(Majorca Daily Bulletin) The far-right Spanish party Vox has presented a series of twenty proposed resolutions in the Balearic Parliament, including a ban on the wearing of hijabs in publicly funded schools and the end of Islamic religion classes. In a statement […]
(AFP) Belgian authorities Thursday arrested three young adults suspected of a jihadist-inspired plot to attack Prime Minister Bart De Wever and other politicians using drone-mounted explosives. The arrests were made in the northern city of Antwerp as part of an investigation into […]
(European Conservative) An employee of Austria’s Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (DSN) has been suspended after being exposed as a suspected spy for the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood — an organization which is considered anti-constitutional in Austria. The man — temporarily assigned […]
(Reuters) Italy’s ruling Brothers of Italy party put forward legislation on Wednesday to ban the burqa and niqab in public spaces, part of a broader bill aimed at combating what it called “cultural separatism” linked to Islam. The bill, presented to parliament […]
(Jewish News) Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Michael Gove has called on Keir Starmer’s government to introduce a “fundamental and comprehensive anti-extremism strategy” following the terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester. Speaking to Jewish News at the Conservative Party […]
(Jewish News) Kemi Badenoch has used her leader’s speech at the Tory Party conference to draw a direct link between pro-Palestine protests on Britain’s streets and the Manchester synagogue terror attack. Speaking on Sunday at the start of the party’s conference in […]
(European Conservative) According to Visegrád24 on X, a motion in the Dutch Parliament to ban the Muslim Brotherhood narrowly failed today, falling just two votes short. The proposal was introduced by Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), and MP […]
(DPA) German conservative lawmaker Alexander Throm raised the question whether dual citizens convicted of terrorist acts on German soil should face easier revocation of their citizenship, following the arrest of three suspected Hamas operatives. Currently, German law allows citizenship to be stripped […]
(NL Times) Several parliamentarians in the Netherlands have expressed concern over the conflict between religious and democratic values at certain schools, as reported by Nieuwsuur on Monday. During a debate on primary education, Marleen Haage (GroenLinks-PvdA) and Ilana Rooderkerk (D66) emphasized that […]
(European Conservative) A new agreement granting Muslims in Schleswig-Holstein two additional public holidays has triggered sharp criticism from opposition parties, who warn that the move risks privileging one faith community and sidelining broader concerns over integration. Last week, the state government signed […]
(Politico) An EU lawmaker is campaigning to ban the use of the hijab and other Islamic headscarves by people who work for the legislature, according to an email circulated among all members of the European Parliament on Tuesday. Charlie Weimers, head of […]
(Kathimerini) Turkey’s foreign minister has repeated claims about Greece’s Muslim minority that Athens has criticized in the past. Chairing the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers during the group’s Annual Coordination Meeting held on the sidelines of the 80th […]
(European Conservative) Muslims in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein are set to receive two additional public holidays, while preparations are also underway for Islamic studies to be introduced as a regular subject in schools. These measures are part of an agreement between […]
(Yle) The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has resumed processing of asylum applications from Syrians. Those applications have been in limbo since December due to dramatic changes in the security situation in Syria. Migri said on Friday that it had begun conducting asylum […]
(Brussels Times) The municipality of Ranst, where Vlaams Belang holds a majority, has dismissed an Islamic religion teacher from the local primary school over concerns of “signs of radicalisation.” According to councillor Christel Engelen (Ons Ranst — Vlaams Belang), no formal complaints […]
(Majorca Daily Bulletin) The controversial poster campaign by the far-right Vox Party which features two women, one of them wearing a burqa, could break civic ordinance rules which were approved by the Palma city council in April. The poster has been put […]
(Helsinki Times) A coalition of 40 Finnish Muslim organisations has issued a joint statement rejecting proposals to ban face-covering religious garments in schools and public spaces. The statement, dated 24 September and signed by groups including Finland’s Muslim Forum and Federation of […]
(Canadian Press) If the Parti Québécois (PQ) forms the next Quebec government, it pledges to ban “ostentatious” religious symbols for elementary school students. The PQ consulted its members in recent weeks to find out whether they agreed with this proposal; 90 per […]
(Daily Caller) The Department of War will ask President Donald Trump for final approval to execute the Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Hasan, a DOW official told the Daily Caller News Foundation exclusively. The execution, if approved by Trump, would be the first […]
(Reuters) As French President Emmanuel Macron recognised Palestine statehood earlier this week, dozens of town halls across France hoisted the Palestinian flag in celebration — defying instructions by Macron’s interior ministry not to do so. By Wednesday, some had taken the flag […]
(Helsinki Times) The Finnish government is assessing whether it can move forward with legislation restricting face coverings in public places during its current term, according to Interior Minister Mari Rantanen. In a statement released by the Ministry of the Interior, Rantanen said […]
(GB News) Grooming gangs will be given “impunity” to carry out their crimes if a new definition of Islamophobia is passed, the Tories have warned. Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho warned that the definition risks enhancing the “culture of censorship” by giving […]
(AFP) More than 80 town halls in France hoisted the Palestinian flag Monday ahead of the recognition of a Palestinian state by President Emmanuel Macron in defiance of a government warning not to do so. Macron is to recognise a Palestinian state […]
(AP) Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly. It’s unclear how many cities will […]
(Yabiladi) The former mayor of Saint-Paul (Réunion), Alain Bénard, was handed a three-month suspended prison sentence on Friday for “public incitement to discrimination based on origin, ethnicity, nationality, race, or religion.” He was also ordered to pay one symbolic euro in damages […]
