(AP) The new Austrian government said Wednesday that family reunion procedures for migrants will be immediately halted because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately. The measure is temporary and intended to ensure that those migrants who are already […]
(Rudaw) The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Rawa Majid, the Kurdish leader of Foxtrot Network, a transnational criminal organization based in Sweden, over his reported involvement in arms and drugs trafficking and cooperation with Iran in “attacks on Israeli and […]
(BBC) A proposed law to improve the safety of venues is a “tribute to victims” of the Manchester Arena bombing, a Home Office minister has said. Speaking at the third reading of the bill on Tuesday, Lord Hanson of Flint told parliament […]
(Middle East Eye) A new promotional video by a Dutch modest clothing brand featuring the Eiffel Tower draped in an Islamic headscarf has sparked a barrage of anti-Muslim criticism and commentary in France this week. The realistic animation by Merrachi, which caters […]
(BBC) The daughter of MP Sir David Amess said she still felt “betrayed” there would be no inquiry into his death, but that the prime minister had offered a “glimmer of hope” the government would reconsider. Katie Amess visited Downing Street where […]
(Free Beacon) New Jersey gubernatorial candidate and Newark mayor Ras Baraka (D.) spoke Tuesday at an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement rally that featured the Council on American-Islamic Relations New Jersey (CAIR NJ), an anti-Semitic group that justified the Oct. 7, 2023, attack […]
(Yle) Finns Party Minister Mari Rantanen survived a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday by a margin of 94–53, with 15 abstentions and 37 MPs absent. The vote was called by the opposition Greens and supported by the Left Alliance. The parties […]
(Euractiv) When Islamist terrorists murdered over 1000 Jews in Israel on 7 October, 2023, protests immediately broke out in Europe — some in opposition to the atrocities, others supporting them. A year later, when antisemitic riots erupted in Amsterdam, some were quick […]
(Middle East Eye) Former Conservative chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has endorsed the Labour government’s decision to pull funding from an Islamophobia reporting service accused of severely under-reporting hate crimes. Tell Mama, which is funded by the communities ministry, was founded in 2012. […]
(Anadolu) French far-right Member of the European Parliament Marion Marechal was indicted Tuesday for defamation following her accusations against the “Valeurs et Reussite” Muslim group behind a planned Muslim school in Valence, Francebleu broadcaster reported. The indictment was issued after Marechal claimed […]
(Detroit News) President Donald Trump has chosen Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi to be his nominee for U.S. ambassador to Tunisia, rewarding a second Metro Detroit Muslim mayor who backed his candidacy in 2024. Trump last week appointed Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib […]
(AP) The European Union wants to increase deportations and is opening the way for “return hubs” to be set up in third countries for rejected asylum-seekers, according to a new migration proposal unveiled Tuesday. Only 20% of people with a deportation order […]
(Ynet) United States President Donald Trump on Monday appointed Hamtramck, Michigan, Mayor Amer Ghalib as the next U.S. ambassador to Kuwait. Ghalib, 45, a Yemeni-born Muslim immigrant, has been outspoken in his criticism of Israel. Just hours before his appointment he liked […]
(National-UAE) Small boat crossings to the UK have risen sharply, with numbers already significantly ahead of the same point in previous years, data shows. According to the latest Home Office data, 174 migrants were picked up on three small boats in the […]
(Canadian Press) The Quebec government has announced a new committee to make recommendations on how to strengthen secularism in the province, including by possibly restricting public prayer. Amid a flurry of concern over religious practices emerging in Quebec public schools, Secularism Minister […]
(BBC) The home secretary has rejected calls from the family of MP Sir David Amess for a public inquiry into his murder. In a letter addressed to Lady Julia Amess and Katie Amess, Yvette Cooper said it was “hard to see how […]
(NY Post) Columbia University protest ringleader Mahmoud Khalil was being investigated as a potential national security threat, a source said Monday — as President Trump warned that the anti-Israel agitator’s bust will be the “first arrest of many.” Secretary of State Marco […]
(Morocco World News) Al-Kindi, the only [Muslim] private high school in France and the sole Muslim institution with state partnership, is standing before the administrative court of Lyon today to appeal authorities’ decision to terminate its contract. The prefecture of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes announced […]
(Yle) A joint statement signed by a total of nine Muslim organisations has called on the Finnish government to take “immediate action” in response to reports of alleged discrimination by the Interior Ministry in the allocating of quota refugee places for this […]
(National Post) The state’s job isn’t to manage the public perception of any one religious group. At least, that’s what is generally believed in Canada. But on Monday, that’s what the government did with the publication of “The Canadian Guide to Understanding […]
(AFP) Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz said on Saturday he had agreed on tough restrictions on irregular immigration in talks with his likely future governing partners. Europe’s biggest economy would reject undocumented migrants at its borders, including asylum seekers, said Merz […]
(Detroit Free Press) President Donald Trump announced Friday evening that Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib will be his next ambassador to Kuwait. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account, saying Ghalib had helped him win Michigan, which has the highest percentage […]
(Reuters) An Eritrean who was among a group of sea migrants held on an Italian coast guard vessel for 10 days in 2018 is entitled to compensation, Italy’s top appeals court has ruled, triggering the fury of Italy’s right-wing government. More than […]
(DPA) Fewer asylum seekers were granted protection status in Germany in January and February compared to the same period last year, according to the latest figures released by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) on Friday. Some 19.1% of applicants […]
(Yle) The opposition Green Party has submitted a no-confidence motion in Interior Minister Mari Rantanen (Finns), following a report by the non-discrimination ombudsman regarding the ministry’s quota refugee arrangements. The Greens submitted the motion one day after the ombudsman issued a report […]
