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UK will not put officials at risk to rescue Isis Britons, says minister (LINK ONLY)
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DfE bans ISIS supporter Mizanur Rahman from running schools
(Schools Week) A man jailed for his support for terrorist group Islamic State has been banned from being involved in running schools. Mohammed Mizanur Rahman is now barred from holding management positions in private schools and being a state school governor under […]
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Dutch to investigate foreign-funded weekend schools as Turkey backs 12
(Dutch News) The Dutch cabinet is to set up an investigation into informal weekend schools in the Netherlands following the news that Turkey is to fund 12 Saturday and Sunday schools for children aged six to 17. The aim is to find […]
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Madrassa ousted from secondary school following lesson telling Muslim girls to have children, not careers (LINK ONLY)
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Shamima Begum: Bring me home, says Bethnal Green girl who left to join Isis (LINK ONLY)
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Qld mum convicted over genital mutilation
(AAP) A Queensland woman has been found guilty of arranging her two daughters to have their genitals mutilated in Somalia. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied she had taken the girls, then aged 12 and nine, to her […]
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Banned school governor Tahir Alam fights gay equality lessons (LINK ONLY)
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FGM on Qld girls was ‘from God’: mother A paediatrician for two Queensland girls has told their mother's trial he believes they were subjected to female genital mutilation.
(AAP) A Queensland woman accused of arranging for her two daughters to undergo female genital mutilation claimed what happened to them was “from God,” a court has heard. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was interviewed by police soon […]
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Arkansas high school’s project uses art to gain Islamic insight
(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) A high school art project helped students gain a new perspective by connecting them with people of the Islamic faith. Fayetteville High School students in Ashley Grisso’s advanced placement world history classes worked in groups of two or three. They […]
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4th Circuit upholds public school’s world religion curriculum
(Courthouse News) A Fourth Circuit panel sided Monday with a Maryland school district after a Christian student and her family opposed a lesson plan that taught about the Islamic faith. Caleigh Wood was an 8th grade student in Charles County Public School […]
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Germany closes Muslim kindergarten over Islamist links The youth welfare office for the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate has revoked the operating license of a Muslim kindergarten. The day nursery was accused of promoting Salafist ideology.
(Deutsche Welle) Officials in the city of Mainz on Monday withdrew the license of the only Muslim kindergarten in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate amid allegations that the facility was promoting Salafism. The president of the state’s youth office, Detlef Placzek, said the […]
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Qld mum denies genital mutilation charges
(AAP) A Queensland girl was playing outside her grandmother’s house in Somalia when she was called inside, unaware she was about to have her genitals painfully mutilated, a court has heard. The Australian-born girl and her sister had only been in Somalia […]
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Fleeing IS holdout, French women say foreigners still inside
(AFP) Two French women who fled the Islamic State group’s last pocket in Syria told AFP on Monday more foreigners were trapped inside, barred from leaving by Iraqi jihadists. The Muslim converts said they paid smugglers to take them out of the […]
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Pressure grows to oust Christopher Chope after FGM law blocked (LINK ONLY)
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Hungary’s Orban vows defence of ‘Christian’ Europe
(AFP) Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban launched his European elections campaign Sunday calling for voters to defend “Christian” nations against immigration, which he said led to the “virus of terrorism.” He also announced a seven-point package of tax breaks and subsidies to […]
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Tory MP who blocked upskirting bill halts FGM protection law (LINK ONLY)
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Canadian women fleeing ISIS territory surrender to U.S.-backed forces in Syria
(Global News) Two Canadian women have surrendered to U.S.-backed forces after fleeing the last patch of ISIS territory in Syria, amid debate over how Ottawa should deal with such detainees. “I believe in Sharia wherever Sharia is,” a 28-year-old from Toronto, who […]
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Glasgow schoolgirls join bid to end female genital mutilation in Scotland (LINK ONLY)
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Female genital mutilation: 53,000 Australians have had procedure, report estimates (LINK ONLY)
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We’re too slow to quash un-British practices (LINK ONLY)
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Roughly 40 Norwegian children born in ISIS territory, say police Norway’s police fear foreign fighters could plot attacks from abroad
(National-UAE) Around 40 Norwegian children were born or taken to live inside ISIS’ so-called “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, security services said. Roughly 30 Norwegian men and women remain in Syria, another 30 have died and 40 have escaped according to officials. […]
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High risk of genital mutilation but low prosecution in Malta February 6 is International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
(Times of Malta) There is an imbalance between the high number of girls at risk of female genital mutilation and the low prosecution rates in Malta, according to the EU’s centre on gender equality, which is calling for higher awareness. In October […]
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Bill would ban the practice of female genital mutilation in Connecticut
(Hartford Courant) The federal government has long outlawed female genital mutilation on women under age 18 but cases are difficult to prosecute unless there’s also a state law banning the practice. At least 28 states have passed bills enshrining the ban into […]
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French rethink on repatriating jihadists stirs political storm
(AFP) France has raised the prospect of repatriating around 50 jihadists detained in Syria, creating a domestic political storm that highlights the difficulties posed by bringing extremists home. Successive French governments had insisted citizens who left to live or fight under the […]
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Dutch are ‘looking into’ bringing IS children back to the Netherlands
(Dutch News) The Netherlands is “looking into” the option of trying to move Dutch women and children living in refugee camps in Syria to safe areas where they can return to the Netherlands, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told broadcaster NOS. “What […]
