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CAIR Michigan advises Muslim health workers to shave, citing mask guidance The Centers for Disease Control says healthcare workers should wear masks when in contact with potentially infectious patients. But the directive puts Muslim men with beards in a tricky position.

March 26, 2020 Laura Herberg

(WDET) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Michigan chapter is advising Muslim medical professionals to shave off their beards. CAIR says it has received calls from Muslim medical professionals who’ve been asked by hospital staff to shave their beards in order to properly wear […]

Oxfam urges EU action on Greek migrant rights ‘violations’

March 26, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Oxafm on Thursday urged the European Commission to sanction Greece for what it termed violations of migrants’ rights after the government voted to suspend asylum procedures for one month owing to the coronavirus. “Rather than protecting vulnerable people from the spread […]

France’s virus lockdown delays Charlie Hebdo attack trial

March 25, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) The trial of 14 people accused of helping the jihadist gunmen who attacked the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and other Paris targets in January 2015 has been postponed because of France’s coronavirus lockdown, prosecutors said Wednesday. The presiding judge for the trial, […]

Some Toronto-area mosques remain open despite dire warnings about COVID-19 Group of imams disappointed worshippers are still gathering, despite calls for people to stay home

March 25, 2020 Nazim Baksh

(CBC) A group of Ontario imams and Islamic scholars is fighting an uphill battle to convince management at a handful of Toronto-area mosques to completely shutter their doors. They say that while a majority of mosques are closed — some a whole week […]

Refugees to the rescue? Germany taps migrant medics to battle virus

March 25, 2020 Riham Alkousaa and Paul Carrel

(Reuters) Five years ago the arrival of a wave of refugees caused much consternation and fueled support for Germany’s far-right. Now, the country is turning to its migrant community to plug an anticipated shortage of medical staff battling the coronavirus. The German […]

EU asks Greece to move migrants most at risk from coronavirus out of crowded camps

March 24, 2020 Gabriela Baczynska

(Reuters) The European Union has asked Greece to move migrants most at risk of contracting the coronavirus from overcrowded camps on its Mediterranean islands, the EU’s top migration official told Reuters on Tuesday. Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said Athens had opposed […]

‘Corona time’ in Europe’s main migrant camp in virus lockdown

March 24, 2020 Natasa Papanikolaou and Anthi Pazianou

(AFP) In Europe’s biggest asylum seeker camp of Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos, authorities are trying to keep residents apart from a population with at least three coronavirus cases. But in a sprawling, overstretched facility that was already a health […]

Homeland Security warns terrorists may exploit COVID-19 pandemic The bulletin notes there is 'no information' yet on specific plots.

March 24, 2020 Alexander Mallin and Josh Margolin

(ABC) A Department of Homeland Security memo sent to law enforcement officials around the country warns that violent extremists could seek to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic by carrying out attacks against the U.S. “Violent extremists probably are seeking to exploit […]

Coronavirus: Government listens to religious burial amendment (LINK ONLY)

March 23, 2020 EoI News

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Paris no-go zone police overwhelmed attempting to enforce quarantine

March 22, 2020 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) Police in Paris no-go zones are becoming overwhelmed trying to maintain the nationwide quarantine and have handed out record numbers of fines. The heavily migrant-populated Seine-Saint-Denis area is proving to be a tough area for police to enforce the nationwide anti-coronavirus […]

‘We see this as our responsibility’: Muslims fundraise for Americans impacted by coronavirus Several organisations have begun distributing groceries and money to families financially impacted by coronavirus

March 20, 2020 Umar A. Farooq

(Middle East Eye) The coronavirus pandemic has devastated global financial markets and sent shockwaves through the US economy with analysts expecting massive job losses in the coming months. According to a recent poll, a staggering 18 percent of American households reported either being laid off or […]

Greece unveils new virus restrictions in migrant camps

March 18, 2020 John Hadoulis

(AFP) Greece’s migration ministry on Wednesday announced new restrictions to the movement of asylum-seekers in island camps to keep out the new coronavirus, and accelerated work on new closed facilities. “As of today, the movement of island camp residents will be drastically […]

EU border restrictions will hit transfers of child refugees — UN official

March 17, 2020 Emma Farge

(Reuters) European border restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus will affect plans to transfer hundreds of children out of “dire and dangerous” refugee camps in Greece, a senior official for the United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. European countries including […]

Greece to restrict migrant camp movements in virus measure

March 17, 2020 John Hadoulis

(AFP) Greece has said it is placing migrant camps across the country on a two-week shutdown to visitors to ward off the new coronavirus. “Visits (to camps) by individuals and organisations are suspended for at least 14 days,” the migration ministry said […]

Isis issues coronavirus travel advice: Terrorists should avoid Europe (LINK ONLY)

