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Ten children rescued from boat in English Channel (LINK ONLY)
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‘Dehumanized’: Students at Calgary Islamic School demand action on racism, discrimination
(Global News) Dozens of Calgary students marched out of their school Tuesday to protest the injustices, racism and microaggressions they say their school administration isn’t doing enough to stop. Muna Bouh and Rahma Abdela are in high school at the Calgary Islamic […]
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Anger over lies which led to killing of French teacher
(AFP) The lawyer for the family of beheaded French teacher Samuel Paty expressed her anger on Tuesday over lies spread on social media which led to the murder. Paty, a secondary school teacher in a town near Paris, was killed last October […]
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Student admits to lying over claims of Islamophobia against beheaded teacher
(Radio France) The student who accused history teacher Samuel Paty of Islamophobia, which began a hate campaign that [led] to his brutal public beheading in October, has admitted to making up her story. The 13-year-old did not attend class on the day […]
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Sweden sentences woman for taking child to IS area in Syria
(AP) A southern Swedish court on Monday sentenced a woman to three years in prison for taking her 2-year-old son to Syria in 2014, to an area that was then controlled by the Islamic State group. The woman, who lived in the […]
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Calls to bring Aust children in Syria home
(AAP) A decision by Belgium to repatriate its child citizens from Syrian refugee camps has prompted fresh calls for Australia to bring home more than 40 children and their mothers. The European nation made the decision this week to take custody of […]
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Belgian PM backs return of jihadists’ children
(AFP) Belgium must do everything it can to ensure the safe return of Belgian jihadists’ children being held in Kurdish-controlled camps in northern Syria, Prime Minister Alexander de Croo said Thursday. De Croo warned that conditions in the two camps, packed with […]
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Poll: French pupils oppose law banning religious symbols in schools A poll shows high school students hold a different view on ‘laïcité’ compared to French adults.
(Politico) A majority of French high schoolers believe they and their classmates should be allowed to wear religious symbols such as a hijab or a kippah, a poll has found. “Conspicuous religious symbols” have been banned in schools since 2004 as part […]
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Belgian jihadist and children missing from Syrian Al-Hol prison camp
(Brussels Times) Jihadist Nora Verhoeven and several other Belgian women and children have reportedly gone missing from the Syrian Al-Hol prison camp, according to a psychologist involved in the possible repatriation of the group. Two doctors and two psychologists had planned to […]
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Jacinda Ardern says children of NZ-born suspected Islamic State terrorist better off in Turkey than Syria, but should go to Australia
(Newshub) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she’s still trying to get Australia to take responsibility for a New Zealand citizen suspected of being an Islamic State terrorist recently captured in Turkey. Suhayra Aden, arrested by Turkish authorities near the border with Syria, […]
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Number of new FGM cases referred to NHS in England down by a quarter (LINK ONLY)
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Antisemitism report claims Arab students had ‘passion for Hitler’
(Breitbart) A report on antisemitism in schools in the Swedish multicultural city of Malmo has made the claim that much of the hatred toward Jewish students comes from students of Arab and Middle Eastern backgrounds. The February report, “Schoolyard racism, conspiracy theories […]
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Pressuring France to bring them home, women who joined ISIS stage hunger strike Frenchwomen who joined the Islamic State and are now held in squalid detention camps in Syria have gone on a hunger strike to protest France’s refusal to bring them back.
(NY Times) In a desperate appeal to France’s government, some 10 Frenchwomen who joined the Islamic State and are now being held in detention camps in Syria began a hunger strike on Saturday, protesting the government’s refusal to bring them home for […]
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UN, rights watchdogs urge Canada to save its ‘arbitrarily detained’ children in Syria
(Canadian Press) A United Nations rights advocate and Human Rights Watch Canada say the Trudeau government isn’t living up to its new international campaign against arbitrary detention because it is abandoning 25 Canadian children trapped in northern Syria. Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the […]
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Buffalo Muslim Community Services push for halal foods in Buffalo Public Schools
(WKBW) Buffalo Public Schools provide around 28,000 school lunches every day. But meals like hot dogs, hamburgers, and sometimes even chicken are not suitable for all Muslim students. So, Atiqur Rahman sent a letter to Common Council members Mitch Nowakowski and Bryan […]
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What’s in France’s draft law against ‘Islamist separatism’?
