Government & Politics

Government & Politics

Turkish speaker slams Greek president’s racist remarks I strongly condemn racist remarks of Greek president which ignore Western Thrace’s Turks, Mustafa Sentop says

February 18, 2020   

(Anadolu) Turkey’s parliament speaker on Tuesday slammed Greece’s president for calling the Turkish Muslim minority in the country … a “Greek Muslim minority.” “I strongly condemn the racist remarks of Greek President [Prokopios] Pavlopoulos that ignore the Western Thrace’s Turks,” Mustafa Sentop […]

Government & Politics

Meet the progressive Democrat running for Congress in the heart of Arab America Solomon Rajput, a medical student and congressional hopeful, is seeking to take down one of the longest-standing political dynasties in the US

February 18, 2020   

(Middle East Eye) Congressional hopeful Solomon Rajput says his early morning commute to school, more than 20 years ago, left an indelible mark on his political outlook. Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a school bus would pick him up from his […]

Government & Politics

Turkey deports 229 foreign terrorist fighters Migration chief says 75 EU-origin foreign terrorists sent back since beginning of anti-terror operation last year

February 18, 2020   

(Anadolu) Turkey has deported 229 foreign terrorists, 75 of whom are EU citizens, since its anti-terror operation in Syria, an official from the country’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. Abdullah Ayaz, head of Turkey’s migration department, told Anadolu Agency that the struggle […]

Government & Politics

Greece cannot deny Muslim Turkish minority: Turkey Turkish leaders blast Greek president for referring to Muslim Turkish minority in Western Thrace as 'Greek Muslim minority'

February 18, 2020   

(Anadolu) Top Turkish officials on Tuesday slammed Greece’s president for mislabeling the Muslim Turkish minority in a region of Greece bordering Turkey as a “Greek Muslim minority.” “The president of a country said to be the cradle of democracy again called the […]

Government & Politics

French president to announce plan to fight ‘Islamist separatism’ President Emmanuel Macron will reveal the government's new strategy during a visit in one of the areas identified as needing to be 'taken back' by the French Republic.

February 18, 2020   

(Local) French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a long-awaited speech on Tuesday afternoon to reveal the government’s new strategy to fight Islamist extremism. “We need to accept that there is what I would call a separatism in our Republic today,” the president said […]

Crime

‘We want our voices heard’: Muslims in Maryland showcase power of door-to-door lobbying Scores of Muslims from across Maryland converge on state capital and find some lawmakers willing to listen

February 12, 2020   

(Middle East Eye) The energy was palpable at Maryland’s House of Delegates late Monday, as members of the Muslim community hurried through the building’s hallways and knocked on doors, trying to lobby politicians on key bills and issues under consideration in the […]

Christians

Muslim Brotherhood should be proscribed as a terrorist organisation, UK Parliament hears British MPs say group is intolerant of other beliefs and drives 'fanaticism'

February 9, 2020   

(National-UAE) A British MP called for the Muslim Brotherhood to be proscribed as a terrorist group as politicians criticised its intolerance towards other faiths, during a parliamentary debate on the persecution of Christians. Ian Paisley of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said […]

Academics & Education

German authorities, politicians divided on niqab, burqa ban Politicians across party lines agree that the niqab and the burqa are out of place at schools and universities. Some, however, fear that a ban could hamper integration into German society.

February 8, 2020   

(Deutsche Welle) There are very few women and girls in Germany wearing a full-face veil such as the niqab or the burqa — most likely a mere two-digit number. A recent verdict handed down by a Hamburg court, however, has sparked a […]

Government & Politics

Hassan Diab urges federal government to settle $90 million claim alleging ‘wrongful extradition’ Diab was held for years in a French jail as part of a terrorism investigation that failed due to weak evidence

February 7, 2020   

(CBC) Hassan Diab filed a statement of claim today seeking $90 million from the federal government over the role Canada played in his extradition to France — but his lawyer says the best outcome for everyone would be a speedy out-of-court settlement. […]

Children & Teens

Priti Patel orders officials to explain status of grooming gang review Frustrated home secretary 'being given the run around by officials' on long-awaited probe into gang ethnicity.

February 6, 2020   

(HuffPost) Home secretary Priti Patel has ordered officials to explain what has happened to a long-awaited review into the ethnicity of grooming gangs, HuffPost UK has learnt. A frustrated Patel has been met with “obfuscation” from Home Office officials when asking about […]

Academics & Education

EMSB says it won’t accept federally backed funding to fight pair of Quebec laws Even though the Court Challenges Program is independent, Quebec's premier called on Ottawa to intervene

February 6, 2020 and   

(CBC) The English Montreal School Board says it will not take the $250,000 it was offered by the federally backed Court Challenges Program to fight two Quebec laws that the board contends go against the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In […]

Academics & Education

Legault government up in arms after EMSB awarded federal funds to fight pair of Quebec laws Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says funding is allocated by program independent of federal government

February 5, 2020   

(CBC) The Quebec government says Ottawa has some explaining to do after it was revealed that the English Montreal School Board is funding two separate legal challenges of provincial laws with federal tax dollars. “We need an explanation from the federal government,” […]