(Chicago Sun-Times) A woman robbed two banks Thursday in north suburban Skokie and West Rogers Park on the North Side. About 11:50 a.m., a woman with a gun robbed the Byline Bank at 8400 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie, according to the FBI. […]
(JTA) A leader of Dutch Jewry protested a Muslim activist’s claim that authorities’ partial ban on wearing face-covering veils is a repetition of Holocaust-era persecution. The activist made the claim in a speech on Aug. 9 while wearing a niqab at a […]
(NL Times) A man was arrested in Den Haag Centraal on Friday for wearing a balaclava in the station. But the arrest was unjustified, the police in The Hague said on Twitter on Monday. The arrested man was a demonstrator. He was […]
(Xinhua) Around one hundred people protested in The Hague on Friday against the so-called “burqa ban,” which came into effect in the Netherlands on Aug. 1. Around 30 women wore a niqab and carried plates with texts like “I am getting robbed […]
(VOA) Dutch rights activists and Muslim groups fear nativist vigilantes will try to enforce a controversial headwear ban that took effect last week. Dutch police, transport companies and municipal authorities have expressed a reluctance to enforce the ban on face-covering clothing. The […]
(NL Times) The PvdA faction in Amsterdam received a storm of negative reactions because of a photo posted on the party’s Twitter account on Saturday. In the photo, PvdA councilor in Amsterdam Hendrik Jan Biemond is posing in a yellow burka with […]
(NL Times) There seems to be some confusion around exactly what the so-called burka ban, implemented in the Netherlands on August 1st, entails. The municipality of Nijmegen had to apologize to a niqab-wearing woman on Sunday, after she was stopped at the […]
(Deutsche Welle) As the neighboring Netherlands begins policing the wearing of burqas, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) are calling for a burqa ban of Germany’s own. Julia Klöckner, who leads the provincial Rhineland-Palatinate branch of the party and is the No. 2 […]
(Local) A controversial ban on wearing face-masking garments in public, widely referred to as the “burqa ban,” came into effect in Denmark on August 1st last year. Since then, 23 people have been fined under the law, according to National Police figures […]
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(Dutch News) A ban on wearing face-covering garments such as a burqa or niqab in government buildings, schools and on public transport comes into effect in the Netherlands on Thursday. The ban has been 13 years in the making and dates back […]
(Dutch News) The ban on wearing face-covering garments such as a burqa or niqab in government buildings and on public transport will be evaluated after three years, rather than the customary five, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. The ban, 13 years in […]
(NL Times) The police want to offer an alternative for burka or niqab wearers who want to come to a police station to make a report after the ban on face-covering clothing takes effect on August 1st. A police directive states that […]
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(Dutch News) Dutch public transport companies have instructed staff to ignore a new policy that refuses entry to Muslim women who wear the face-covering burka, the AD reports. The new legislation, which will come into effect on August 1, will not be […]
(Dutch News) The so-called burka ban comes into effect in the Netherlands on August 1, with a €150 fine for people caught wearing face-covering headgear in schools, on public transport, in hospitals and public buildings. The ban requires public officials and public […]
(CBC) A Quebec Superior Court justice has rejected a request to temporarily suspend parts of the province’s new religious symbols law, though he did agree it raises “serious” constitutional questions. Justice Michel Yergeau said Thursday the court must defer, at this stage, […]
(Spectator) Have you ever wondered why there are so few moderate Muslim voices in the press? It’s not because they don’t exist. There are over a billion of us in the world. In many cases, it’s because of the way we are […]
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(CBC) Quebec Premier François Legault says he doesn’t “really” believe Muslim women in the province who say they’ve been the target of Islamophobic incidents since the government passed a law making it illegal for some civil servants to wear religious symbols. Several Muslim […]
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(BBC) The chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum has told the BBC he will resign his party membership if Boris Johnson wins the leadership race. Mohammed Amin said the MP was not “sufficiently moral” to be PM. He criticised Mr Johnson’s comments […]
(BBC) The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has accused the Tory Party of “fundamental failures” in tackling Islamophobia. Its head of public affairs, Miqdaad Versi, said he had seen “hundreds of cases” within the party, “demonstrating the scale of the problem.” When […]
(Deutsche Welle) Two senior German politicians have called for a more progressive form of Islam in order to align the religion with the European way of life. Health Minister Jens Spahn and Schleswig-Holstein State Premier Daniel Günther published the appeal Thursday in […]
