(Global News) Two Edmonton women were returning to Canada on Thursday after the government facilitated their release from a prison camp for ISIS suspects caught in Syria. Global Affairs Canada confirmed the women were being repatriated along with three children. The women […]
(BBC) A primary school has apologised to parents and carers for serving non-halal meat that was labelled as halal. The principal of Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill in Wakefield said he discovered last week that not all the meat served to pupils in […]
(AFP) One of the most senior figures in France’s mainstream right-wing party was accused of “crass racism” on Wednesday after claiming that immigrant-origin people who took part in riots over the past week had undergone “a regression to their ethnic roots.” Bruno […]
(AFP) France on Tuesday repatriated 10 women and 25 children being held in prison camps for suspected jihadists in northeast Syria, the latest return of citizens amid international pressure to bring back all detained nationals. It was the fourth repatriation operation over […]
(Euractiv) The leader of the far-right party VOX, Santiago Abascal, indirectly accused radical Muslims living in the European Union of fuelling and masterminding recent rioting and looting in France. The French authorities are still on alert in Paris, although the sixth night […]
(AFP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday blamed France’s nationwide riots on “institutional racism” and the country’s colonial past. The French government has been battling riots and looting in Paris and across the country since 17-year-old Nahel M. — a French […]
(JNS) Israel is closely monitoring and deeply concerned about “waves of antisemitism sweeping over France,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting. “In recent days, we have witnessed criminal assaults against Jewish targets. We strongly condemn these attacks […]
(Arab News) UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has reportedly lost the backing of staunch ally Steve Baker over her position on child sexual abuse and grooming gangs. Baker, a prominent figure on the right wing of the UK Conservative Party and current […]
(Daily Caller) Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Republicans are recruiting Muslims against transgender people in her Sunday episode of MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki.” Psaki claimed Republicans are using former President Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” method by turning Muslim […]
(Fox) Riots have gripped the suburbs of Paris and quickly spread to other towns and cities across France following the death of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop, but how did the situation spiral so far out of control? “What’s happening there […]
(LBC) A drill rapper accused of plotting a terrorist attack in central London has told a court he put on an “extremist Isis” persona to impress women. Prosecutors say Al-Arfat Hassan, who gained a strong following of young Muslims under the name […]
(BBC) A man has been charged by Nottinghamshire Police with conspiring to commit female genital mutilation against a girl. The 46-year-old, who has not been named for legal reasons, is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The Crown Prosecution […]
(National-UAE) Swedish court documents show that a Syrian man who attacked toddlers with a knife in a park in south-east France last month served in the Syrian Armed Forces in the early years of the civil war, leading to his citizenship being […]
(CBC) An Ontario father is questioning the legitimacy of a school board’s anti-Islamophobia strategy months after his son was singled out by a teacher during a lesson that featured racist cartoons. During the January class, the high school teacher in Peel Region, which includes […]
(Copenhagen Post) A major talking point in Denmark over the last couple of years has been the welfare of a fairly large group of Danish mothers with Islamic State ties, along with the children they have mostly given birth to over the […]
(CTV) Alberta RCMP have arrested a Calgary youth as part of a terrorism investigation linked to the arrest of Zakarya Rida Hussein. Hussein faces several terrorism-related charges for allegedly posting a TikTok video that contributed to or facilitated terrorist activity for al […]
(Brussels Times) The Liège Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old man from Verviers to a suspended sentence of three years’ imprisonment for the remainder of his pre-trial detention and a suspended fine of €4,000 for half. The man was found guilty […]
(AFP) A reported increase in Muslim girls wearing the abaya dress at French schools has triggered a debate about their violation of the country’s sacrosanct commitment to secularism in education. France’s identity has long been wedded to its conception of secularism in […]
(GB News) An Islamist cleric who said critics of the Prophet Mohammed should have their heads “chopped off” has been allowed into the UK to speak at an event. Sick Enayet Ullah Abbasi previously slammed the late Queen Elizabeth II for endorsing […]
(AP) Austrian authorities said Sunday they had foiled a possible attack on Vienna’s Pride parade by three young men who had allegedly sympathized with the extremist Islamic State group. The head of Austria’s domestic intelligence service told reporters that the suspects, aged […]
(AFP) When an Algerian woman with mental health problems killed a 12-year-old child in Paris last year, far-right idealogue Eric Zemmour wasted no time in labelling the crime a “francocide.” After a Syrian refugee stabbed four children and two adults at a […]
(AAP) A legal fight is on to repatriate eight Australian women and their 18 children from a refugee camp in Syria. The group is being detained in the country’s northeast by the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria and its defence arm, […]
(CT Examiner) After hearing concerns from the Waterbury Muslim community, the Board of Education voted 9-1 on Tuesday to modify the academic calendar to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays. About 50 local Muslim community members attended the meeting, […]
(AFP) The man accused of stabbing four toddlers and two adults at a playground in a French town last week has been moved to a psychiatric hospital, sources said on Wednesday. The suspect, named as Abdalmasih H, was charged with attempted murder […]
(Canadian Press) A Quebec Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request by a Muslim advocacy group and a civil liberties organization to suspend the province’s ban on prayer rooms in public schools. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Council […]
