Children & Teens
The shocking new figures on female genital mutilation in Coventry (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Academics & Education
Muslim Council of Britain slams the Daily Telegraph for ‘inaccurate’ flu vaccine story The MCB will file a formal complaint against the newspaper, a spokesman said.
(HuffPost) The Muslim Council of Britain has denied issuing a “ruling” that parents should not vaccinate their children against flu, following an “inaccurate” frontpage story in the Daily Telegraph. In Monday’s edition an article by Bill Gardner reported that the MCB, Britain’s […]
Academics & Education
Fears over Muslim parents withdrawing children from ‘non-halal’ flu vaccine (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Birmingham has high[er] female genital mutilation rate than anywhere in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Cemeteries & Funerals
Imam buried behind mosque sparks debate in Rockland County village
(NY Post) A mosque buried its imam in the backyard — and a little Rockland County village almost died of shock. Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti, who founded the Jerrahi Order of America mosque in Chestnut Ridge, died at the age of 92 […]
Academics & Education
Toronto recruitment centre stabber cleared by appeal court to attend college on his own Prosecutors argued the board's ruling gave too much consideration to Ayanle Hassan Ali's needs and too little to public safety
(Canadian Press) Ontario’s top court has upheld a decision allowing a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre to eventually take college classes on his own. The appeal court says the Ontario Review Board […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Jewish woman’s killer not criminally liable because he was high on marijuana, French judge rules
(JTA) A Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor in Paris while shouting about Allah is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked marijuana beforehand, a French judge ruled. The preliminary ruling in the trial of Kobili Traore […]
Health & Medicine
Man who attacked military personnel should be deemed terrorist: crown
(Canadian Press) Prosecutors are seeking a new trial for a man who attacked uniformed personnel at a Toronto military centre three years ago, arguing he should be considered a terrorist even though he acted alone and mental illness rendered him not criminally […]
Health & Medicine
Wannabe IS fighter walks from NSW jail A Sydney man stopped at Sydney Airport trying to travel to Islamic State territories has been handed a five-year good behaviour bond.
(AAP) A young Sydney man who was stopped at Sydney Airport when trying to join Islamic State in Syria has walked free from jail on a five-year good behaviour bond. Moudasser Taleb had a bag of military-style clothing but no plane ticket […]
Health & Medicine
Student jailed for ferocious terror attack
(AAP) An “unequivocally committed terrorist” who repeatedly stabbed a Sydney stranger in a “violent, ferocious and inhumane attack” after seeing him wearing an American flag t-shirt has been jailed for at least 27 years. Ihsas Khan had planned to attack Wayne Greenhalgh […]
Children & Teens
Australian Muslim doctor Jamal Rifi takes legal fight to Lebanon after ‘being labelled a Zionist’
(ABC-Australia) One of Australia’s most progressive Muslim leaders is taking legal action in Lebanon to clear his name after being labelled a “collaborator” with Israel. The allegation was initially made by a newspaper aligned with Shia militant group Hezbollah. Sydney GP Dr […]
Children & Teens
Hate campaign targets Dr Jamal Rifi over charity work Threats against Muslim community leader Jamal Rifi are being investigated after vile comments were made over his involvement in a charity.