(AFP) After months of controversy and 135 hours of parliamentary debate, MPs in France are set to approve a draft law to crack down on what has been termed “Islamist separatism” on Tuesday. AFP examines what is, and what isn’t, in the […]
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New Zealand woman identified as Isis terrorist captured at Syria border with two children
(NZ Herald) A New Zealand woman named as an international terrorist by Turkish authorities is facing deportation, along with her two children, after being caught trying to leave Syria. The Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of National Defence says the 26-year-old woman is […]
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France fights hold of Islamist radicals with dragnets, laws
(AP) More than three dozen French police officers descended on a small private school in Paris, blocked the 92 students inside their classrooms, took photos everywhere even inside the refrigerator, and grilled the school director. “It was like they were moving in […]
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Threatened French teacher offered top-level state protection
(AP) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Thursday a state school teacher who allegedly received death threats after writing an open letter on the threat of radical Islam to teachers has been offered the highest level of state protection. Didier Lemaire had […]
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France Mila affair: Five held for death threats over video critical of Islam
(BBC) Five people have been detained on suspicion of making death threats to a French teenager who posted videos critical of Islam, prosecutors say. Mila, 17, had to change schools last year after an Instagram video for her friends in which she […]
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France: No Samuel Paty school after backlash over name change A French town won't rename a school after Samuel Paty — who was slain by an Islamist extremist — following backlash from teachers and parents. The move marks a sign of deeper divisions in French society.
(Deutsche Welle) No one at the school “The Eucalypts” in the village of Ollioules, near the Mediterranean coast in southern France, wants to talk to the media anymore. Sandra Olivier, maths teacher and member of the teachers’ union SNES-FSU, turned down DW’s […]
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Teacher who warned of the threat of radical Islam is placed under police protection in France after receiving death threats (LINK ONLY)
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Scores of refugee children illegally detained after crossing Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Genital mutilation poses threat to thousands of girls in Belgium
(Brussels Times) Around 15,000 women in Belgium have been reported as victims of genital mutilation (FGM) and another 8,000 girls are still at risk, the Centre for Secular Action said on Friday, the eve of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female […]
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Norway arrests Syrian teenager on terror suspicion
(AP) Norway’s domestic security agency said Friday that a Syrian teenager has been arrested in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on suspicion of planning an act of terror. The agency, known by its acronym PST, said the suspect, who was arrested Thursday, was […]
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National Muslim group condemns proposed Iowa bill on the 1619 Project after TV9 story airs
(KCRG) The nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties group condemned a proposed bill in the Statehouse after a story aired on Tuesday on the TV9 News. House File 222 would reduce funding for public schools each day the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 […]
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National rule on religious headwear in volleyball changed after push by Nashville school
(Tennessean) A Nashville charter school has led the charge for national change as it pertains to wearing religious headwear during volleyball competition. High school volleyball players no longer need state association approval to wear religious headwear during competition, according to one of […]
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UK’s FGM safeguarding policies undermining welfare, study warns (LINK ONLY)
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French mosque accused of radicalism to reopen earlier Pantin mosque was closed for six months in October for disseminating video criticizing history teacher before his murder
(Anadolu) The Grand Mosque of Pantin near Paris, closed as part of a crackdown against radical Muslims by the French government in the aftermath of history teacher Samuel Paty’s assassination, will soon be reopened, the interior minister announced Monday. The mosque was […]
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Lawmakers debate bill to rout out radical Islam in France
(AP) French lawmakers debated a bill on Monday they hope will uproot radical Islam in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, some schools and online with the goal of undermining national values. The bill is broad […]
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Muslim boy, 4, was referred to Prevent over game of Fortnite (LINK ONLY)
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Forced adoption case against Norway hits European rights court A Muslim woman whose son was adopted against her wishes claims Norway violated her right to religious freedom by putting him in the care of a Christian family.
