Government & Politics
Home Office deporting migrants who cross Channel in small boats (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Deradicalization
Counter-terror police warn renewed efforts to de-radicalise extremists are vital to protect public (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Coronavirus: British Muslims call out ‘double standard’ over government Eid warnings The UK government has come under fire for publishing adverts online urging Muslims to stay home during Eid — despite them adhering to lockdown measures
(Middle East Eye) Adverts posted by the UK government online urging British Muslims to stay home and observe the religious festival of Eid at home have been criticised as a display of “double standards” in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. With […]
Government & Politics
Terror suspects could face indefinite curbs under new legislation
(BBC) Court orders restricting the movements of suspected terrorists could be renewed indefinitely under new legislation unveiled by the government. The bill would lower the standard of proof to impose the orders, known as TPims, and remove the current two-year limit that […]
Government & Politics
Hungary rejects EU court ruling on asylum-seekers held at border
(Reuters) Hungary will not accept a ruling by the European Union’s top court that four asylum-seekers stuck in a transit zone on the Hungarian-Serbian border should be released, a security aide to Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday. The Court of […]
Children & Teens
Grooming gang ‘characteristics’ research to be published after government U-turn (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
State expected to oppose case by son of alleged Isis fighter for renewal of Irish passport (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel migrants: Boats carrying 90 migrants intercepted off Kent coast
(BBC) Six boats carrying 90 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 79 men and 11 women had crossed the Channel on Saturday, 16 May, on small boats. A spokesman said the migrants travelled from France and […]
Government & Politics
No more soldiers patrolling Belgium’s streets from September
(Brussels Times) September sees the end of an operation which brought military patrols on the streets of Belgium’s cities for more than five years, defence minister Philippe Goffin (MR) has announced. The patrols of Operation Vigilant Guardian were intended to support the […]
Arts & Entertainment
British charity regulator investigates charity that funded Peace TV Channels handed back broadcasting licences ahead of fines for content
(National-UAE) An investigation has been launched into a UK charity that funded television channels which have been fined by the country’s media regulator. The Charity Commission is to examine the operations of the Islamic Research Foundation International, which is run by Indian-born […]
Children & Teens
Irish citizen son of alleged Isis fighter in legal action over Irish passport renewal (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
EU rules asylum seekers on Hungary border have been ‘detained,’ should be released
(Reuters) The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that four asylum seekers stuck in a transit zone on the Hungarian-Serbian border had effectively been detained and that a local court should release them immediately. The Court of Justice of the European […]
Crime
Disgraced French secret agent stole identity of Tariq Ramadan accuser Woman subjected to social media abuse by supporters of the Oxford professor
(National-UAE) Efforts to bring Tariq Ramadan to justice over alleged rapes of women have taken another sinister twist after it emerged that his supporters engaged a rogue French intelligence expert to expose the identity of an accuser. Lawyers for the woman known […]
Government & Politics
UK Muslim charity calls for end to inquiry after police return seized funds Charity Commission asked to end probe into Human Aid UK after donations seized by police are confirmed as legitimate
(Middle East Eye) A UK-based Muslim charity has called on the Charity Commission to end its statutory inquiry into the organisation after police confirmed that funds confiscated from it last year were donations and perfectly legitimate. The money was seized by UK […]
Government & Politics
France gives final green light to law cracking down on hate speech online The vote moved ahead amid controversy surrounding the bill’s rapporteur, accused by former assistants of hate speech and harassment.
