Children & Teens
Tusla involved in welfare plans for Lisa Smith’s child — Taoiseach (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Government & Politics
Switzerland’s controversial minaret ban, ten years on
(Swiss Info) A decade ago, a majority of Swiss voters backed a people’s initiative banning the building of minarets in the country. What has changed since? The people’s initiative was accepted by 57.5% of Swiss voters, even though most politicians, church leaders […]
Government & Politics
Germany probing 116 Daesh/ISIS repatriates 95 alleged German Daesh/ISIS backers in jail in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, say authorities
(Anadolu) German authorities are currently investigating 116 returnees to Germany from areas previously controlled by the Daesh/ISIS terror group, according to local reports. The return of suspected Daesh supporters to Germany has been pre-occupying German security officials for weeks as Turkey recently […]
Government & Politics
Labour axe Falkirk candidate (LINK ONLY)
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Swedish city plagued by anti-Semitism to invest millions to fight phenomenon Jewish residents of the city of Malmo say they are still hesitant to openly wear any symbols of Judaism but hope the city's initiatives, for which some $2 million have been allocated, will put an end to their fears
(Ynet) The Swedish city of Malmo, plagued by anti-Semitism in recent years, has finally decided to allocate funds to fight the phenomenon after an outcry from the local Jewish community. The city’s municipality announced that it will invest some 20 million Swedish […]
Academics & Education
Pamphlets inform Muslim women of their rights in wake of Quebec’s secularism law Documents include information on how to face and report harassment and how to deal with discrimination
(CBC) An advocacy group is launching a campaign to inform Muslim women of their rights as it tries to deal with increasing reports of harassment and discrimination since Quebec’s secularism law was introduced. Justice Femme, the group behind the campaign, will begin distributing […]
Government & Politics
Turkey to send 11 Daesh/ISIS members back to France Turkey also to repatriate Daesh terrorists to Belgium, Ireland on Friday, Saturday, says interior minister
(Anadolu) As part of Turkey’s policy of repatriating foreign Daesh/ISIS members to their home countries, next month 11 French national members of the terror group will be sent back to France, said Turkish officials on Thursday. “This week we will carry out […]
Clothing
Boris Johnson says sorry for ‘hurt’ caused by Tory Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim Council: Parties must tackle Islamophobia to win votes (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Denmark strips citizenship from man under new anti-jihadist law
(Local) The Danish government has withdrawn the citizenship of a man who is wanted for suspected terrorism, applying a hotly-debated new law. The man’s lawyer, Mette Grith Stage, confirmed to newspaper Berlingske that his citizenship had been revoked. A 25-year-old Danish-Turkish citizen […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Top Muslim group calls for U.S. boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing The Chinese government’s 'ethnic genocide' against the Muslim Uighur population is disqualifying, according to Emgage.
(HuffPost) Emgage, a group dedicated to increasing Muslim American involvement in politics, called on the U.S. Olympic National Committee to boycott the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing over the Chinese government’s mass detention and repression of Uighur Muslims. “The Olympic Games are […]
Academics & Education
Opponents argue Bill 21 affects women more than men and is unconstitutional
(Canadian Press) Opponents of Quebec’s secularism law introduced a new legal argument in Appeal Court Tuesday, saying that Bill 21 disproportionately affects women and therefore violates the Constitution. Lawyer Olga Redko argued Bill 21 violates the sexual equality guarantees in the Canadian […]
Academics & Education
UNC to update policies following complaint of anti-Semitism
(AP) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has agreed to expand its anti-bias training and expressly forbid anti-Semitism in campus policies as part of an agreement with the U.S. Education Department following complaints about a March conference featuring a rapper […]
Clothing
Civil rights groups seek again to freeze Quebec secularism law Appeal Court hears arguments after Superior Court judge refused to grant an injunction against Bill 21
(CBC) The two civil liberties groups that mounted an early legal challenge to Quebec’s secularism law were at the Quebec Court of Appeal today making a second attempt to have parts of the law suspended while their challenge is considered. When the National Council […]
Clothing
Geneva ban on religious symbols lifted for elected politicians
(Swiss Info) A Geneva court has amended a controversial local secularism law. A ban on wearing or showing religious symbols will still apply to government ministers and officials in contact with the public but not to locally elected politicians. In February, an […]
Clothing
Javid refuses to condemn PM’s slurs against Muslim women (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
US Rep Ilhan Omar accused of being a foreign agent — legal deposition
(Al-Arabiya) US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was recruited by a foreign government, passed sensitive information that was relayed to Iran, and received funding by a foreign government, according to a sworn deposition by a Canadian businessman in a Florida court. In explosive testimony […]
Government & Politics
Islam belongs to Germany, former President Wulff says
(Daily Sabah) Islam belongs to Germany just like Christianity and Judaism, Germany’s former President Christian Wulff said during a meeting at the Turkish-German Culture Association in the German city of Brühl on Saturday. Considering escalating racism and xenophobia in the world he […]
Academics & Education
Germany’s Muslims skeptical of new imam training project
(Daily Sabah) Muslim communities in Germany criticized the government’s new project to train imams, accusing it of being a political initiative and a concerning development for the community, while noting that the new project violates the German constitution. Germany is launching an […]
Government & Politics
British IS fighters could be brought back to the UK to face prosecution The US has put significant pressure on Britain and other European allies to deal with hundreds of detained IS militants.
