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The shocking new figures on female genital mutilation in Coventry (LINK ONLY)
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Syrian citizen arrested in attack on German man wearing kippah
(JTA) A resident of Potsdam who was wearing a kippah with a Star of David on it was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack. The victim reported being followed, spat upon and insulted in the weekend attack. Police quickly arrested two men, […]
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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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Anzac Day terror plot: Blackburn boy granted anonymity
(BBC) The identity of a teenager who plotted to behead police officers at an Anzac Day parade in Australia will remain a secret for the rest of his life. The boy, from Blackburn, Lancashire, sent encrypted messages instructing an Australian jihadist to […]
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Fears over Muslim parents withdrawing children from ‘non-halal’ flu vaccine (LINK ONLY)
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Birmingham has high[er] female genital mutilation rate than anywhere in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Families of Islamic State fighters to sue Australia over repatriation
(AFP) Australia faces a lawsuit aimed at forcing the government to repatriate Islamic State fighters’ wives and children from a Syrian refugee camp, lawyers for their families told AFP Thursday. The threat of a lawsuit comes the same day as parliament passed […]
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Travel ban on Hertfordshire child ‘at risk of FGM’ relaxed
(BBC) A travel ban preventing a two-year-old thought to be at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been relaxed. The High Court previously ruled the girl must stay in the UK until she turned 16. After an appeal, the same court […]
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Dutton defends foreign fighter safeguards
(AAP) Some of the women who joined conflicts in Iraq and Syria pose just as much risk to Australians as male foreign fighters if they’re allowed back, Peter Dutton has warned. The home affairs minister insists a new crackdown on foreign fighters […]
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Expert compares Trojan Horse furore to LGBT schools row (LINK ONLY)
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German daycares under police protection after plans to stop serving pork Two Leipzig daycare centers reversed moves to remove pork from the menu after the plans sparked a nationwide debate. The heated responses prompted police to park patrol cars outside to protect against 'possible dangers.'
(Deutsche Welle) Plans to no longer serve children pork or gelatin-containing products like gummy bears at two daycare centers in the eastern German city of Leipzig prompted a wave of criticism online and made headlines across the country on Tuesday. The mass-circulation […]
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Convictions for honour crimes including FGM, rape and forced marriage plummet amid national police crackdown (LINK ONLY)
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Female genital mutilation bill clears state legislature
(Winston-Salem Journal) A state Senate bill that would ban female genital mutilation in North Carolina cleared the state legislature Monday. Senate Bill 9 was filed by state Sen. Joyce Krawiec, R-Forsyth, on Jan. 31. The bill was approved by the Senate by […]
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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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Police at Heathrow raising awareness about forced marriages
(ITV) Specialist police are at Heathrow Airport all week as part of a national crackdown raising awareness against forced marriages, female genital mutilation and modern slavery. Last year, the Home Office supported victims in 1,764 suspected cases of forced marriage, 574 of […]
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‘I don’t think I will be going back’ to Ireland — Lisa Smith
(RTÉ) The Irish woman who travelled to Islamic State-controlled territory and who is now being detained in a Syrian camp has said she does not think she will ever be coming back to Ireland. In an interview with journalist Norma Costello for […]
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UN expert critical of Hungary’s treatment of asylum-seekers
(AP) Hungary should not allow security concerns to override the human rights of migrants, a U.N. migration expert said Wednesday. Felipe Gonzalez Morales, the U.N. special rapporteur on migrant rights, said that Hungarian authorities should move families with children who are awaiting […]
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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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Sweden man blames Ramadan after assaulting wife and children
(Breitbart) A man living in Sweden was found guilty of physically abusing his wife and children but blamed his actions on being hungry due to Ramadan fasting. The unidentified man, who lives in the south-west Swedish province of Dalsland, was sentenced to […]
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‘I was forced to marry my cousin’
(BBC) Nyla Khan says she was taken from Scotland at the age of 17 and forced to marry her cousin in Pakistan. “I knew from a very young age that I was promised to my cousin and I always felt very uncomfortable […]
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Germany must repatriate from Syria IS fighter’s wife and children: court
(Reuters) A Berlin court has ruled that Germany’s foreign ministry should repatriate from Syria the German wife and three children of a suspected Islamic State fighter, in what a court spokesman said was the first such ruling against the government. The man’s […]
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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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Iraqi gets life in jail for teen rape-murder in Germany
(AFP) An Iraqi man was sentenced to life in jail by a German court on Wednesday for the rape and murder of a teenage girl that fuelled far-right protests against a mass influx of mostly Muslim migrants. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) […]
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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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Gov. Tom Wolf signs Murt bill outlawing ‘ghastly practice’ Pennsylvania is ranked 11th in the nation for those at risk of female genital mutilation, with 6,000 girls under the age of 18 at risk for the procedure, according to the AHA Foundation.