(Politico) France adopted a law against online hate speech Wednesday that will target Silicon Valley giants amid controversy surrounding the lawmaker in charge of the bill. After months of debate, the lower house of Parliament adopted the controversial legislation, which will require […]
Government & Politics
London mosque to broadcast nightly call to prayer It’s a symbolic gesture to ‘bring comfort to the community’
(CBC) The local Muslim community has been granted permission by the city to broadcast the nightly sunset call to prayer from the London Muslim Mosque for the remainder of Ramadan. Muslims are unable to congregate at the mosque because of physical distancing […]
Government & Politics
Biden’s plan for Muslim Americans: A ‘good start’ but missing policy details Activists call for more specifics from Biden's campaign and urge direct engagement with Muslim community
(Middle East Eye) Joe Biden has released a plan to protect the civil rights of Muslim Americans and reverse some of Donald Trump’s Islamophobic decrees if elected president. The plan, titled “Joe Biden’s agenda for Muslim-American communities,” vows to undo Trump’s Muslim ban on […]
Children & Teens
Portugal to take in 500 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek camps
(Reuters) Portugal is to take in 500 children from Greek refugee camps as soon as restrictions on movement imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak are lifted, the country’s Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said on Tuesday. At least 5,200 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Equalities watchdog drops plan for Tory Islamophobia inquiry (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Coronavirus may push more asylum seekers towards EU: agency
(Reuters) The coronavirus lockdown has cut the number of asylum seekers able to reach Europe, but the pandemic could trigger more arrivals in future if it worsens turmoil to the Middle East and North Africa, the European Union asylum agency said. With […]
Children & Teens
Grooming gangs review: MPs order government to say if research will be published after 125,000 sign petition (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Family reunion rescue flight to bring vulnerable migrants from Athens to UK (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Migrant crossings: Another boat intercepted amid lockdown spike
(BBC) Another boat carrying migrants has been intercepted by the Border Force off the Kent coast following a spike in the number of incidents in recent days. The Home Office said there were 11 men and six women on board who presented […]
Government & Politics
City distributes 550,000 additional halal meals for Ramadan amid coronavirus crisis
(NY1) Hundreds waited in the rain in Jamaica, Queens — careful to keep an appropriate distance from each other — in a line that stretched for almost two blocks. One man picking up food was almost in tears when asked how his […]
Children & Teens
Portugal to take up to 60 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek camps
(Reuters) Portugal is to take up to 60 unaccompanied children from Greek refugee camps, according to Socialist Party lawmaker Isabel Santos, as concern mounts over the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the vulnerable group. The children are expected to arrive in […]
Government & Politics
Migrant crossings: 227 people intercepted amid lockdown spike
(BBC) At least 227 migrants have been intercepted in two days as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach the UK. Eight boats carrying 145 people were stopped on Friday, the Home Office confirmed — a record for a single […]
Government & Politics
UN decries dangerous Med migrant pushbacks
(AFP) The UN voiced alarm Friday at reports that countries are failing to help migrants in distress on the Mediterranean Sea, blocking assistance by NGOs and coordinating pushbacks of their boats. UN rights office spokesman Rupert Colville warned during a virtual press […]
Government & Politics
Malta pulls out of new EU Libya sea patrols in migration row
(Reuters) Malta told its European Union partners on Friday it would no longer take part in a new Mediterranean mission to stop more arms reach[ing] warring factions in Libya, just four days after the naval and air operation began patrols. A Maltese […]
Government & Politics
Refugee policy EU’s ‘biggest inadequacy,’ says Germany’s Heiko Maas Germany's foreign minister took aim at the EU's approach to refugees, saying nothing has been solved since the 2015 migrant crisis. He also called again for a scheme to distribute asylum-seekers across the EU.
(Deutsche Welle) German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has accused European Union member states of not doing enough to solve the continent’s migrant dilemma. Speaking at an online conference hosted by re:publica and the Media Convention Berlin, Maas said the manner with which […]
Academics & Education
Greece: Turks push for Turkish lessons in kindergarten Turkish minority releases joint statement asking for bilingual education for their children
(Anadolu) The Turkish minority in Greece is pushing for the inclusion of Turkish lessons in the curriculums of state kindergartens in regions where many Turkish Muslims live, they said in a joint statement Thursday. As the Greek Education Ministry plans to start […]
Academics & Education
Mayor criticized over lack of halal meals Grab-and-go food given out at schools during holy month of Ramadan at issue
(Queens Chronicle) Only a little more than a month after Mayor de Blasio took heat from the Ozone Park community over his lack of outreach to the neighborhood’s Bangladeshi population about the COVID-19 shutdown, he is back in hot water with the […]
Government & Politics
Italy impounds migrant rescue ships; charities claim harassment
(Reuters) Italian coastguards have impounded two charity rescue boats at the port of Palermo citing “technical and operational” irregularities, which the owners denounced as an excuse to block life-saving missions at sea. The seizure of the German-flagged Alan Kurdi and Spanish-flagged Aita […]
