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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 […]
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Veggie GCSE student who criticised halal meat in RS exam given lowest mark possible despite proving she wasn’t being racist (LINK ONLY)
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CSDM warns prospective teachers about religious symbols, despite saying it wouldn’t apply Bill 21 Commisioner says government threats of putting CSDM under trusteeship unfair
(CBC) Quebec’s largest school board appears to be falling into line when it comes to the province’s new religious symbols law, despite saying earlier this summer it wouldn’t apply the rules until holding further consultations. The Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) began quietly including a notice […]
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Helsinki preps schools, NGOs to spot FGM, forced marriage trips A working group survey revealed that at least 10 children had 'disappeared' from Helsinki primary schools in 2017.
(Yle) The city of Helsinki has announced a programme to help schools and children’s NGOs better recognise situations where planned trips by migrant-background families might endanger children’s safety. According to a report by tabloid daily Ilta-Sanomat, the guidelines will advise adults working […]
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Greece continues controversial closure of Turkish schools
(Daily Sabah) Greece’s Education Ministry shut down five more schools attended by students from the country’s Turkish minority, drawing criticisms from the minority population. Schools were shut down due to the low number of students according to the ministry. The number of […]
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Sweden: Animal cruelty in ‘immigrant-dense areas’ as cats, hedgehogs, swans killed
(Breitbart) According to the head of a Swedish animal protection group, behaviour in “immigrant-dense areas” is responsible for an increase in cruelty cases toward hedgehogs and other animals. Earlier this week, Swedish media spoke to Annica Sjöberg, the head of the animal welfare […]
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Muslim student in Ottawa ‘weirded out’ by unexpected CSIS meeting Former CSIS analyst said calls are about building relationships
(CBC) Biftu Hulo still remembers the day — not long after she became head of the Carleton University Muslim Students Association — that her phone rang. When she picked up, she couldn’t believe who was on the line: a representative from the Canadian Security […]
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When CSIS comes knocking: Amid reports of Muslim students contacted by spy agency, hotline aims to help Creators of University of Toronto-based student support line say spy agency often on ‘fishing expeditions'
(CBC) When Ramz Aziz received a nervous phone call from his mother-in-law two years ago, it wasn’t to check in on his new baby. Instead, two men were at her door, looking for him. The pair identified themselves as public safety officers, and […]
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Sweden launches project to study influence of radical Islamic Salafism
(Breitbart) The Swedish National Defence College has announced a new study that will examine the effects of the radical Islamic ideology Salafism in various cities across the country. The new project, which is set to last until 2021, was described by Filip […]
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Lincolnshire non-Muslim girls asked to wear hijab for a day
(BBC) Non-Muslim girls in Lincolnshire are being asked to wear a hijab for a day to raise awareness of discrimination. Ghada Mohamed said she came up with the idea in response to a number of incidents where girls wearing hijabs were subjected […]
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Islamist who joked about blowing up school meets with Palm Beach Post Emgage’s Ammar Ahmed joins Muslim Federation delegation for news jihad.
(FrontPage) Last month, the South Florida Muslim Federation (SFMF) took a delegation of a half-dozen people to meet with the Palm Beach Post to propagandize against Israel and demand their reporting of “Muslim issues” meet with their approval. Partaking in this show […]
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Muslim Council of Britain slams the Daily Telegraph for ‘inaccurate’ flu vaccine story The MCB will file a formal complaint against the newspaper, a spokesman said.