March 15, 2020 EoI News

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Rep. Tlaib retweets: ‘F**k a national day of prayer’

March 15, 2020 Patrick Goodenough

(CNS) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) at the weekend retweeted a post on Twitter which said in part “F**k a National day of prayer,” in relation to President Trump’s call for Americans of all faiths to pray for all those affected by the […]

MSF urges Greece to evacuate migrant camps due to coronavirus risk

March 13, 2020 Lefteris Papadimas and Forrest Crellin

(Reuters) Medical charity [Medecins] Sans Frontieres (MSF) has urged Greece to immediately evacuate migrants from overcrowded camps on its islands due to a high risk of the coronavirus spreading swiftly among people living in squalid conditions. Greece reported its first fatality from […]

Canada accuses doctor of crimes against humanity for virginity tests on women in Afghanistan

March 11, 2020 Stewart Bell

(Global News) Canadian immigration authorities are trying to deport a doctor who performed “virginity tests” on women in Afghanistan, alleging her actions amounted to a crime against humanity. Before crossing the border into Canada to make a refugee claim, Saida Ahmadi worked […]

Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results

March 6, 2020 Pablo Gorondi

(AP) No entry, says Hungary. Not all at once, says Greece. Watch out, says Croatia: They might have the coronavirus. This week, thousands of asylum-seekers sit at the intersection of a pair of fast-moving news stories — a spike in migration in […]

Judge dismisses most serious remaining charge against doctor accused of genital mutilation

March 5, 2020 Mark Hicks

(Detroit News) A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the most serious remaining charge against a doctor accused of female genital mutilation. Dr. Jumana Nagarwala had sought a dismissal of a charge of conspiracy to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct involving […]

Judge: Man accused of truck attack plot isn’t fit for trial

March 4, 2020 Michael Kunzelman

(AP) A federal judge has ruled there is ample evidence that a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., isn’t mentally competent to stand trial. U.S. District Judge […]

Imam slammed for comparing female genital mutilation to gender transition surgery

February 21, 2020 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) An imam in Gothenburg’s largest mosque has been criticised after comparing female genital mutilation (FGM) practices to those who undergo gender reassignment surgeries. The imam’s comments were set out as part of an email that was framed about being against FGM […]

Dutch get tough on ‘virginity repair ops’ and child marriage

February 19, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Dutch doctors have pledged to stop carrying out operations to “restore” women’s hymens, as one of a package of measures to tackle what ministers call “damaging practices” affecting mainly women and girls. There were 120 hymen repair operations at Dutch […]

Historic victims of female genital mutilation offered help through Sheffield support services (LINK ONLY)

January 28, 2020 EoI News

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Man accused of terror plot may be mentally unfit for trial

January 21, 2020 Michael Kunzelman

(AP) A psychologist who examined a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., found “ample evidence” that he is mentally unfit to assist in his defense, a court […]

National security review agency looking at complaint over arrest of Canadian ISIS recruit

January 6, 2020 Stewart Bell

(Global News) A complaint over the RCMP’s role in the arrest in the United States of a Toronto-area ISIS recruit has been referred to Canada’s new national security review agency, handing its members a challenging case early in their mandate. A copy […]

German police doubt terror link in knife attack

January 6, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) German police on Monday said they had found no indication yet that a knife-wielding Turkish man shot dead after trying to attack officers had a terrorist motive, adding that he had psychological problems. The 37-year-old struck a parked patrol car with […]

French police shoot knife man in Metz 2 days after Paris attack

January 5, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French police shot and injured a knife-wielding man in the northeastern city of Metz on Sunday, two days after a suspected Islamist radical stabbed a man to death near Paris, investigators said. Metz public prosecutor Christian Mercuri told AFP the man […]

Hundreds rally in Paris to seek justice for murdered Jewish woman Sarah Halimi

January 5, 2020 Philippe Theise

(France 24) Hundreds of French Jews and their supporters rallied in Paris on Sunday calling for justice for murdered Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, after a court of appeal ruled last month that her attacker was “not criminally responsible” for his actions. Ms […]

French prosecutors treating deadly stabbing outside Paris as terror attack

January 4, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AFP) French anti-terrorist investigators said Saturday they have taken over the probe into an attack by a knife-wielding man who killed one person walking with his wife in a park south of Paris before being shot dead by police. Police said the […]

French Jew who survived 2016 stabbing by assailant who shouted about Allah dies at 65

January 3, 2020 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) A French-Jewish man who was critically injured in a 2016 stabbing attack by a man who shouted about Allah succumbed to his injuries and died, his lawyer said. Chalom Levy died on Dec. 29 in an airplane that took him to […]

In France, a killer’s successful insanity defense sparks outrage

December 31, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) An appeals court ruling that a man who killed a Jewish woman in her home while shouting Quranic verses is unfit to stand trial is prompting outraged reactions from French Jews who fear it sets a dangerous precedent that will undermine […]