Government & Politics
Terrorist attack ‘conceivable’ as threat level holds
(NL Times) While the coronavirus crisis makes a large-scale terrorist attack in the Netherlands less likely, the possibility of an attack is still “conceivable,” the national coordinator for counterterrorism and security NCTV said on Thursday. The terrorism threat level in the Netherlands […]
Government & Politics
Priti Patel seeks French backing for plan to return Channel migrants to France to end people trafficking (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Mosque loudspeaker saga continues
(Toronto Sun) Last week when I wrote about a single mosque in Toronto using four loudspeakers to declare “Allah is the Greatest” and that there is “No God, but Allah,” I thought it was the case of one mosque, a few zealots […]
Arts & Entertainment
Former broadcasters of Peace TV & Peace TV Urdu fined £300k by Ofcom
(BizAsia) Ofcom has today fined the former licence holders of Peace TV Urdu £200,000 and Peace TV £100,000 for breaking broadcasting rules. Peace TV Urdu and Peace TV were international satellite television channels which broadcast religious programmes from an Islamic perspective. Ofcom’s […]
Academics & Education
‘Disturbing, Islamophobic’ tweet about call to prayer prompts firing of Peel school council chair Ravi Hooda says his tweet was 'misinterpreted'; has now also been fired from Remax Canada
(CBC) A “disturbing, [Islamophobic] tweet” on the city of Brampton’s decision to allow mosques to broadcast the call to prayer has prompted the Peel District School Board to remove one of its school council chairs and launch an investigation into comments it […]
Government & Politics
Prisoner wins first round in challenge to terrorism law (LINK ONLY)
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Refugees take Germany to court over mobile phone data checks
(Reuters) Three refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Cameroon are suing the German state for accessing personal data on their mobile phones, arguing it was an unnecessary invasion of privacy, their lawyer said on Tuesday. German authorities can examine the mobile phones of […]
Government & Politics
Danish minister hails ‘lovely numbers’ as refugees leave
(Local) Denmark’s integration minister has celebrated statistics showing more people with refugee backgrounds leaving the country than arriving as “lovely numbers.” According to the analysis by the Ministry of Immigration and Integration, the number of people granted asylum in Denmark who had […]
Government & Politics
Lebanon’s banned Hezbollah says not active in Germany
(AFP) The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement on Monday condemned Germany’s ban on his group as bowing to US pressure and insisted it was not active in the country. Germany designated Hezbollah a “Shiite terrorist organisation” on Thursday as its security forces […]
Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar signs onto AIPAC letter siding with Trump on Iran After clashing repeatedly with AIPAC, Rep. Ilhan Omar has signed onto one of their key lobby agenda items for this year.
(Al-Monitor) It’s no secret that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has had an acrimonious relationship with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The freshman lawmaker has quickly become a lightning rod of criticism for AIPAC and its supporters, who have gone so […]
Government & Politics
Just one in 20 migrants who cross Channel illegally have been deported (LINK ONLY)
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Demographics
Hard-to-count Arab Americans urged to prioritize census
(AP) At a Michigan gas station, the message is obvious — at least to Arabic speakers: Be counted in the 2020 census. “Provide your community with more/additional opportunities,” the ad on the pump handle reads in Arabic. In the fine print, next […]
Government & Politics
Merkel’s party backs public Islamic prayer broadcasts during Ramadan
(Breitbart) Several German parties, including the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Chancellor Angela Merkel, have expressed support for allowing public broadcasts of the Islamic call to prayer during Ramadan across Germany. The CDU, Social Democrats (SPD), and Greens have all welcomed granting […]
Crime
France: Scholars, activists call for dismissal of rape case against Tariq Ramadan The signatories say the process 'has gone on far too long,' and accuse the justice system of 'prejudice'
(i24) Nearly 150 university professors, intellectuals, and activists from around the world have signed a letter addressed to France’s justice minister urging her “to put an immediate end to the masquerade of justice” against a Muslim academic. The document, which was published […]
Government & Politics
Mossad gave Berlin intel on Hezbollah ops on German soil ahead of ban — report Unnamed Israeli official tells TV Germans were provided info on warehouses where terror group stashed materials for explosives, as well as money laundering networks
(Times of Israel) Israel’s Mossad spy agency gave information to Germany on Hezbollah’s activities on its soil ahead of the country banning the Lebanese terror group this week, Channel 12 news reported Saturday. Germany branded the entirety of the Iranian-backed group — […]
Government & Politics
Chester city centre to have computerised bollards to thwart terrorist attacks involving vehicles (LINK ONLY)
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‘High-risk’ extremist to be released from jail despite fears over copycat terrorist attack (LINK ONLY)
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CAIR NJ applauds Jersey City for appointing Saleh as 1st Muslim councilman
(Hudson County View) The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) is applauding the Jersey City Council for appointing Yousef Saleh as their Ward D representative yesterday — the first Muslim councilman in city history. “With the appointment of […]