(HuffPost) The Muslim Council of Britain has denied issuing a “ruling” that parents should not vaccinate their children against flu, following an “inaccurate” frontpage story in the Daily Telegraph. In Monday’s edition an article by Bill Gardner reported that the MCB, Britain’s […]
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Fears over Muslim parents withdrawing children from ‘non-halal’ flu vaccine (LINK ONLY)
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Expert compares Trojan Horse furore to LGBT schools row (LINK ONLY)
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Headscarf ban lifted in Francophone schools in Brussels
(Brussels Times) Headscarves and other religious symbols will no longer be banned in higher education schools managed by Brussels’ French Community Commission (COCOF), a member of the coalition government announced at the weekend. The ban was also lifted from Francophone adult education […]
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Teach primary school children about FGM, say campaigners (LINK ONLY)
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CAIR joins anti-Semitic Palestinian advocacy groups to protest NJ BDS bill
(IPT) A pending New Jersey bill banning anti-Israel rhetoric and Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) activities on college campuses and in public schools in the state unfairly links such activities with anti-Semitism, officials with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) say. CAIR’s partners […]
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Toronto recruitment centre stabber cleared by appeal court to attend college on his own Prosecutors argued the board's ruling gave too much consideration to Ayanle Hassan Ali's needs and too little to public safety
(Canadian Press) Ontario’s top court has upheld a decision allowing a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre to eventually take college classes on his own. The appeal court says the Ontario Review Board […]
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Minister to withdraw funding from Islamic school if board does not change
(Dutch News) Education minister Arie Slob has announced that he will stop funding to the Cornelius Haga Lyceum, an Islamic middle school in Amsterdam, if the current board remains in place. Slob announced that only a new school management can “put the […]
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Boy, eight, wins £3.5k payout after teachers wrongly accuse him of wearing T-shirt supporting ISIS (LINK ONLY)
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Ten requests to open Islamic middle school[s] turned down last year
(Dutch News) All 10 requests to open new Islamic secondary schools last year were reportedly turned down, according to figures from education body DUO. The NOS broadcaster says that the requests all came from four cities, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, […]
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NJ anti-Semitism bill would stifle free speech, advocates say
(Bergen Record) A New Jersey bill that calls for prohibiting anti-Semitism at public schools and universities has stirred controversy because it would also label certain criticisms of Israel as prohibited activity. The bill, introduced by Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Sen. Robert […]
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Banned ‘Trojan horse’ school governor holding sex education seminars (LINK ONLY)
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Quebec minister accused of hypocrisy after tweeting photo with Malala Yousafzai
(Canadian Press) Quebec’s education minister is being accused of hypocrisy after tweeting a picture of himself with Nobel Prize-winning human rights activist Malala Yousafzai. Jean-Francois Roberge met Yousafzai while in France, and said on Twitter that they discussed education and international development. […]
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Dutch intelligence boss speaks out about Islamic school controversy
(NL Times) Intelligence and security service AIVD underestimated the social impact its official report earlier this year on Amsterdam Islamic high school Cornelius Haga Lyceum would have, AIVD director Dick Schoof said to the Volkskrant. The service warned Amsterdam that the school wanted to […]
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New inquiry at Islamic school over leaked footage of preacher
(Dutch News) Education inspectors have launched another investigation at Amsterdam’s only Islamic secondary school amid claims that a pupil was suspended for allegedly filming teachers in class. Two weeks ago a film was leaked to Het Parool in which a teacher at […]
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Schoolgirls feared FGM after being sent abroad to be ‘de-westernised’ (LINK ONLY)
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UK’s Prevent strategy ‘biggest threat to free speech on campus’ (LINK ONLY)
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London Bridge inquest: ‘Extremist’ denies close links to attackers (LINK ONLY)
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Quebec federation of school boards says it will obey secularism law this fall The province's largest board has said it would hold consultations before banning religious symbols
(CBC) Quebec’s federation of school boards (FCSQ) says it intends on obeying the province’s new secularism law when classes resume in September. The move comes after the province’s largest school board, the Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM), said it would not enforce the […]
