(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 […]
(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 […]
(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; […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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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(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 […]
(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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(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 […]
(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 […]
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