(AAP) A prominent member of Sydney’s Muslim community has reportedly been threatened over his work with a charity set up to help sick Palestinian children. Dr Jamal Rifi’s support for Project Rozana has led to him being branded an “enemy” by anti-Israel […]
Children & Teens
U.S. House passes resolution officially recognizing female genital mutilation as a ‘human rights violation’
(Newsweek) The House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan resolution denouncing the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) and recognizing it as a human rights violation against women and girls. “Today we’re sending a clear message that every girl, no matter where […]
Health & Medicine
‘Cherry picked and out of context’ — Deception dominates ICNA co-sponsored ‘Inventing Terrorists’ report
(IPT) As IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy noted Friday, the Islamic Circle of North America has helped update a report on terrorist prosecutions in the United States which claims more than 9 in 10 cases involving Muslim suspects are bogus. “Many convicted […]
Children & Teens
Doctor who faces inquiry for asking a Muslim to lift her veil says he will quit after 23 years as a GP due to the ‘major injustice’ of the investigation (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Family GP could be struck off for asking Muslim mum to remove veil during appointment because he couldn’t hear her (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Stabbing of Jewish woman in Sweden ‘not about religion,’ suspect’s mother says
(JTA) The man suspected of stabbing a Jewish woman in Sweden did not commit a hate crime, his mother said, but targeted his victim randomly amid a psychiatric crisis. The 29-year-old man, who has an extensive criminal record for assault, was released […]
Crime
Video of man mocking Muslim prayer room in Bolton Hospital being investigated as hate crime (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Daoud gets 16 years in FBI terror sting; tried to set off car bomb in Loop
(Chicago Sun-Times) Adel Daoud was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison for a decision he made at age 18 — when he pushed what he thought was a detonator that would set off a half-ton car bomb in the Loop. The […]
Halal
Fort McMurray hospital starts serving halal meals for patients 'You don’t have to be Muslim to appreciate harmony, to appreciate inclusiveness.'
(CBC) The hospital in Fort McMurray has become the first in Alberta’s north zone to offer halal meal options. The Northern Lights Regional Health Centre phased in the food in November, and has since served about 100 halal meals to patients. “This […]
Fasting
Doctors must balance risks of Ramadan fasting with significance of observance: study
(CTV) Doctors caring for Muslim patients with mental health disorders should balance concern about the effects of Ramadan fasting on symptoms with an understanding of the spiritual significance of the observance, says a new study released Thursday. There is little research into […]
Health & Medicine
Sydney man guilty of terror stabbing
(AAP) A Sydney pharmacy student who repeatedly stabbed a passer-by with a machete, shouting “I will kill you, you will die,” has been found guilty of carrying out a terrorist act. “He got me probably three or four times and I didn’t […]
Alcohol & Drugs
French Jews say officials are reluctant to call out anti-Semitism by Muslims
(JTA) For most of his adult life, Sammy Ghozlan has worked with French authorities fighting crime. Ghozlan, 75, started as a police officer, ascending through the ranks to become a police commissioner in the Paris area. And since 2002 he has headed […]
Children & Teens
Congress fights to save historic female genital mutilation case
(Detroit Free Press) In a move that could revive Detroit’s historic female genital mutilation prosecution, Congress has intervened in the case, saying the Department of Justice gave up too easily on the law that makes the cutting practice illegal. Months after a federal […]
FGM
Female genital mutilation victims not availing of health services — charity (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Prosecutors want 40 years for bomb plot suspect, defense seeks 2021 release
(Chicago Sun-Times) Federal prosecutors view Adel Daoud as a once-aspiring terrorist who, when given the opportunity to act on his beliefs, tried to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb outside a downtown Chicago bar. Daoud’s defense attorney says the U.S. […]
Health & Medicine
Canadian sentenced to life in prison for US airport attack
(AP) A Canadian man convicted of terrorism for nearly killing a Michigan police officer while yelling “God is great” in Arabic was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, after boldly declaring that he only regretted not having a machine gun during […]
Children & Teens
Feds abandon female genital mutilation appeal
(Detroit News) Federal prosecutors will not appeal a judge’s order dismissing female genital mutilation charges in the first criminal case of its kind nationwide, concluding the law is weak and needs to be rewritten. The decision delivers a setback to international human-rights […]
Children & Teens
FGM safeguarding approach ‘traumatic’ for Bristol Somalis