(Courthouse News) The European Court of Human Rights heard arguments Wednesday over whether Norway violated the religious rights of a Muslim woman whose child was forcibly adopted by Christians. During a remote hearing before the ECHR, lawyers for Mariya Ibrahim argued the […]
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Guadalupe County man pleads guilty to providing material support to ISIS Jaylyn Christopher Molina faces up to 40 years in federal prison
(KSAT) A 22-year-old Guadalupe County man pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas, Jaylyn Christopher Molina (aka Abdur Rahim) admitted in federal court in San Antonio […]
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France: Proposal to ban Islamic veil sparks criticism Macron’s controversial draft of ‘separatism’ bill causes heated debate, with amendments suggesting ban on Islamic veil
(Anadolu) An ongoing debate on the controversial draft of a “separatism” bill has sparked criticism, [and] resulted in a diversion, dividing the house on the question of [the] veil, whether to include amendments to ban veiled students at the university and accompanying […]
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30 hate messages a minute to girl who insulted Islam (LINK ONLY)
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Irving man admits to harboring fugitive father accused of murdering teenage daughters The FBI said Yaser Said narrowly escaped capture in 2017 after a maintenance worker reported seeing him at a Bedford apartment where he is suspected of staying with his son, Islam Said, documents show.
(Dallas Morning News) An Irving man pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping his fugitive father elude capture for more than a dozen years in the alleged murders of his two teenage daughters, federal authorities said. Islam Yaser-Abdel Said, 32, entered a guilty plea […]
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Britain’s youngest terrorist can be freed from jail, says Parole Board (LINK ONLY)
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Anti-terror law looks set to be challenged in a referendum
(Swiss Info) Opponents of new Swiss laws to combat terrorism have gathered enough signatures to challenge the controversial legislation by referendum. They argue that the law violates civil liberties, particularly those of children. The “No to Preventative Punishment” committee handed in 142,800 […]
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Danish ex-minister faces impeachment in ‘child bride’ case
(Reuters) Former Danish Immigration Minister Inger Stojberg, known for her hard stance in that role, is facing impeachment for illegally ordering the separation of underage couples seeking asylum. The centre-right politician, who served as minister from 2015 to 2019, said the aim […]
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Houston woman hit with rare federal indictment alleging she transported girl for genital mutilation
(Houston Chronicle) A Houston woman faces a rare federal charge after she was accused of transporting a girl outside of the United States for genital mutilation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced Wednesday. Zahra Badri, 39, was […]
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France repatriates seven jihadists’ children from Syria
(AFP) France said on Wednesday it had brought home seven children of French jihadists from northeast Syria, continuing a repatriation process begun after the toppling of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate. The children, aged between two and 11 and “particularly vulnerable,” were […]
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No school, only border crossing ‘Game’ for migrant kids on Bosnian border
(Reuters) Zeinaf Jabar, 11, learned some English while spending a year at a migrant camp in Greece and is now trying with her family, repeatedly, to cross into Croatia in what they call the “Game,” in search of a better life in […]
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French police detain 7 in probe of teacher’s beheading
(AP) French anti-terrorism police on Tuesday detained seven people suspected of having communicated via social media with the killer of a schoolteacher whose beheading last year reopened debate about France’s cherished rights of expression, a judicial official said. The teacher, Samuel Paty, […]
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Girls forced to undergo ‘medieval’ virginity tests at UK clinics (LINK ONLY)
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Muslim schoolgirl feels ‘bullied’ after school sent her home for wearing a skirt that was ‘too long’ (LINK ONLY)
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Woman sentenced to 3 years for FGM
(Portugal News) Rugui Djaló, a Guinean citizen residing in Portugal, was sentenced on 8 January, at the Sintra Court, to a three-year prison term for the crime of genital mutilation of her daughter. The presiding judge of the collective announced that “there […]
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Trump signs anti-female genital mutilation law that increases punishment of perpetrators The new law says female genital mutilation is 'a form of child abuse, gender discrimination and violence'
(Fox) A new law that its backers called a pivotal step in protecting vulnerable young women and girls across the United States from the “barbaric and medically unnecessary procedure” of female genital mutilation was signed into law by President Trump on [Tuesday]. […]
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Deflection of religious debate in French classrooms on the rise following Paty beheading
(Radio France) To avoid possible incidents in the classroom, 49% of teachers in France say they have self-censored their teaching methods when dealing with religious issues. According to a survey carried out by Ifop published this Wednesday, for the Jean-Jaurès and Charlie […]
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UK’s youngest terrorist who plotted to behead police officer could be free in weeks (LINK ONLY)
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Ohisalo: Repatriated al-Hol families ‘strongly in hands of authorities’ The interior minister says she understands people’s concerns, but she trusts both the social and security authorities.
(Yle) Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo (Green) said she understands that the repatriation of mothers and their children from the al-Hol displacement camp in Syria may raise concerns for people, but she emphasised that security will be ensured through strong cooperation between Finland’s […]