareness […]
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Muslim teachers in Quebec disappointed as landmark religious symbols ruling faces appeal Province plans to appeal decision on secular law that made exemption for English-language schools
(CBC) Amar Al-Shakfa dropped off her CV at a Montreal school on Wednesday, a day after learning English school boards would be exempt from the province’s ban on religious symbols under a new court ruling. Al-Shakfa, a 25-year-old Montrealer who wears a […]
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Group representing hijab-wearing teachers launches appeal against Bill 21 decision
(Global News) After a Quebec Superior Court judge rendered a decision upholding most of the Legault government’s religious symbols ban for public employees, a new chapter in the legal battle over Bill 21 is set to begin. Coalition Inclusion Quebec, a group […]
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Quebec Superior Court upholds most of religious symbols ban, but English-language schools exempt Government plans to appeal, saying exemption will create a more divided Quebec
(CBC) Quebec’s secularism law violates the basic rights of religious minorities in the province, but those violations are permissible because of the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause, a Superior Court judge ruled on Tuesday. But the ruling by Justice Marc-André Blanchard also declared that […]
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Milan school criticised for banning pupils from fasting for Ramadan
(Breitbart) A school association in Milan has banned pupils from fasting during Ramadan, arguing that children end up fainting in class. The dean of the Comprehensive Institute Ermanno Olmi in Milan, which comprises three schools catering to primary school and secondary school […]
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Scottsdale professor who offended Muslims gets hefty settlement from college district
(Phoenix New Times) The Maricopa County Community College District has agreed to pay $155,000 in a settlement to a Scottsdale professor whose quiz questions about terrorism offended Muslims. In return, Scottsdale Community College Professor Nicholas Damask agreed not to pursue a lawsuit […]
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French Senate approves toughened version of bill accused of stigmatising Islam
(Radio France) France’s right-wing majority Senate has approved proposals including expanded bans on religious symbols and clothing in a set of new draft laws to counter what President Emmanuel Macron has called Islamist separatism. Critics say the new measures, which may not […]
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School continues to separate boys and girls in Birmingham without permission (LINK ONLY)
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Slough deputy leader reveals she has received death threats (LINK ONLY)
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Paris mosque implicated in teacher’s murder reopens after six-month ban
(Radio France) The mosque in the north-Paris suburb of Pantin is open for Friday prayers for the first time in six months. It was closed by police last October, following accusations that some members had contributed to the on-line campaign against Samuel […]
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French Senate OKs proposal to ban prayers at universities Senate approves adding proposal to ban religious practices in university corridors to bill against 'Islamist separatism'
(Anadolu) France’s Senate approved the addition of a ban on religious practices in university corridors to a controversial bill to fight “Islamist separatism” late Wednesday. Discussing the draft bill, which has been criticized for alienating Muslims, the center-right Republicans (LR) party proposed […]
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Allen ISD addresses allegations of anti-Palestinian assignment questions, district says curriculum change was made
(Allen American) Allen ISD is in the process of addressing and “looking for potential resolutions” to allegations that the district’s curriculum included anti-Palestinian assignment questions, the district confirmed Monday. These allegations were first made in a Feb. 23 blog post by the […]
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Buffalo Public Schools to begin pilot program for halal meals at eight schools in September
(WKBW) Dr. Will Keresztes, Buffalo Public Schools chief of intergovernmental affairs, planning, and community engagement, announced a pilot program to bring halal meals to eight schools will begin in September. The announcement was made during the Buffalo Common Council Education Committee meeting […]
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Swedish public broadcaster invited imam to explain Easter
(Breitbart) Swedish public broadcaster SVT has been criticised after inviting an imam from a controversial school onto a programme to explain the Christian holiday of Easter. Television programme Helgstudion invited Imam Nasir Ahmad Arif and the Church of Sweden Archbishop Antje Jackelén to discuss Easter […]
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Muhammad cartoon teacher fundraiser under scrutiny
(Schools Week) A fundraising campaign for the teacher at the centre of the Muhammad cartoon row is being led by an activist accused of stirring up local ethnic tensions. It comes as a petition demanding the teacher’s reinstatement reached almost 70,000 signatures. […]
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Controversial issues must not be ‘closed down,’ says union in wake of Batley school Mohammed row (LINK ONLY)
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Parents ‘should be told’ if youth workers and community leaders have terror or race-hate convictions (LINK ONLY)
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Supporters crowdfund for Batley Grammar School teacher living in fear of his life over prophet Mohammed cartoon (LINK ONLY)
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Pupils in religious studies class ‘were not upset’ by images of Prophet Mohammed, it is claimed (LINK ONLY)
