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Belittled by burqa row, British Muslims fear rise in hate crime (LINK ONLY)
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Emily Thornberry said she would not want her family ‘looked after by someone wearing a burka’ (LINK ONLY)
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Sky Data poll: Comparing women who wear burkas to bank robbers ‘not racist’ The public are split as to whether Boris Johnson should apologise for his burka comments, according to a new Sky Data poll.
(Sky News) The majority of Britons think describing women in burkas as looking like “letter boxes” and “bank robbers” is not racist — but are split as to whether Boris Johnson should apologise for doing so, according to a new Sky Data […]
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Boris Johnson’s burqa comments bolster his grassroots Conservative support (LINK ONLY)
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Niqab comments by Mid Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries branded ‘deeply offensive’ (LINK ONLY)
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Tories under pressure over disciplinary action against Boris Johnson (LINK ONLY)
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Danish designer uses runway to make statement on burqa ban
(AP) An Iranian-born designer made more than a fashion statement in Denmark on Wednesday by showcasing models wearing the conservative Muslim niqab, and others dressed as police officers, days after a law banning the full-face coverings worn by a tiny number of […]
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Ticino burka ban hits football fans the hardest
(Swiss Info) A ban on face-covering clothing in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino has affected masked football supporters the most. Hardly any wearers of burkas or niqabs, the original targets of the ban, have been fined. In 2013, two-thirds of Ticino’s […]
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‘I’ll pay Denmark niqab fines’: French-Algerian millionaire
(Local) Rachid Nekkaz, a French-Algerian businessman and activist, has said he will keep a promise he made earlier this year to pay fines issued in Denmark for breaches of the new law against face-masking garments. The law, popularly known as the “burqa […]
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Boris Johnson faces criticism over burka ‘letter box’ jibe
(BBC) Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been accused of Islamophobia after saying Muslim women wearing burkas “look like letter boxes.” He said he was against bans on face-covering veils in public places, in his Telegraph column, but added that they looked […]
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First woman fined in Denmark for wearing full-face veil
(AFP) A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported. Police were called to a shopping centre in Horsholm, […]
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Photo of Danish policewoman and Muslim hugging at demonstration goes viral
(Local) A photo of a police officer hugging an emotional niqab-wearing woman at a demonstration in Denmark on Wednesday has become one of the country’s most widely-shared images this week. The demonstration in Copenhagen’s Nørrebro neighbourhood on Wednesday took place as a […]
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‘From one day to another, we’re criminals’ Muslim women speak against Denmark’s burqa ban
(Local) Women who wear the niqab in Denmark said on Wednesday that the ban against the Islamic veil was oppressive and would restrict their freedom, as they took part in demonstrations against the new law. Hundreds of protesters, wearing various kinds of […]
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Poll: Majority of Austrians against Muslim women wearing headscarves
(Breitbart) A poll in Austria shows that less than half of Austrians are willing to tolerate a cityscape dominated by women wearing headscarves while a vast majority also condemn migrants who refuse to integrate. The new poll shows that only 42 percent […]
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Danes march in Copenhagen to protest ban on wearing face veils in public
(Reuters) Around 1,300 Danes marched through Copenhagen on Wednesday in protest at a new ban on the wearing of face veils in public, accusing the government of infringing on women’s right to dress as they choose. Denmark’s parliament enacted the ban in […]
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Danish ban on Islamic full-face veil takes effect
(AFP) Denmark’s ban on the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces came into force on Wednesday, with anyone wearing a garment that hides the face in public risking a fine. Human rights campaigners have slammed the ban as a violation of women’s […]
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A crime or a right? Some Danish Muslims to defy face veil ban
(Reuters) On Aug. 1, when face veils are banned in Denmark, Sabina will not be leaving her niqab at home. Instead, she will be defying the law and taking to the street in protest. In May, the Danish parliament banned the wearing […]
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Husband and wife explore how gender affects their experience as Muslims Being Muslim: The Gendered Experience is a discussion presented by Vancouver Biennale
(CBC) A husband-and-wife team are hosting a discussion Saturday aimed at exploring how gender shapes their experience as Muslims. The discussion, titled Being Muslim: The Gendered Experience, is part of the Vancouver Biennale — a bi-annual city-wide public art exhibition. The discussion will be a safe space for interested people to share […]
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Muslim Advocates issues cease-and-desist letter to Wilmington over pool issue
(Delaware News Journal) Muslim Advocates, a national legal advocacy organization, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Wilmington demanding an investigation into alleged discrimination at a public pool, training for staff and actions “to remedy the harm to the community.” The letter, sent Thursday, comes […]
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Jewish man, 69, attacked in Paris by assailant shouting about Allah and Hitler
(JTA) A 69-year-old Jewish man wearing a kippah was assaulted in Paris by a young Arab man who shouted about Allah and Hitler. In Tuesday’s incident, the alleged assailant hit the Jewish man, pushed him to the ground and dragged him by his […]
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Leicester jeweller murder trial: Man hid ‘gun in a burka’
(BBC) One of the men accused of killing a jeweller has said a co-defendant entered the victim’s shop with a gun hidden beneath a burka. Ramniklal Jogiya was abducted near his Leicester shop on 24 January, with his body found in Stoughton […]