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Confusion, questions as Quebec schools forced to apply ban on religious symbols In midst of teacher shortage, school boards, unions, educators try to make sense of new law
(CBC) Lisa Starr’s job is to find internships for prospective teachers. Her task for next fall just got more complicated, now that Quebec’s ban on religious symbols has been passed into law. “I think there’s a lot of confusion and a lot of […]
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Quebec’s largest school board won’t apply religious symbols law — at least for now CSDM will hold consultations on law that could run until fall 2020
(CBC) The Commission Scolaire de Montréal voted unanimously Wednesday to delay the application of Quebec’s religious symbols law until a proper consultation process with its internal groups can be carried out. The consultations could last until the fall of 2020, the CSDM said […]
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Imam and solicitor suspended from jobs after BBC Tory debate (LINK ONLY)
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Inspectors find no evidence of hard-line Islam at Amsterdam school
(Dutch News) Senior staff at Amsterdam’s Islamic secondary school have been involved in financial misconduct but there is no hard evidence that the school is indoctrinating pupils in the fundamentalist form of Islam know as “Salafism,” according to a report by school […]
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MP Michael Cooper disparaged ‘goat herder cultures’ in 2008 law class discussion, lawyers claim Conservative MP denies allegation, says he's taking 'all necessary legal measures'
(CBC) Conservative MP Michael Cooper made comments deriding “goat herder cultures” during a discussion about Islam’s compatibility with Canadian democracy when he was a law student at the University of Alberta a decade ago, according to two lawyers who have come forward […]
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Germany’s imam quandary: Educate, don’t import Ending foreign influence on Muslim religious leaders' education is a long-term goal for the German government. A new study might lead the way for training local imams, if all parties involved are willing to participate.
(Deutsche Welle) A new report published Tuesday proposes a concrete solution to Germany’s ongoing dilemma about how to educate Islamic religious leaders. The goal is to create a seminar that would offer graduates of Islamic theology institutes in Germany the possibility to […]
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Bankrupt Islamic college stripped of title and right to award grades
(Dutch News) An Islamic further education college has been stripped of its title and been barred from awarding grades to its students by education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven. Van Engelshoven was responding to a report by the education inspectorate into management and […]
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School’s launch points to increased demand for Islamic education in New Zealand
(Stuff) Up a long flight stairs in an industrial part of west Auckland, a group of school children from 32 different countries celebrated the opening of their new school on Wednesday. Iqra Elementary School is a private Islamic school located atop a Work […]
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Army War College postpones appearance of controversial author with anti-Islam history
(PennLive) The U.S. Army War College has postponed the appearance of an author widely regarded as being Islamophobic. The decision comes in the wake of strong opposition from the Muslim community to the previously scheduled appearance of author Raymond Ibrahim. The Army […]
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Sarsour’s group calls brown Copt a ‘white nationalist’
(IPT) Being a “white nationalist” doesn’t mean having European ancestry in Linda Sarsour’s world. Her group, MPower Change, joined the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Philadelphia chapter in charging that Raymond Ibrahim, an American Copt of Egyptian ancestry, whose people have been […]
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Majid Mahmood urges Anderton Park School protesters — ‘call off the demo’ (LINK ONLY)
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Army War College under fire over historian’s upcoming lecture on ‘clash of civilizations’ between Islam and the West
(Task & Purpose) The Philadelphia chapter of a leading Muslim civil rights group is urging the U.S. Army War College to reconsider an upcoming lecture by an Islamic history scholar over his “simplistic, inaccurate and often prejudicial view of the long history […]
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MB-linked American Muslim leaders embrace Virginia school board candidate
(IPT) American Muslim leaders with documented ties to the Muslim Brotherhood congratulated Fairfax County, Va., at-large school board candidate Abrar Omeish on winning the endorsement of the county’s Democratic Party, posts on her father Esam Omeish’s Facebook page show. She serves as […]
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Council wins injunction banning mass protests at Anderton Park School — as campaigners say fight goes on (LINK ONLY)
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‘Cowardly government’ blamed for breakdown of Anderton Park protest peace talks (LINK ONLY)
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Swedish town bans Islamic headscarf in primary schools
(Local) A municipality in southern Sweden has voted to ban the Islamic headscarf in schools for children under the age of 13, in a first for Sweden. The populist measure is part of a new “integration plan” for the town of Staffanstorp, […]