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New Quebec government open to allowing existing teachers who wear religious symbols to keep their jobs But Coalition Avenir Québec has no intention of removing crucifix from National Assembly, spokesperson says

October 9, 2018 Benjamin Shingler

(CBC) After a week of controversy, Quebec’s incoming Coalition Avenir Québec government is opening the door a crack to compromise on its plan to ban some civil servants from wearing religious symbols. The CAQ said last week it would be prepared to fire teachers who refuse to […]

Catholic college in Detroit is offering classes to an all-Muslim group The students are studying social justice at Marygrove.

October 9, 2018 Laura Herberg

(WDET) Steve Mustapha Elturk is getting his Master of Arts in Social Justice at Marygrove College, a small Catholic liberal arts school located in Detroit. During a class break, he walks down a hallway to a sparse room with a chalk board […]

Corona councilman — a pastor — under fire for sermon’s remarks about Muslim candidate

October 5, 2018 Shane Newell

(Corona Press-Enterprise) Less than a week after a controversial video surfaced on Facebook, Corona city councilman and pastor Randy Fox is facing calls for a censure after he said a council candidate “will not say no to sharia law.” The second half of the […]

Controversy over Wheaton professor’s hijab captures evangelical rift in new film

October 4, 2018 Emily McFarlan Miller

(Religion News) Larycia Hawkins never questioned what she should do. It was days after the 2015 San Bernardino shooting, in which 14 people were killed at a center for people with developmental disabilities. Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump seized upon the religion of the […]

Tory London mayoral pick under fire for remarks about Muslims and Hindus (LINK ONLY)

October 3, 2018 EoI News

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Christianity in, integration out in new guidelines for Danish public broadcaster

September 19, 2018 Unlisted Author

(Local) The new contract for public service broadcasting between the Danish Ministry of Culture and broadcaster DR emphasises the importance of Christianity, while the word “integration” has been removed. The contract, which was published on the ministry’s website yesterday as DR announced […]

The day jihadis hijacked my jail Bible class yelling support for Lee Rigby’s killers (LINK ONLY)

September 15, 2018 EoI News

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Muslim community hosts blood drive on Capitol Hill to pay homage to 9/11 victims

September 11, 2018 Brandon Showalter

(Christian Post) A community of self-described “revivalist” Muslims is hosting an annual blood drive on the anniversary of 9/11 to demonstrate the opposite of what was done in the name of their faith 17 years ago. In the foyer of the Rayburn […]

Muslim group calls for preacher linked to Trump to be denied UK visa (LINK ONLY)

September 9, 2018 EoI News

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Pay-off for Scout leader expelled for making ‘Darth Vader’ veil remark (LINK ONLY)

September 8, 2018 EoI News

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Ex-Muslim Christian pastor, refugee from Iran, arrested for sharing his testimony — in Minnesota

September 4, 2018 Tyler O'Neil

(PJ Media) Late last month, Ramin Parsa, a Christian pastor who fled Iran as a religious refugee, was arrested for privately sharing his faith testimony in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. He fled persecution in Iran and Turkey, only to […]

Bible verse campaign sows discord

August 31, 2018 Frédéric Burnand

(Swiss Info) A series of ads that display Bible verses, currently on display on public transport in the city of Biel in canton Bern, is stirring controversy. A local politician has posted questions about the campaign to Facebook, sparking a series of […]

Polish lawmaker backs burqa ban, no Saudi mosques in Europe until Poland can build cathedral in Saudi Arabia

August 28, 2018 Jack Montgomery

(Breitbart) Polish lawmaker Dominik Tarczyński has waded into the European burqa debate, saying it should be banned partly for security reasons, and partly to make it clear to Islamic radicals that they cannot demand more rights in Europe than Europeans have in Saudi […]

Demir: Headscarf has no place in schools

August 25, 2018 Alan Hope

(Brussels Times) The hijab — the headscarf worn by Muslim women as the minimum form of coverage — should be the subject of a ban in schools under the next legislature, according to federal secretary of state Zuhal Demir. “The headscarf has […]

Twitter censors David Horowitz for calling out Islamic anti-Semitism Twitter isn’t removing hatred, it’s silencing dissent.