(Bucks County Courier Times) State Rep. Tom Murt, R-152, of Upper Moreland, first encountered female genital mutilation while he was stationed in Iraq in 2003, and saw a father carrying his young daughter who was covered in blankets and suffering extreme blood […]
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Tommy Robinson faces jail after being found in contempt of court (LINK ONLY)
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Smith faces complex dynamic in bid to leave Syria for Ireland (LINK ONLY)
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IS bride Lisa Smith denies training girls to become fighters
(BBC) A former Irish soldier, who became an IS bride but now lives in a Syria refugee camp with her child, says she wasn’t involved in fighting and did not train girls to become fighters. Lisa Smith joined the Islamic State group […]
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Tommy Robinson denies reporting ban breach over live stream of criminal trial (LINK ONLY)
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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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German IS trial: Mother of tortured girl questioned in Munich A woman thought to be the mother of a Yazidi girl left to die of thirst, allegedly by an Islamic State couple, has been questioned in a Munich court. A German national is on trial for the enslaved girl's death.
(Deutsche Welle) Nora T. is believed to have witnessed the agonizing death of her 5-year-old Yazidi daughter while they were both kept as slaves by a couple affiliated with “Islamic State” in Iraq in 2015. German national Jennifer W. is on trial in Munich […]
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Bristol girl detained at airport over FGM fears
(BBC) A 10-year-old girl from Bristol was stopped from flying to Djibouti from London because of fears she was at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM). The girl was detained by police at an airport on Thursday and is now the subject […]
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‘FGM doesn’t define us’ — Somali women take to stage in play on female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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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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‘It felt like home again’: Muslim students return to Wilmington pool 1 year after clothing dispute
(Delaware News Journal) One year after Muslim students were asked to leave a Wilmington public pool because of their clothing, the children and their principal returned to the pool on its opening day. This time, they felt welcomed. “We had a wonderful time,” […]
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Islamic teacher gets 10-year prison sentence for pursuing young teen
(Washington Post) A local Islamic schoolteacher who cultivated sexual video conversations with a 15-year-old student will go to prison for 10 years. Seitu Sulayman Kokayi, 30, was convicted at trial in Alexandria federal court earlier this year of sending pornographic images to […]
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Schoolgirls feared FGM after being sent abroad to be ‘de-westernised’ (LINK ONLY)
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Pennsylvania officials join bigoted CAIR for ‘Islamophobia’ events
(IPT) Last week, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) identified charitable organizations that recently showcased radical Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) activists with a history of bigoted and anti-Semitic views. Philanthropic organizations and foundations should be held accountable for failing to do […]
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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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PA Senate passes bill to make female genital mutilation a felony in Pennsylvania
(CNS) On Wednesday, June 19, the Pennsylvania Senate passed House Bill 315, which would classify female genital mutilation as a first-degree felony in the Keystone State. The Pennsylvania House passed the legislation on April 9, and the bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Thomas P. […]
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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 […]