(Sky News) British Islamic State detainees will be brought back from Syria if they can be prosecuted in the UK and there is no better place to try their case, the national security adviser has said. Sir Mark Sedwill’s comments are the […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Fresh calls for equalities watchdog to launch Islamophobia inquiry into Tory party (LINK ONLY)
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Finland to reconsider 500 asylum decisions after European court ruling Authorities will re-evaluate some cases in light of harsh criticism from the Court of Human Rights.
(Yle) The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) says it will revisit about 500 asylum decisions following a European court ruling critical of a previous deportation. Last week the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found Finnish authorities guilty of violating the European Convention […]
Academics & Education
Court tells minister he can’t cut Islamic school funding in one go
(Dutch News) Education minister Arie Slob has been told by the highest Dutch administrative court that it cannot stop funding for Amsterdam’s only Islamic secondary school. Slob wanted to stop funding for the Cornelius Haga Lyceum because the school had failed to […]
Children & Teens
Dutch state not obliged to take back Islamic State children: appeals court
(Reuters) The Dutch state is not obliged to actively help repatriate the young children of women who left the Netherlands and joined Islamic State in Syria, an appeals court in The Hague said on Friday, overturning an earlier ruling. A lower court […]
Children & Teens
No more orphans expected to be returned to UK from Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal in ‘no-fly list’ suit
(Reuters) The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to shield FBI agents from a lawsuit by three American Muslim men who said they were placed on the government’s “no-fly list” for refusing to […]
Government & Politics
Refugee resettlement agencies sue to block Trump order
(AP) As states and cities debate whether to welcome more refugees to their communities, three organizations sued the Trump administration Thursday over a recent presidential executive order that allows local officials to reject refugees. The lawsuit filed in a Maryland federal court […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Conservative Party slammed for ‘quietly reinstating’ councillor who made anti-Muslim comments (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Some orphaned British children in Syria to be repatriated (LINK ONLY)
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Whitmer’s trip to Israel draws criticism as gov seeks stronger business ties
(Detroit News) A human rights group and some Arab American groups in Michigan are expressing disappointment with the timing of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s trade mission to Israel. On Sunday, Whitmer’s administration announced she would visit Israel this week to strengthen Michigan’s “business […]
Academics & Education
Calls to shut Swedish school where ‘ISIS teachers’ taught in classrooms Politicians demand closure of leading state-funded school accused of hiring former militants as teachers
(National-UAE) Calls are mounting for the closure of a leading state-funded Islamic school in Sweden that was accused of hiring ISIS fighters as teachers after their return from Syria. The chancellor of Vetenskapsskolan school in Gothenburg, Abdel Nasser El Nadi, has been […]
Government & Politics
Democratic lawmaker introduces bill to tackle online terrorist activity
(Hill) Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday introduced a bill that could help reduce the amount of terrorist content circulating across the country’s top social media platforms. The Raising the Bar Act would create a government-backed program to help tech companies eliminate the scourge of posts, images and videos […]
Government & Politics
Greece announces major overhaul of migrant camp system
(AP) Greece announced plans Wednesday to overhaul its migration management system, replacing overcrowded refugee camps on the islands with smaller detention facilities and moving some 20,000 asylum seekers to the mainland over the next few weeks. Deputy Defense Minister Alkiviadis Stefanis announced […]
Citizenship
Minister says IS women deportation is ‘very disappointing’
(Dutch News) Justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told reporters it is extremely disappointing that Turkey has sent two ISIS women back to the Netherlands. The two women were picked up at Schiphol airport on Tuesday after being deported by Ankara. Grapperhaus said […]
Citizenship
Turkey sends two ISIS women, plus two children, back to the Netherlands