August 21, 2018 Daniel Greenfield

(FrontPage) One of the last things that David Horowitz was able to tweet before his account was locked was a link to an article, “How the Left Is Outsourcing Censorship of the Internet.” The article described how the left is using tech […]

‘Allahu akbar’ prayers for Muslim victims of Genoa tragedy

August 18, 2018 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Chants of “Allahu akbar” rang out Saturday at a solemn Catholic state funeral in the Italian city of Genoa for the victims of a bridge collapse, who included two Albanian Muslims. They were among at least 38 people to have died […]

Religious holidays crowd school calendars, and districts must decide whether to close

August 16, 2018 Deena Yellin

(Bergen Record) In the beginning, there was Christmas. Then came Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana. Now, a growing number of school districts in New Jersey close for Muslim and Hindu holidays as well. The increasing diversity of the Garden State is reshaping school […]

Bishop calls for burka ban: Pakistani-born Church of England cleric voices support for outlawing veil in public (LINK ONLY)

August 11, 2018 EoI News

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Europe: Prayer in public spaces

August 11, 2018 Giulio Meotti

(Gatestone) A few months ago, a global media tempest erupted after Polish Catholics held a mass public prayer event across the country. The BBC deemed it “controversial,” due to “concerns it could be seen as endorsing the state’s refusal to let in […]

Ottawa mosque loses charity status for promoting ‘hate and intolerance’

August 9, 2018 Stewart Bell

(Global News) The federal government has stripped one of Ottawa’s largest mosques of its charity status over “activities that promote hate and intolerance,” Global News has learned. The Canada Revenue Agency took action against the Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque following […]

What binds Muslims to the Democratic Party?

August 9, 2018 Jacob Lupfer

(Religion News) Last year, a minor controversy erupted at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention in Chicago. ISNA had allowed two activist groups, the Human Rights Campaign and Muslims for Progressive Values, to co-sponsor a booth. But when convention organizers […]

UK: Discrimination against Christian refugees

August 6, 2018 Judith Bergman

(Gatestone) The British government appears recently to have decided that it would like to give the impression that it cares about persecuted Christians. Prime Minister Theresa May said in Parliament on July 18: As a government we stand with persecuted Christians all […]

Britain welcomes radicals — again and again

August 4, 2018 Douglas Murray

(Gatestone) It is more than a year since the UK suffered three Islamist terrorist attacks in quick succession. It is also more than a year since the prime minister, Theresa May, stood on the steps of Downing Street and announced that “enough […]

No Christians in UK’s Syrian refugee intake (LINK ONLY)

July 29, 2018 EoI News

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Jury finds Jordanian immigrant guilty of capital murder in Houston ‘honor killings’

July 26, 2018 Brian Rogers

(Houston Chronicle) A five-week capital murder trial came to a swift ending Thursday when a Harris County jury took less than an hour of deliberations to convict a Jordanian immigrant of killing his son-in-law and orchestrating the slaying of his daughter’s close […]

Christian refugees admitted to US down more than 50% under Trump (LINK ONLY)

July 24, 2018 EoI News

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Richard Dawkins accused of Islamophobia after comparing ‘lovely church bells’ to ‘aggressive-sounding Allahu Akhbar’ (LINK ONLY)

July 17, 2018 EoI News

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Catholic board changes no ‘head scarves’ wording in dress code The wording was only brought to the board's attention Thursday after someone noticed it

July 5, 2018 Laura Clementson

(CBC) Hamilton’s Catholic school board is changing the wording of its summer school dress code after years of saying no “head scarves” on its printed form. Duraid Al-Jailawi says his wife noticed the wording Wednesday when the form was handed to her […]