(CBC) High-ranking human rights monitors with the United Nations are concerned the Quebec government will violate fundamental freedoms if it moves ahead with legislation to limit where religious symbols can be worn. Three UN legal experts, known as rapporteurs, signed and sent […]
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(Houston Chronicle) The FBI is asking the public for help in identifying and locating a man who robbed an Alief bank in March while dressed as a female. The man, dubbed the “Springtime Suspect,” is accused of robbing the IBC Bank, at […]
(Springfield Sun) Two Philadelphia men were arrested April 13 in connection with holdups at four banks over 10 days carried out by an armed robber disguised in a burqa, according to Springfield police. Daniel Weary, 27, and Victor Manson, 21, were arrested […]
(Cherry Hill Courier-Post) A Philadelphia man is accused of robbing a bank here. Daniel Weary, 27, allegedly threatened a teller with a gun during the April 6 holdup of a Republic Bank office on Kings Highway in Haddonfield, authorities say. Weary was […]
(Springfield Sun) A person dressed in all black and a burqa robbed the PNC bank, 1316 Bethlehem Pike, Monday, according to Springfield police. The robber, believed to be a male but possibly a female, entered the bank at 5 p.m. April 8, […]
(Cherry Hill Courier-Post) An armed robber concealed his features behind a burka during a bank holdup Saturday. The man brandished a handgun at a teller in the Republic Bank at East Kings Highway and Chestnut Street around 5:50 p.m., according to the Camden County […]
(National Post) Quebec’s newly tabled law, “An Act respecting the laicity of the State,” will be sent to committee for study, and with the help of the notwithstanding clause, will pass as written. The new law prohibits all government employees in positions […]
(Dutch News) The ban on facial coverings in public spaces has been delayed by a month and will now take effect on August 1, home affairs minister Kajsa Ollongren has said. The so-called “burka ban” will apply in schools, universities, government buildings […]
(CBC) The mayor of Montreal calls it “very concerning.” Religious groups say it’s discriminatory. And civil liberties groups have vowed to fight. But what legal options do these groups have in the face of the Coalition Avenir Québec government’s secularism bill, and what […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss government has presented its plans for a legal amendment to prevent a nationwide ban on face-covering headgear, proposed by a rightwing people’s initiative. Under the proposal, a person must show his or her face for identity checks by […]
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(Deutsche Welle) Kiel University on Wednesday announced that it has banned full-face coverings in classrooms, citing the need for open communication that includes facial expressions and gestures. However, the university in the capital of the German state Schleswig-Holstein clarified that its action did […]
(Leicester Mercury) A man who robbed a shop at knifepoint while wearing a dress and made off with a Rolex watch worth thousands has been jailed. Imtiaz Patel appeared at Leicester Crown Court today (February 11) following an incident on January 5 […]
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(CBC) The head of an Alberta organization for refugees is under fire after publicly suggesting 15 months ago that Muslim women should not fully cover their faces in public. Frank Bauer, executive director of the Red Deer-based Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE) […]
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(LBC) Boris Johnson admits he would repeat heavily criticised descriptions of women wearing burkas as “letterboxes” or “bank robbers.” The former foreign secretary [said] that he did not believe he brought about an anti-Muslim rhetoric by comparing women who wear burkas to […]
(WRC) A Muslim family went to a hospital in Northern Virginia to celebrate a joyous occasion: the birth of a newborn baby. But they say hospital staff humiliated them by telling them they looked “scary,” and threatened to kick them out. Visiting […]
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(NL Times) The burka ban will apply to everyone, also the Netherlands’ large cities, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in reaction to the news that the large cities won’t prioritize enforcement of this ban on face-covering clothing. “Let us first implement the law. […]
(Dutch News) Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema told a full meeting of the city council on Wednesday that her comments about the pending “burqa ban” had been misunderstood. Halsema was criticised by MPs and ministers for telling local broadcaster AT5 that she did […]
(Dutch News) Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema’s comments about new legislation banning face-covering garments from government buildings were “premature and inappropriate,” junior home affairs minister Raymond Knops said on Tuesday afternoon. “The comments were inappropriate and unfitting for the office of mayor,” he […]
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