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Man jailed for handing out ‘jihad leaflets’ on the Tube (LINK ONLY)
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Extremist crimes in Germany down, number of fanatics up Germany's domestic intelligence agency says criminal extremism has declined, but numbers of potential extremists have risen. The BfV's annual report noted a sharp increase in members of the radical Reichsbürger movement.
(Deutsche Welle) The overall news was good as Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) President Hans-Georg Maassen presented their report on Tuesday for 2017. Politically motivated crimes in Germany declined by 4.9 percent over 2016 […]
Children & Teens
Sweden struggles over child marriage Critics say government is treading too softly to avoid accusations of cultural insensitivity.
(Politico) A row over how to deal with child marriage among immigrants has inflamed political debate ahead of a general election in Sweden, where migration continues to divide public opinion and the far right is riding high in the polls. A tug-of-war between […]
Children & Teens
Counter-protest planned against Gays Against Sharia UK and Standing For Britain joint rally in Stockton Gays Against Sharia UK are planning a joint rally with Standing For Britain and will be marching through the town centre this Saturday
(Teesside Gazette) Anti-fascists are gearing up to counter-protest against a march in Stockton. The counter-protest comes after campaigners, Gays Against Sharia UK, announced they are holding a joint rally with Standing For Britain and will be marching through the town centre this […]
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French court denies request by Tariq Ramadan to drop rape charges
(AFP) French judges have rejected a request by lawyers for Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to drop charges of raping two women, a source close to the inquiry told AFP on Friday. Ramadan, a Swiss citizen and Oxford University professor whose grandfather founded […]
Children & Teens
Lawmakers split on referendum to ban female genital mutilation in Maine
(WGME) A new effort to ban female genital mutilation on the state level has taken shape in Maine. A political action committee has filed paperwork to begin the process of getting the question on the November ballot. While FGM is illegal federally, […]
Children & Teens
There is no honour in ‘honour killings,’ only male shame (LINK ONLY)
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Morocco police to patrol Paris streets to tackle migrant youth gangs
(Breitbart) Following an agreement between France and Morocco, several Moroccan police officers are scheduled to be sent to Paris to help deal with young delinquent migrants. A total of four officers from the North African country are set to patrol the Goutte d’Or […]
Academics & Education
The Islamic school run from the home of a rapist (LINK ONLY)
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Tariq Ramadan: Alleged rape victim’s story contradicted by wedding pictures
(Morocco World News) Henda Ayari’s version of events has been questioned after new evidence has emerged in Tariq Ramadan’s rape case. In October, Ayari, an author and former Salafi, had accused the prominent public intellectual of raping her. After Ayari’s accusation, four […]
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Turkish man beats Jews in front of kosher shop in Vienna 24-year-old man attacks Jews in front of kosher restaurant in Austria capital before assaulting woman.
(Arutz Sheva) Several Jews were physically assaulted in Vienna on Thursday outside of a kosher restaurant. The incident occurred in Vienna’s Leopoldstadt district Thursday morning, on Tabor Street. According to Austrian media outlets, a 24-year-old Austrian man of Turkish origin attacked three […]
Children & Teens
Maine group wants referendum to outlaw female genital mutilation on 2019 ballot
(WGME) A group in Maine is trying to get a referendum on next year’s ballot to outlaw female genital mutilation in Maine. Thursday, the Prevent FGM in Maine Political Action Committee filed a request to collect signatures with the secretary of state’s […]
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France’s reputation is at stake again over the murder of Sarah Halimi France’s leaders should expect to undergo the trial of international public scrutiny if this sadistic, anti-Semitic killer is sent to a psychiatric hospital instead of answering for his crimes.