(Catholic Herald) One of the Church’s leading conservative cardinals has claimed that politicians in European countries like Germany “live in fear” of Muslims, as he issued a stark warning about the future of Christianity on the continent. Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former […]
(Daily Wire) Florida Congressman Randy Fine and Texas Rep. Keith Self on Friday introduced legislation that would ensure that Sharia law cannot be implemented anywhere in the United States. The “No Shari’a Act” would prohibit the application of Sharia “where such application […]
(AFP) France’s interior ministry has ordered prefects to oppose the display of Palestinian flags on town halls and other public buildings next week when Paris is set to formally recognise the Palestinian state. “The principle of neutrality in public service prohibits such […]
(Deutsche Welle) Despite strongly worded criticism from numerous aid organizations, the German government has now confirmed a report in the mass-circulation newspaper Bild that envoys of Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt are holding talks in Afghanistan with the ruling Islamist Taliban about deportations […]
(AP) France’s president on Friday welcomed the arrest this week in the occupied West Bank of a key Palestinian suspect in a 1982 terror attack in Paris, calling it the result of “excellent cooperation” with the Palestinian Authority. The suspect, Hicham Harb, […]
(CBC) Justice Minister Sean Fraser tabled new legislation Friday introducing four Criminal Code offences, including one that would make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols. If passed, the Combatting Hate Act would target symbols used during the Holocaust, […]
(Breitbart) The Labour Party government has argued that allowing Sharia courts to operate in the United Kingdom is a fundamental “British value” and has refused to distance itself from a broad-stroke definition of so-called Islamophobia, which critics say would brand discussions around […]
(Dallas Morning News) The Texas Workforce Commission has settled a Fair Housing Act complaint against the developers of EPIC City, a planned Muslim-centric community northeast of Dallas. The state agency reached a settlement with developer Community Capital Partners on Tuesday, according to […]
(Fox) A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil deported to either Algeria or Syria after ruling he hid information on his U.S. green card application. Judge Jamee Comans issued the Sept. 12 decision in Louisiana and said that Khalil did not […]
(Fox) Christian minister Edward “Ted” Barham says he will not respond with hate after Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud told him he was “not welcome” during a heated city council exchange over a controversial honorary street sign naming that went viral. In a […]
(Jewish Insider) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wrote to Kathy Goldenberg, the president of the New Jersey State Board of Education, on Monday urging the state to reject calls from the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the state’s […]
(Florida’s Voice) Jarvis Kareem El-Amin, vice chairman of the Tampa-based Muslim nonprofit Masjid An Nasr, was terminated by the organization after allegedly making controversial comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s death. The Tampa Bay Young Republicans flagged the comments, prompting Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua […]
(CBC) The Liberal government is introducing new legislation on Friday to make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols like swastikas, CBC News has learned. A source with knowledge of the […]
(Jerusalem Post) The criminal trial of three French Muslim teenagers who planned an attack on the Israeli embassy in Belgium began on Tuesday, according to French media. Details of the intended attack included blowing up a truck with TATP explosives at the […]
(AFP) France on Tuesday repatriated three women and 10 children from Syrian camps housing alleged jihadists, anti-terror prosecutors said, in the first such operation in two years. Repatriation is a deeply sensitive issue in France, which has been a target of Islamists […]
(GB News) Labour’s plans for an official definition of Islamophobia will be used to object to police investigating Muslims for criminal offences, a lawyer claimed. Prior to her resignation earlier this month, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner set up a group […]
(National-UAE) Former UK defence and international trade secretary Liam Fox warned that fear of being labelled racist or Islamophobic has left some British politicians hesitant to confront extremist groups, creating what he called a “toxic environment.” The UK has so far stopped […]
(European Conservative) A book that has not yet gone on sale is already causing tremors in French politics. It is Les Complices du mal by Franco-Syrian journalist Omar Youssef Souleimane, and will be published in early October. The volume, the result of […]
(KERA) Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Friday aimed at banning certain property developments in Texas — specifically naming a North Texas mosque’s controversial proposed multi-purpose development. Abbott hosted the ceremonial signing for House Bill 4211 — which became law in June […]
(GB News) The Home Office has advertised for a religious adviser, who can help detained migrants get married. The vacancy is for Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre, near the village of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, which is set to be reopened after it shut […]
(Detroit Free Press) The mayor of Dearborn ripped into a resident who objected to the placing of two signs in the city honoring an Arab American leader, telling the resident he’s “not welcome here.” In his fiery remarks at Tuesday’s council meeting […]
(Free Beacon) Shoppers, diners, and commuters in the Dearborn, Mich., area will now head to their favorite hot spot on a street named in honor of Osama Siblani, an Arab-American newspaper publisher who has advocated for Israel’s destruction, praised terror groups like […]
(National Post) The Canadian government is “urgently” looking for a way to dissolve the not-for-profit status of Samidoun, a Vancouver-based anti-Israel organization that has been [designated] as a terror group, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced on social media on Thursday. “It is […]
(NY Post) A House intelligence panel announced Thursday it will conduct a bipartisan review of recommendations included in the 9/11 Commission report, with hearings to be held starting next month as the nation prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the al Qaeda terror attacks next […]
(Algemeiner) Amid a rising wave of anti-Jewish hate crimes, the German government is pressing the country’s main mosque association over its close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, urging it to publicly distance itself from his antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. According […]
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