(Local) The French education minister says it is, but France’s Muslim Council says it isn’t. France’s latest clothing dispute has settled on the abaya — a long, loose robe or dress — and whether it is or is not an item of […]
(Canadian Press) Quebec’s ban on prayer rooms in public schools is harmful to Muslim students and should be suspended immediately, lawyers for a civil liberties group and a Muslim advocacy organization told a Montreal court Tuesday. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and […]
(AFP) The Syrian refugee detained in the stabbing of six people, including four young children, in the French Alpine town of Annecy has been charged with “attempted murder,” a prosecutor said Saturday. The suspect, named as Abdalmasih H., was taken into custody […]
(Reuters) The knife attack on toddlers in a French Alpine town, suspected to have been carried out by a Syrian refugee, has thrown a spotlight on President Emmanuel Macron’s struggles to find support for a new immigration bill in a fragmented parliament. […]
(Washington Times) Tensions between Muslim parents and Montgomery County Public Schools over the Maryland district’s mandatory LGBTQ books escalated after a Democratic official compared the families to white supremacists. The Council on American-Islamic Relations demanded an apology for “offensive and disparaging remarks” […]
(BBC) A drill rapper planned a terrorist attack after watching a video from the Islamic State (IS) group showing the killing of prisoners, a court heard. Al-Arfat Hassan used his music to “glorify” IS killings and gained an online following under the […]
(Fox) Muslim parents are waking up to the “unholy alliance” their community forged with the Democratic Party after standing side by side with conservatives to fight for parental rights, said a Muslim journalist. “Parents everywhere, from the Muslim community to the Asian […]
(NL Times) The police arrested a 16-year-old boy from Eindhoven on May 4 for planning a terrorist attack in a chat group on Telegram. The boy is still in custody. On Tuesday, the police also arrested a 19-year-old man from Deventer in […]
(AFP) A Syrian refugee armed with a knife stabbed four preschool children and injured two adults by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday in an attack whose motive remains unclear. The youngest victim in the quiet town of Annecy was […]
(National Post) In a particularly stark illustration of what appears to be a growing rift between Muslim communities and the Canadian public school system, an Edmonton teacher was allegedly caught on tape lambasting Muslim students for eschewing in-school Pride celebrations. “You are […]
(NL Times) Hundreds of young Dutch people are at risk of forced marriage and abandonment abroad during the summer period because they often miss signs of danger. They are blind to these issues, often out of loyalty to their family, so that […]
(Fox) A Democratic member of a Maryland city council blasted Muslim children as on the side of “white supremacists” after they spoke out against sexuality discussions and materials in classrooms during a heated school board meeting Tuesday evening. “This issue has unfortunately […]
(AAP) More than two dozen Australian women and children trapped in dire conditions in Syria could die if they don’t get the help they so desperately [need], a humanitarian group says. The 17 children and nine women demanded to be [repatriated] in […]
(BBC) A victim of an alleged grooming gang has told a court how performing sex acts for a series of different men became “just like normal life.” The girl is one of two alleged victims of a group of eight men accused […]
(WTVO) Some kids in Illinois might have trouble eating meals provided by their school, since they are not allowed to consume them for religious purposes. A bill recently passed by the Illinois legislature, however, will change that. The bill will require state-funded […]
(AP) Italian authorities have arrested a minor suspected of being a supporter of the ISIS terror network who was allegedly planning an explosive attack in the area where he lived, police said Tuesday. The minor, identified as an Italian citizen of foreign […]
(Canadian Press) A civil rights organization and a national Muslim advocacy group are the latest to launch a legal challenge of Quebec’s decree banning prayer rooms in public schools, the second one in recent weeks. The National Council of Canadian Muslims and […]
(Local) Teaching unions and anti-racism charities have demanded an inquiry after French police sent a request to schools for information on the number of pupils absent on the Muslim festival of Eid. The French government has confirmed that it asked for “an […]
(National-UAE) Many young survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing were “let down by adults in authority” as they dealt with mental trauma in the aftermath, a study has found six years after the attack. Britain’s Prince William hailed the youngsters as “an […]
(AFP) How do two girls go from being typical teenagers, kissing boys, dying their hair blue and entertaining a gothic phase — to joining the Islamic State? “Four Daughters,” which premiered on Friday at the Cannes Film Festival, explores the true story […]
(Sky News) Lee Rigby’s 12-year-old son has spoken out for the first time since his dad was murdered in 2013. Jack Rigby was just two-years-old when Fusilier Lee Rigby was killed by Islamic extremists outside his barracks in Woolwich, south London, in […]
(Montreal Gazette) Six Muslim groups are asking a Quebec court to declare unconstitutional a new provincial edict that bans religious activity in public schools. In a lawsuit filed this week, the groups asked Quebec Superior Court to “declare constitutionally invalid, inapplicable, inoperative […]
(NL Times) Different norms and views on things like religion, sexuality, and politics often cause friction between teachers and students at secondary vocational schools. Two-thirds of teachers reported experiencing such conflict in a study by Kennedy Tielman of the university in Wageningen, […]
(Washington Times) Muslim parents and Moms for Liberty have at least one thing in common: Both are alarmed about the infusion of LGBTQ books and other materials in school classrooms and libraries. Muslim families are raising their political profiles as they join […]
(BBC) Nine months after he was … stabbed on stage, acclaimed author Salman Rushdie in a rare public address has warned that freedom of expression in the West is under threat. Rushdie, 75, delivered the video message at the British Book Awards […]
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