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FGM ‘increasingly performed on UK babies’
(BBC) Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. FGM expert and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman said it was “almost impossible to detect” as the girls were not […]
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Muslim leader in Austria slams change to report cards 'Islam' replaced in title of elective religious courses with abbreviation for representative body for Muslim community
(Anadolu) A Muslim leader in Austria expressed shock Friday over a change in the title of elective courses on Islam in school report cards to “IGGO,” the abbreviation for the Islamic Religious Community of Austria. “The institution or organization that represents the […]
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Urgent action needed to address lack of FGM awareness, say experts (LINK ONLY)
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After joining IS aged 15, German woman asks to go home
(AFP) Four years after leaving Germany to live under the Islamic State group, 19-year-old Leonora has fled the jihadists’ last bastion in eastern Syria and says it’s time to go home. “I was a little bit naive,” she says in English, wearing […]
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Mother of three-year-old is first person convicted of FGM in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Muslim school will not allow girls to eat lunch until after boys have finished, Ofsted chief says (LINK ONLY)
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Slough Borough Council pledges support to the #EndFGM campaign (LINK ONLY)
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Bill would ban female genital mutilation procedures in North Carolina
(Winston-Salem Journal) N.C. Sen. Joyce Krawiec introduced a bill on Wednesday that would ban female genital mutilation in the state. Krawiec, R-Forsyth, said she filed Senate Bill 9 “because we must protect our girls from this abuse of being mutilated … and […]
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Former NYC principal releases book focusing on backlash against Muslim American leaders
(NY1) Debbie Almontaser stopped by Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene as she promoted her first book “Leading While Muslim.” She says the backlash she received as the founding principal of the country’s first Arabic-language public school inspired her to write it. “I […]
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Muslim councillor in probe after endorsing ‘homophobic views’ in Birmingham (LINK ONLY)
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Bangladeshi student’s lone wolf terror attack in Melbourne left daughter with flashbacks, victim says
(ABC-Australia) Roger Singaravelu was enjoying an afternoon nap with his five-year-old daughter when he became the victim of a terrorist attack in his suburban Melbourne home. “I don’t believe I will ever recover,” Mr Singaravelu told the Victorian Supreme Court in his […]
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French jihadists in Syria may be allowed home, Paris says
(AFP) France on Tuesday opened the door to repatriating more than a hundred jihadists being held in Syria, in a marked change in stance brought about by the planned withdrawal of US troops from the country. Paris is worried that French prisoners […]
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CAQ government wants to know how many teachers wear religious symbols Civil servants try to gather info as CAQ prepares religious symbols legislation
(CBC) Quebec’s Education Ministry is trying to find out how many people its plan to ban teachers from wearing religious symbols will affect. The ministry has asked school boards whether they have a record of how many staff wear a religious symbol […]
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Germany’s thousands of ‘missing’ refugee minors Authorities lose track of thousands of unaccompanied child refugees each year. Often they are safe, but experts say alarmingly little is known about their situations, and the government must do more to protect them.
(Deutsche Welle) The increased influx of refugees to Europe in recent years has also brought tens of thousands of refugee minors to Germany, as well as other countries. Many of them vanished from the authorities’ radar after arrival, either immediately or at […]
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Brooklyn Historical Society hosts panel on Muslim leadership in city schools Dr. Debbie Almontaser’s new study forms basis for BHS winter series
(Brooklyn Eagle) “We want to be provocative — but in the best possible way,” said Brooklyn Historical Society President Deborah Schwartz as she introduced the latest entry in the organization’s winter events: a roundtable discussion featuring Dr. Debbie Almontaser, founding principal of […]
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Muslim councillor ‘overstepped the mark’ in public apology to school ‘promoting homosexuality’ (LINK ONLY)
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Kingston youth facing terror charges held until at least next week
(Canadian Press) A youth facing terrorism charges in Kingston, Ont., will be back in court next week, after his lawyer has had more time to study his case. The RCMP charged the youth last week, saying he tried to persuade someone to […]
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Muslim pupils at Trojan Horse schools meet Holocaust survivors (LINK ONLY)
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Enhanced refugee screening won’t thwart homegrown terrorism in Canada: expert
(Global News) Beefed-up borders and stricter refugee screening won’t do much to reduce the threat of Islamist terrorism in Canada, which is largely homegrown, according to one of Canada’s top experts on terrorism and national security. Stephanie Carvin, assistant professor of international […]
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Scotland looks to introduce FGM protection orders (LINK ONLY)
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Councillor backs Muslim mums who accused school of ‘promoting homosexuality’ (LINK ONLY)
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What we know and don’t know about the alleged Kingston terrorist plot 1 Ontario youth charged with a terrorism-related offence
(CBC) The city of Kingston, Ont., is still reeling after a young person was charged with terrorism-related offences following thousands of hours of investigation by multiple police agencies and raids on two homes. Here is what we know (and much of what […]
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Muslim mums protest outside school for ‘promoting homosexuality’ to their kids (LINK ONLY)
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Arrests in terror plot raise questions about Canada’s refugee embrace
(NY Times) A youth was charged on Friday with “facilitating a terrorist activity” in eastern Ontario and trying to persuade a friend, who is a Syrian refugee, to plant a bomb in a public place. The refugee was released from custody although […]
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Community leaders work to head off anti-Muslim backlash as Kingston terror arrests wind up political debate Groups want to send message that terror plot allegations have nothing to do with Islam
(CBC) Community leaders are working to calm fears and find ways to prevent an anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant backlash in the wake of two arrests related to an alleged terrorist plot in Kingston, Ont. — yet the probe already has touched off a political […]