Migrant who murdered Swedish teacher has sentence reduced

December 25, 2019 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) A Swedish court has reduced the prison sentence for a 20-year-old Afghan who murdered his 69-year-old teacher, who he was also in a sexual relationship with at the time, because of the migrant’s mental health issues. The Afghan, who came to […]

Canadian who plotted New York City attacks appeals conviction, 40-year sentence

December 23, 2019 Colin Perkel

(Canadian Press) The conviction and 40-year prison sentence for a young mentally ill Canadian who plotted terrorist attacks in New York City should be set aside, his lawyer argues in a new appeal brief. The brief on behalf of Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy […]

Recruiting centre attacker not a one-man terrorist group, Appeal Court rules

December 20, 2019 Colin Perkel

(Canadian Press) The federal government failed on Friday to persuade an Appeal Court that a schizophrenic man who attacked a Canadian Forces recruiting centre was a one-person terrorist group. In upholding the acquittal of Ayanle Hassan Ali, Ontario’s top court rejected the idea […]

Paris appeals court agrees: Killer of Jewish woman not responsible for his actions because he was too high on marijuana

December 19, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) The Paris Appeals Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that a Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor will not face trial because he was too high on marijuana to control his actions. The court relieved Kobili Traore, 29, […]

Royal Derby Hospital: Disposable sterile hijabs introduced

December 17, 2019 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A hospital trust believes it is the first in the UK to introduce disposable sterile headscarves for staff to use in operating theatres. Junior doctor Farah Roslan, who is Muslim, had the idea during her training at the Royal Derby Hospital. […]

Utrecht tram shooter has diminished responsibility, court told

December 16, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The man who shot four people dead on a tram in Utrecht has been assigned a lawyer after a court ruled he was mentally unfit to act in his own best interest. Gökmen Tanis was not present at the court […]

French police kill man who threatened officers with knife in Paris

December 13, 2019 Sophie Louet

(Reuters) Police officers shot dead a man who threatened them with a knife in the Paris business district of La Defense on Friday, police sources said. A security man had alerted police to the presence of a man armed with a knife […]

Czech Supreme Court rules in favor of Somali girl barred from wearing hijab at Prague school The Czech Republic must accept and tolerate religious pluralism, and neither discriminate against any religion nor favour it unless it has a special reason, the court said

December 6, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Expats.cz) A Somali girl who wanted to wear hijab at a Prague secondary nursing school but was banned to do so in 2013 had the right to wear it, the Czech Supreme Court ruled in its verdict that has been released on […]

Muslim man who stabbed Jewish father and son at Amsterdam market ruled unfit to stand trial

December 2, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) A Muslim man who was charged with trying to kill a Jewish father and son at an Amsterdam market was found not criminally responsible for his actions and sent for psychological care. A Dutch judge ruled that Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel […]

Man who threatened to behead police intends to convert to Judaism, court told

November 28, 2019 Georgina Mitchell

(Sydney Morning Herald) A convert to Islam who said he was “gearing up for martyrdom” weeks after he approached police with a knife and threatened to behead them has told a court he recently requested the Jewish holy book in prison and […]

French prosecutors drop murder charges against Jewish kindergarten teacher Sarah Halimi’s killer (LINK ONLY)

November 28, 2019 EoI News

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FGM expert tells court it is ‘not possible’ that toy caused girl’s injuries (LINK ONLY)

November 26, 2019 EoI News

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Call for Peterborough flu injection trial for Muslims (LINK ONLY)

November 24, 2019 EoI News

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A new study offers a glimpse of the unrepentant Australian terrorist

November 21, 2019 Nick O'Malley

(Sydney Morning Herald) New research has painted a chilling portrait of the “average” Australian Islamist terrorist by creating a database [of] about 173 citizens or residents who have been charged with terrorist offences or joined terrorist organisations. An Australian terrorist is likely […]

Female genital mutilation victim welcome[s] arrival of new clinic (LINK ONLY)

November 21, 2019 EoI News

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Couple accused of female genital mutilation claim daughter sustained injuries when she fell on toy (LINK ONLY)

November 20, 2019 EoI News

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Methodist Hospital partners with hijab company to create inclusive hijabs for staff, patients

November 14, 2019 Unlisted Author

(KSTP) Hilal Ibrahim started volunteering at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park when she was 14 years old. “When I volunteered, a lot of women would wear white hospital blankets on their heads because there just wasn’t anything else available,” Ibrahim recalled. […]

Four years on, Paris attacks survivors struggle in silence

November 13, 2019 Mike Woods

(Radio France) Four years after 130 people were murdered in coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, a fund to help survivors is still receiving new cases — underlining how long it can take for victims to come to terms with their trauma. Those […]