(Dutch News) Turkey has sent two Dutch women who joined IS forces in Syria five and six years ago back to the Netherlands, Dutch media said on Wednesday. One of the women, who has two children aged three and four, has been […]
Government & Politics
Omar celebrates Islamist electoral wins with U.S. MB supporters
(IPT) For many members of Congress, weekends are spent returning to their home districts to keep in touch with constituents. For U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, the weekend of Nov. 8 was devoted to embracing some of the country’s most prominent and problematic […]
Government & Politics
Coveney dismisses reports of return for Lisa Smith and child (LINK ONLY)
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Two wannabe Labour MPs exposed as ‘supporters of campaign group that praised Jihadi John’ (LINK ONLY)
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Teacher union to sue Quebec on religious symbols ban
(AP) A union federation representing 45,000 teachers in Quebec is suing the Canadian province over its ban on the wearing of religious symbols by many public employees. The lawsuit by the Fédération Autonome de l’Enseignement challenges a state secularism law passed this […]
Government & Politics
Lawmakers ask State Department to investigate Jamaat-e-Islami’s U.S. affiliate for terror financing
(IPT) Three U.S. House members have asked the State Department to investigate a prominent New York-based Islamist network and its charitable arms for possible terror financing. In a Nov. 1 letter to the State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan Sales, U.S. Reps. […]
Government & Politics
Man gets 10 years for threatening attack on far-right Wilders
(NL Times) Junaid I. was sentenced to 10 years in prison for threatening an attack on PVV leader Geert Wilders by the court in The Hague on Monday. The court convicted the 27-year-old Pakistani man of preparing for a murder with a […]
Demographics
Muslim voters could swing 31 marginal seats, research finds (LINK ONLY)
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General election 2019: Plaid suspend member over anti-Semitism claims
(BBC) Plaid Cymru has suspended a party member included in its party election broadcast over allegations of anti-Semitism. The party said it will conduct an investigation into historical social media comments made by Sahar Al-Faifi. Ms Al-Faifi appeared in Plaid Cymru’s party […]
Government & Politics
Helsinki police suspend repatriations to Iraq
(Yle) Finland will pause asylum seeker repatriations to Iraq following criticism by the European Court of Human Rights. Police tweeted the news on Saturday, saying that the suspension does not cover convicted criminals. Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo immediately took to Twitter, saying […]
Children & Teens
Priti Patel blocks rescue of British Isis children (LINK ONLY)
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Scottish FGM law won’t racially profile, Scots minister insists (LINK ONLY)
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Denmark pays 71 Syrians to leave country
(Local) 71 Syrians have been paid since May 1st this year by the Danish state to leave the country and return home, figures from the Danish Refugee Council show. The figures were reported by newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad on Friday. Each left the country with […]
Academics & Education
France closes 12 worship sites due to ‘political Islamism’ Secretary of state Nunez says shouldn't be confused with Islam
(ANSAmed) French Secretary of State to the Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said Friday that France has closed various businesses, schools, places of worship and associations in about 15 neighbourhoods in the country “hit by political Islamism and communitarianism.” “We are fighting against […]
Government & Politics
Daesh/ISIS terrorist extradited to US, says Turkey Terrorist stranded at Greece-Turkey border extradited to US, Turkey's interior minister says
(Anadolu) A Daesh/ISIS terrorist who was stranded at the Turkey-Greece border has been extradited to the U.S., the Turkish interior minister said Friday. “Today an American who was stuck between our country and Greece was extradited to the U.S. from Istanbul a […]
Academics & Education
Germany set to take charge of imam education locally In a bid to reduce foreign influence on Islamic religious leaders, Germany will support a new pilot project that educates imams locally. Experts say it is a positive step, but a more comprehensive approach is needed.
(Deutsche Welle) The government has long struggled with foreign involvement when it comes to the education of imams who lead Muslim communities across Germany. Now, a new educational association, with start-up funding from Germany’s interior ministry, is set to launch on November 21. Even though some […]