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Webber Academy asks judge to overturn Muslim prayer order
(Calgary Herald) Ordering a private Calgary school to allow Muslim students to pray on campus negatively affected the non-denominational principle that attracted parents and teachers to the institution, a lawyer argued Thursday. David Corry, who represents Webber Academy, said Justice Richard Neufeld […]
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Pimlico Academy: Headteacher backs down over school’s ‘racist’ uniform policy after student protests (LINK ONLY)
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Two more staff are suspended at blasphemy row school (LINK ONLY)
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Batley teacher’s union donated money to charity that accused him of ‘terrorism’ (LINK ONLY)
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Batley school protests: Probe into Prophet Muhammad row
(BBC) A school where a teacher showed pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad is to be the subject of an independent probe, the trust which runs it has announced. Protests were held at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire after the […]
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French ministry bashes religious symbols proposals Lawmakers adopt measures against religious symbols on parents accompanying children on school trips
(Anadolu) France’s interior minister on Wednesday criticized two legal amendments adopted by lawmakers prohibiting parents from wearing visible religious symbols while accompanying their children on school trips and allowing public swimming pools to ban “burkini” swimwear. Gerald Darmanin said the measures, approved […]
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Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out amid Mohammed cartoon row: We must hold onto freedom of speech (LINK ONLY)
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‘My son fears he will be murdered’: Father of blasphemy row RE teacher (LINK ONLY)
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‘PM must insist on respect for Islam’ in Batley school cartoon row (LINK ONLY)
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Batley school protests: Identifying prophet row teacher ‘unacceptable’
(BBC) Sharing the identity of a teacher who showed pupils an “offensive” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad could result in police action, a watchdog has warned. Protests were held outside Batley Grammar School, where the staff member was suspended after complaints. Baroness […]
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Religious leaders and politicians call for calm in Batley cartoon row (LINK ONLY)
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Batley school protests: Petition calls for teacher to keep job
(BBC) A petition defending a teacher who showed pupils a “deeply offensive” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad has gathered more than 44,000 signatures. The staff member was suspended after protests were held outside Batley Grammar School. Some had demanded the teacher’s sacking […]
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Batley school protests: Prophet Muhammad cartoon row ‘hijacked’
(BBC) Protests outside a school where pupils were shown a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad are “deeply unsettling,” a government minister has said. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said teachers should be able to “appropriately show images of the prophet” in class. Protests […]
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DfE accused of ‘amplifying divisions’ over prophet Mohammed cartoon school row (LINK ONLY)
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Baltimore County schools remove Islamophobic image from math curriculum
(Baltimore Sun) Baltimore County public school leaders have removed an image depicting a negative stereotype of people who practice Islam from the school system’s online math curriculum. The lesson in question centered on a mathematical concept called radical expressions. An image featuring […]
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Teacher suspended over use of Charlie Hebdo cartoons (LINK ONLY)
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Atlantic City will serve halal food at several schools
(Press of Atlantic City) The city’s school district will begin serving halal food five days a week at several elementary schools and the high school, Superintendent Barry Caldwell said Tuesday. “We’ve heard the community,” Caldwell said at the start of Tuesday’s regular […]
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French Jews mark anniversary of 2012 attack that killed rabbi, three children at Toulouse Jewish school
(Algemeiner) French Jews commemorated on Friday victims of the horrific 2012 shooting attack at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, which took place during a days-long killing spree that claimed the lives of seven people. On March 19, 2012, Islamist terrorist Mohamed […]
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School drops legal action after Muslim girl told her skirt was too long (LINK ONLY)
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German professor under police protection for stance on Islamophobia A German professor at a university in Grenoble, France, has become the target of a hate campaign for not wanting to compare anti-Semitism with Islamophobia.
(Deutsche Welle) “Fascists in our lecture halls! Dismiss Professor Kinzler! Islamophobia kills,” read the large banners hanging at the University of Grenoble. Activists from the French student union Unef also posted the slogans online. Five months after the brutal murder of history […]
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French Jews remember anniversary of 2012 terror attacks that culminated in massacre at Jewish school
(Algemeiner) France on Thursday began commemorations for the ninth anniversary of a devastating Islamist terror spree that claimed the lives of seven people, including three children at a Jewish school and two soldiers in the French army. The tributes to the victims […]