(JNS) For the second time in 20 years, France basked in the accomplishment of winning the World Cup with a team whose diverse backgrounds were as much a symbol of national unity as the creative brand of soccer they played. By any […]
Clothing
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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Muslim group decries Arizona congressman over UK activist
(AP) The Arizona chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group on Wednesday condemned a congressman for appearing at a London rally in support of a jailed far-right British activist. Rep. Paul Gosar recently spoke at a rally supporting the jailed […]
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Protesters demand scholar Tariq Ramadan’s release ahead of trial, as academic’s health worsens
(New Arab) Protests took place around the world on Tuesday to demand the release of Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss Muslim academic who was detained in France after being accused of rape. Solidarity rallies as part of the Free Tariq Ramadan Campaign’s “International […]
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Home Office had information on Rotherham grooming gangs in 2002 but failed to act, review finds (LINK ONLY)
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Turks voice solidarity with detained Muslim professor Tariq Ramadan is in preventative detention and waiting for trial in France since February
(Anadolu) Istanbulites on Tuesday joined a global protest to show solidarity with renowned Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, who was arrested in France over allegations of sexual assault and rape. The 55-year-old Islamic studies professor, who has been held in preventative detention and […]
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Muslim umbrella group warns against stigmatisation of Islam
(Swiss Info) The Federation of Islamic Organisations in Switzerland has warned against associating crimes with a certain religion. In an interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on Tuesday, federation spokesperson Pascal Gemperli said that someone’s religious affiliation was not a determining factor […]
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Arrests and prosecutions alone will not end the problem of FGM
(Charity Today) Arrests and prosecutions alone will not end the problem of FGM, said a police inspector speaking at the National FGM Centre’s annual conference, this week. More preventative work with affected communities is needed in order to end the harmful practice, […]
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Hidden Harm: Police bust the myths around honour-based abuse (LINK ONLY)
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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 […]
Children & Teens
First sentence under new law over genital mutilation
(Swiss Info) A Somali woman from canton Neuchâtel has been sentenced to eight months’ prison over the genital mutilation of her two daughters, in the first Swiss case of its kind after a law change. The girls were six and a half […]
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Dozens of migrants disembark from coastguard ship in Italy
(AFP) Dozens of migrants were permitted to disembark from an Italian coast guard ship in Sicily late Thursday, after they were held at the port over suspicions that some had been involved in a reported mutiny. Police and coastguards escorted some of […]
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French Jewish woman’s killer found unfit to stand trial in 2nd evaluation
(JTA) The suspect in the alleged murder of a Jewish physician in Paris was not responsible for his actions, a second psychiatric evaluation determined. The president of the CRIF umbrella of French Jewish communities protested the court’s decision to revisit the issue of suitability […]
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Germany outlaws Turkish boxing gang
(Gatestone) German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has banned a Turkish boxing gang called “Osmanen Germania BC” (“Germania Ottomans”) on the grounds that it poses a serious threat to public order. The gang, most of whose members are Turkish Germans, is said to […]
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Afghan deported from Germany commits suicide in Kabul hotel
(AFP) An Afghan man deported from Germany has been found dead in a hotel room in Kabul after committing suicide, officials said Wednesday. The 23-year-old man, who has not been identified, was forcibly returned to the Afghan capital on July 4 along […]
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German Interior Ministry bans biker gang Osmanen Germania BC Germany has banned Turkish-nationalist biker gang Osmanen Germania BC, accusing the group of carrying out violent crimes. Officials believe the gang has ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
(Deutsche Welle) German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer outlawed biker group Osmanen Germania BC (Germania Ottomans) on Tuesday, banning them from all activity. “The club presents a serious danger for individual legally protected rights and for the general public,” the ministry said in […]
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German Jewish groups: German NGOs must fight anti-Semitism if they want public funds After several high-profile incidents of anti-Semitic violence, Germany's Jewish community has had enough. They have appealed to the government to institute a kind of anti-Semitism oath for groups seeking public funding.
(Deutsche Welle) Just last week, a man wearing the Star of David was beaten down and kicked right in the center of Berlin. Some weeks earlier, a similar incident in Germany’s capital caused public outrage and sparked a nationwide debate on anti-Semitism […]
Academics & Education
School tackling forced marriage with ‘spoon in underwear’ (LINK ONLY)
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UK Parliament: Little interest in grooming gangs
(Gatestone) In response to Britain’s ongoing sexual grooming scandal, a group of 20 MPs signed an open letter to recently appointed [the] home secretary, Sajid Javid, urging coordinated action. As the UK Parliament has 650 MPs, the 20 signatories constitute a mere […]
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German police arrest 10 in alleged anti-Semitic attack
(AFP) German police arrested 10 people Sunday over an alleged anti-Semitic attack in a Berlin park, with local media reporting that both victim and suspects are Syrians. The group, aged between 15 and 25, including three women, were detained following the assault […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim cleric says two-and-a-half years behind bars not enough for Irishman helping fund IS (LINK ONLY)
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French court jails anti-Semitic attackers
(AFP) A French court on Friday jailed three young men who carried out a notorious anti-Semitic rape-robbery in a Paris suburb in 2014. Abdou Salam Koita, 26, and Ladje Haidara, 23, who committed the rape were in court to hear the verdict. […]
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Controlling father enslaved his teenage daughter and hit her with a vacuum cleaner (LINK ONLY)
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Dar al-Hijrah, Turkish government mosque rally for Tariq Ramadan
(IPT) Two Washington, D.C.-area mosques hosted programs last weekend calling for the release of celebrity Islamist Tariq Ramadan, who has been in a French jail since February on rape charges. He is the grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna. Rallies at […]
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Norway arrests man for making ‘Islamist’ threats: report
(Local) Norway’s police security agency PST has arrested a man after linking him to Islamic fundamentalism. The man, who lives in Oslo and is in his thirties, was arrested last weekend. He is reported to have made “Islamist-motivated” threats against media organisations […]
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‘Honour based’ abuse is targeted by police after shock number of cases in Slough are revealed (LINK ONLY)
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‘Nasty bully’ imam Abdul Rauf admits beating boys
(BBC) A “bullying” imam who “assaulted many children” and left them “writhing in pain” has been jailed. Abdul Rauf, of Sussex Street, Rochdale, attacked two boys, aged 10 and 12, at a mosque study class in Greater Manchester in 2017, police said. […]