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American Jews lead kippah solidarity walk in heart of Berlin
(JTA) American Jews joined local Muslims and Jews for a “kippah walk” through the heart of Berlin in a show of solidarity with Jews in the German capital. Sunday’s march came against a backdrop of recent sensational anti-Semitic incidents in Germany; most […]
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Terror accused’s wife banned from wearing niqab in court
(Age) A Supreme Court judge has banned the wife of an accused terrorist from wearing a niqab veil in the court’s public gallery. The woman, who is married to a man accused of plotting a Christmas Day terrorist attack at Melbourne landmarks, […]
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After asking Muslim swimmers to leave pool, manager claims ‘no discrimination’
(Delaware News Journal) A Wilmington pool manager, under fire for asking children in an Arabic summer camp to exit the pool for wearing cotton, disputed on Monday accusations that her actions were discriminatory. Glenda Pinkett, a seasonal city employee, acknowledged there is no […]
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Wilmington reviewing why Muslim children were asked to leave public pool
(Delaware News Journal) After several children in an Arabic summer camp were asked to leave a public pool, ostensibly for wearing cotton while swimming, Wilmington officials will review the city’s pool rules and their enforcement. A meeting planned for Monday follows an apology from […]
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Muslim swimmers asked to leave Wilmington public pool; mayor apologizes
(Delaware News Journal) It’s the fourth year Tahsiyn A. Ismaa’eel has taken children, participants in her summer Arabic enrichment program, to the Foster Brown public pool in Wilmington. But this year marked the first time some of her elementary schoolers were asked […]
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Burkini rulings are a precedent, UNIA says
(Brussels Times) The two rulings handed down by the lower court in Ghent against banning the burkini in swimming pools are a first and thus constitute a precedent, the Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunities, UNIA, stressed on Friday. The court ruled that […]
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Secretary of State Demir wants possibility of banning burkinis from swimming pools studied
(Brussels Times) The secretary of state for equal opportunities, Zuhal Demir, said on Wednesday that she wanted the possibility of banning burkinis from swimming pools to be studied. Demir said she saw the wearing of the garment in swimming pools as a […]
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The relentless radicalization of Sweden
(Gatestone) A new study of Salafism in Sweden, conducted by the Swedish Defence University, paints a bleak picture of the ongoing radicalization of Muslims in Sweden. The Salaf are the “pious ancestors” during the first three generations of the followers of Mohammed; […]
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Swimming pools have no right to prohibit burkini
(Brussels Times) The Mediahuis publications are reporting on Friday that in two judgments, the court in Ghent overturned the prohibition of the burkini. The cases related to two swimming pools in the north of the country, which had instigated the rule. Prohibiting […]
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Britain holds memorial day for ‘honor killing’ victims
(Reuters) Britain will hold a memorial day on Saturday to remember the victims of so-called honor killings. Honour-based violence is done to punish those — usually girls and women — deemed to have brought shame on their family or community by not […]
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‘No Jew in Germany’: German police assault Israeli professor It is unclear why the police confused the victim with the suspect.
(Jerusalem Post) The police in the West German city of Bonn allegedly mistakenly beat an Israeli philosophy professor after a German of Palestinian origin attacked him because he was wearing kippah. According to a Thursday report in the Rheinische Post, the 20-year-old […]
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Ventura County denies pulling off woman’s head-covering in response to civil rights suit
(Ventura County Star) In a response filed Wednesday to a federal lawsuit, the County of Ventura said a local Muslim woman’s head-covering was “gently and respectfully” removed for security reasons while she was in jail custody and denied her allegations it was stripped from her. Attorneys for the county […]
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Burkini woman ejected from pool 'Unacceptable' says leftwing councillor
(ANSA) A burkini-clad woman was asked to leave a municipal swimming baths in Florence on Saturday, sources said Monday night. Leftwing Power to the People councillor Miriam Amato called on sports pointman Andrea Vanucci to send a circular to all municipal baths […]
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Ofsted chief accuses minority groups of ‘entitlement’ in hijab row (LINK ONLY)
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Australian MPs fight to criminalise the burqa after Denmark becomes the latest nation to ban the Islamic garb (LINK ONLY)
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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
(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 […]
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Tory candidate suspended after ‘Islamophobic’ Facebook posts
(BBC) The Conservatives have suspended a council by-election candidate following “unacceptable comments” on social media. Laurel Ellis was picked for the Gurnos ward on Merthyr Tydfil council. She had shared posts critical of Islam and showing Theresa May in Muslim religious dress, […]
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Controlling father enslaved his teenage daughter and hit her with a vacuum cleaner (LINK ONLY)
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English-language school boards prepare to use Quebec’s new guidelines on religious accommodation New provincial criteria to grant religious accommodation requests goes into effect July 1
(CBC) The Quebec government’s new guidelines to help public bodies decide whether to grant religious accommodation requests are coming into effect today. However, the union representing 8,000 teachers at English-language school boards across the province says it needs more information about what […]
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Wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi calls for burqa ban in Ontario
(Global News) The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has called on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to ban the use of Islamic face coverings in public places. Ensaf Haidar, who along with her three children became a Canadian citizen on Canada […]