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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 […]
Children & Teens
Tommy Robinson denies reporting ban breach over live stream of criminal trial (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
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 […]
Arts & Entertainment
‘FGM doesn’t define us’ — Somali women take to stage in play on female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
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 […]
Children & Teens
‘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 […]
Academics & Education
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 […]
Academics & Education
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 […]
Academics & Education
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 […]
Children & Teens
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. […]
Academics & Education
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 […]
Academics & Education
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 […]
Children & Teens
ISIS ‘Beatle’ Jihadi Ringo begs to return to UK with secret wife and 3 children (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]
Academics & Education
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 […]
Children & Teens
High Court to hear appeal on female genital mutilation amid prosecutors’ push for retrial
(ABC-Australia) The reach of laws against female genital mutilation (FGM) will be tested in the High Court today, as it considers calls for a retrial of three people accused of carrying out a practice known as khatna on two young sisters in […]
Children & Teens
Minister defends deal to bring orphans back from Syria: no change in policy
(Dutch News) Anti-immigration MPs have criticised the government’s decision to bring two orphans, aged two and four, back to the Netherlands from a Syrian camp after their jihadi parents died. On Monday it emerged that French officials picked up the two Dutch […]
Children & Teens
Liz Truss calls on government to put more money into tackling FGM (LINK ONLY)
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14 French, Dutch children repatriated from Syria
(AFP) Twelve children of French jihadists, most of them orphans, were flown home Monday from camps in Syria, along with two Dutch orphans who were handed over to the Netherlands, the foreign ministry said in Paris. The latest repatriations of foreigners from […]
Children & Teens
Bulgarian teen arrested, police suspect possible bomb attack
(AP) A 16-year-old was arrested after Bulgarian police found explosive devices, an Islamic State group flag and other items in the boy’s home that could have been used in a mass attack, a prosecutor said Saturday. Police in Bulgaria’s second-biggest city, Plovdiv, […]
Academics & Education
Majid Mahmood urges Anderton Park School protesters — ‘call off the demo’ (LINK ONLY)
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Books
‘P is for Palestine’ event reinstated, compromise reached
(Bridgewater Courier News) A library event featuring the children’s book “P is for Palestine” and its author that was postponed last month has been rescheduled. A Highland Park Library Board of Trustees meeting scheduled for Wednesday to hear objections to the book […]
Children & Teens
Syrian Kurds send 8 American IS women, children back to US
(AP) Kurdish authorities in northern Syria have transferred eight U.S. women and children who were captured with the Islamic State group back to America, Kurdish officials said Wednesday. Abdulkarim Omar, a senior official in the Kurdish self-rule administration, said the group includes […]
Academics & Education
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 […]
Children & Teens
Australian Muslim doctor Jamal Rifi takes legal fight to Lebanon after ‘being labelled a Zionist’
(ABC-Australia) One of Australia’s most progressive Muslim leaders is taking legal action in Lebanon to clear his name after being labelled a “collaborator” with Israel. The allegation was initially made by a newspaper aligned with Shia militant group Hezbollah. Sydney GP Dr […]
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Birmingham people seeking help for forced marriages hits astonishing high (LINK ONLY)
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Citizens’ initiative on FGM ban heads to Finnish Parliament The initiative on explicitly banning female genital mutilation received more than 61,000 signatures.
(Yle) A citizens’ initiative on creating a law to specifically ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Finland is headed to the new Parliament for consideration by MPs. The initiative garnered a total of 61,266 signatures by the beginning of […]
Academics & Education
Council wins injunction banning mass protests at Anderton Park School — as campaigners say fight goes on (LINK ONLY)
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Hate campaign targets Dr Jamal Rifi over charity work Threats against Muslim community leader Jamal Rifi are being investigated after vile comments were made over his involvement in a charity.
(AAP) A prominent member of Sydney’s Muslim community has reportedly been threatened over his work with a charity set up to help sick Palestinian children. Dr Jamal Rifi’s support for Project Rozana has led to him being branded an “enemy” by anti-Israel […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: Lawyer says teen was ‘groomed’
(BBC) The lawyer representing Shamima Begum’s family has written to the home secretary accusing UK authorities of failing to protect the east London girl from being “groomed” by Islamic State. The letter accuses police and her local council of failing to safeguard […]
Academics & Education
‘Cowardly government’ blamed for breakdown of Anderton Park protest peace talks (LINK ONLY)
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Babies saved from Libya clashes in airlift to Rome
(AFP) Nearly 150 migrants from East Africa, including 65 minors and 13 babies under one, were rescued from conflict-torn Libya and airlifted to Rome on Thursday by the UN refugee agency. “Due to the violent clashes and deteriorating security conditions in Tripoli, […]
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Extra protection against female genital mutilation under proposed legislation (LINK ONLY)
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Father loses appeal over daughter’s Islamic marriage (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, […]
Academics & Education
NSD rescinds Ramadan policy following lawsuit threat NSD is the second school district asked to withdraw its Ramadan policy by FCDF.
(Bothell-Kenmore Reporter) The Northshore School District (NSD) has officially withdrawn its Ramadan policy in response to a “cease and desist” letter filed by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF). The FCDF is a pro bono legal team that focuses on First […]
Children & Teens
Ten arrested in clashes with anti-Islam Pegida, police
(NL Times) A demonstration by controversial anti-Islam organization Pegida near a mosque in Eindhoven turned more sinister on Sunday, with ten counter-protestors taken into custody. Four police officers suffered minor injuries in confrontations down the road from the Al-Fourqaan Mosque. The ten […]
Children & Teens
Anna, a young woman seeking love and Allah Elke Müller is fighting for her daughter Anna, who fell in love with a young Afghan and converted to Islam. Her mother spoke to DW about feeling alienated and her fear that Anna might become radicalized.
(Deutsche Welle) The day that Elke Müller dreads so much is not long off — the day her daughter Anna turns 18. “When she is of age, I can no longer legally hold her back,” Müller told DW. And then, she fears, […]
Academics & Education
[Birmingham] school protests have roots in ‘Trojan Horse’ claims (LINK ONLY)
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Forced marriage unit reports spike in cases as awareness rises (LINK ONLY)
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Pearland ISD announces new dress code amid discrimination claims
(Houston Chronicle) Pearland ISD has announced changes to its dress code amid criticism of the district’s confrontation of minority students over their hair style and headwear. The dress code announced Thursday for the 2019-20 school year removes restrictions on “hair styles and […]
Children & Teens
Swedish court rejects appeal for father of Stockholm terror victim
(Local) The Supreme Court, Sweden’s highest court of law, will not grant a second appeal by the father of an 11-year-old girl killed in the 2017 Stockholm terror attack. The decision comes more than two years after Rakhmat Akilov, an Uzbek national, […]
Children & Teens
Swedish terror expert: Do not allow ISIS women to return to Sweden
(Breitbart) Swedish terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp has recommended that the Swedish government should not allow female Islamic State members to return, citing a lack of laws to prosecute them. While he criticised the deficiency in the Swedish legal system, Ranstorp praised neighbouring Norway, […]