(Fox) The State Department has revoked the visa of a student who participated in protesting in favor of Hamas, a move in line with President Donald Trump’s call for canceling visas of students involved in the anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses. The […]
(Axios) Secretary of State Marco Rubio is launching an AI-fueled “Catch and Revoke” effort to cancel the visas of foreign nationals who appear to support Hamas or other designated terror groups, senior State Department officials tell Axios. Why it matters: The effort […]
(Fox) A Muslim journalist warned the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that antisemitism has become an “industry” in the United States, and called for the Justice Department to investigate the “malign foreign influence” behind it. “Antisemitism is now an industry. It is […]
(Yle) Finland’s Interior Ministry acted in a discriminatory manner as it prepared the country’s quota refugee plan for 2025, according to a report by the non-discrimination ombudsman’s office. The office found that the ministry favoured asylum seekers from Christian-majority countries when it […]
(Reuters) A new travel ban by President Donald Trump could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the U.S. as soon as next week based on a government review of countries’ security and vetting risks, three sources familiar with the matter […]
(Global News) On paper, Ameen Cohen is a 37-year-old banking professional with a business degree and a condo in Thornhill, Ont. But that is only his latest identity. At a deportation hearing in Toronto, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) revealed the […]
(Arab News) MPs in the UK have proposed making it a criminal offense to possess images of Muslim women not wearing hijabs without their consent. The suggestion was made in a report by the House of Commons’ women and equalities committee, which […]
(AFP) Syrian refugee Khaled Alnomman said he made a big effort to integrate since he fled to Austria 10 years ago, learning to speak German fluently, getting a job as a bricklayer and applying for citizenship. The youngest of his four children […]
(BBC) The Home Office is launching an advertising campaign in Iraq to try to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats. Similar campaigns were launched in Albania and Vietnam by the previous Conservative government in 2023 and 2024. On […]
(Sky News) Anybody who works for — or is a proxy of — the Iranian state will have to register their presence in the UK or face jail time. Security minister Dan Jarvis said Iran, including its IRGC intelligence services and the […]
(ANSA) Jihadi terrorism has gained momentum since the start of the conflict between Hamas and Israel with terrorist organizations taking advantage of the Middle Eastern crisis to recruit new members, in particular youths, to carry out attacks which have doubled in 2024 […]
(CTV) The federal government is officially intervening in the appeal of Quebec’s religious symbols law at Canada’s highest court. The attorney general of Canada filed a notice with the Supreme Court about its intention to “intervene, to file a factum, and to […]
(NY Post) Anti-Israel protesters who display the flag of terror groups such as Hamas or Hezbollah could face up to four years behind bars under a new state bill. The proposed Stand Against Flags of Enemy Terrorists Act would expand the definition […]
(ANHA) On [Saturday], March 1, 2025, a delegation from the Austrian government, led by Günter Riesner, deputy head of the Security Affairs Department at the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Andreas Adler, an advisor in the same department, visited north and […]
(CBC) Quebec’s education minister said Friday the government is considering expanding its ban on religious symbols to include daycare supervisors and other school aides. Bernard Drainville told Radio-Canada’s Tout un matin he was concerned that there are some school staff members who […]
(National-UAE) Austria plans to widen the role of an Islamist extremism watchdog known for exposing the Muslim Brotherhood’s activities in Europe, as part of a deal to form a new government. The three-party coalition is vowing to step up Austria’s anti-extremism efforts […]
(Swiss Info) The Algerian lawyer and human rights activist Rachid Mesli will not be naturalised in Switzerland. The Federal Administrative Court has rejected an appeal by Mesli against the negative decision of the State Secretariat for Migration. The authorities assume that Swiss-Algerian […]
(BBC) The government has appointed former Conservative Attorney General Dominic Grieve to lead a review into creating a new definition of Islamophobia. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner launched a new working group tasked with understanding and defining hate crime targeted against Muslims. […]
(Toronto Sun) With Canada turning a worrying blind eye towards Islamic extremism, a group of imams are taking a stand against dangerous ideologies. Speaking at a press conference on Parliament Hill on Thursday, Spadina-Fort York MP Kevin Vuong called on both government […]
(DPA) Austria’s next government could ban girls up to the age of 14 from wearing headscarves, under the terms of a coalition deal reached by three centrist parties on Thursday. According to the parties’ programme, presented in Vienna, a ban is being […]
(European Conservative) An official study after the German elections showed that the country’s Muslim community (accounting for 6.6% of the German population) overwhelmingly supports left-wing parties, especially the far-left Die Linke and the social democratic SPD, primarily due to their immigration policies […]
(AFP) Two Afghan men linked to the Islamic State group were jailed in Germany on Thursday for planning an attack on the Swedish parliament in retaliation for Koran burnings by protestors. The two suspects, identified as Ibrahim M. G. and Ramin N., […]
(Reuters) France said on Wednesday it would review a decades-old agreement that makes it easier for Algerian citizens to move to France unless Algeria agrees to take back those who are deported by the French authorities. Already strained ties between Paris and […]
(Middle East Eye) The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has distanced itself from the British Muslim Network (BMN) after Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a former government minister, suggested that the new organisation had the MCB’s support at a launch event on Tuesday. Addressing remarks made by […]
(AFP) In Albania’s capital, Baba Mondi envisions a Vatican-like state for his Bektashi faith on a tiny scrap of land that would serve as a model for love and tolerance. Last year, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced plans to establish a […]
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