(BBC) Somali families feel “stigmatised” by female genital mutilation (FGM) safeguarding practices, a university report has found. Those who took part in the Bristol study cited “intrusive and traumatic” questioning around FGM by school staff, social workers, health practitioners and police. Community […]
Health & Medicine
Isis jihadi ‘returned to Sweden to treat war wounds’
(Local) An Isis jihadi fighter returned to his home in Sweden to have wounds to his shoulder treated for free at a state-run hospital, before returning to the front line in Syria, Sweden’s Expressen newspaper has reported. Khaled Shahadeh, 28, returned to […]
Health & Medicine
Wisconsin man who tried to join ISIS is sentenced to seven years in prison
(Journal Sentinel) A Milwaukee man who wanted to join the Islamic State was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison. Federal prosecutors called Jason Ludke “a true danger” and recommended a 20-year sentence followed by a lifetime of federal supervision, but […]
Children & Teens
It’s ‘child abuse.’ SC lawmakers advance bill to criminalize female genital mutilation
(State-SC) S.C. lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday to criminalize female genital mutilation as child abuse after a judge struck down a federal ban. S.C. House Judiciary Committee members voted 24-0 to move the bill to the full House for a vote. The […]
Academics & Education
At med school talk, Linda Sarsour condemns Israel, says precious little about health
(Tower) Anti-Israel activist and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour gave the keynote address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Minority Health Conference on February 22. Many community members were baffled that the UNC Minority Health Conference extended an invitation […]
Government & Politics
Amsterdam CS attacker will ‘do worse’ if gov’t doesn’t act against Wilders
(NL Times) The man suspected of committing a terrorist attack at Amsterdam Central Station in August intends to do worse if the Dutch government does not intervene against PVV leader Geert Wilders, he said during a proforma hearing on Friday. He also intends to deal with Wilders himself, […]
Children & Teens
Tory London mayor candidate Shaun Bailey calls for register of girls at risk of FGM after NHS reveals 21 per cent increase in cases (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Crown appeals privileges for Toronto military centre stabber
(Canadian Press) Prosecutors say a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre should not be allowed to take college classes on his own. The crown is appealing a decision by the Ontario Review Board, which […]
Health & Medicine
Woman sentenced to seven years in prison for Canadian Tire terror attack in Toronto
(Toronto Star) A woman who attacked Canadian Tire employees with a knife and a golf club while declaring support for terror group Daesh is sentenced to seven years in prison, a judge ruled Thursday. In a short and unusual jury trial, Rehab […]
Children & Teens
Female genital mutilation: 53,000 Australians have had procedure, report estimates (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
FGM ‘increasingly performed on UK babies’
(BBC) Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. FGM expert and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman said it was “almost impossible to detect” as the girls were not […]
Academics & Education
Urgent action needed to address lack of FGM awareness, say experts (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Bill would ban female genital mutilation procedures in North Carolina
(Winston-Salem Journal) N.C. Sen. Joyce Krawiec introduced a bill on Wednesday that would ban female genital mutilation in the state. Krawiec, R-Forsyth, said she filed Senate Bill 9 “because we must protect our girls from this abuse of being mutilated … and […]
Health & Medicine
Convicted Canadian Tire attacker tells court she wants to ‘withdraw’ her agreement with the facts
(Toronto Star) A woman convicted of using a golf club and knife to attack Canadian Tire employees in support of terror group Daesh has declared she wants to “withdraw” her agreement with the facts presented to the jury in a recent and […]
Children & Teens
Community leaders work to head off anti-Muslim backlash as Kingston terror arrests wind up political debate Groups want to send message that terror plot allegations have nothing to do with Islam
(CBC) Community leaders are working to calm fears and find ways to prevent an anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant backlash in the wake of two arrests related to an alleged terrorist plot in Kingston, Ont. — yet the probe already has touched off a political […]
Health & Medicine
ISIS video allegedly shows doctor from Canada urging ‘jihad’
(Global News) A video released Wednesday by the ISIS affiliate in Somalia showed a man it said was a doctor from Canada urging supporters to “get on the path of jihad.” The 15-minute propaganda video introduced him as Dr. Youssef Al Majeerteyn […]
Government & Politics
Prevent strategy on radicalisation faces independent review (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Canadian Tire attacker paranoid, deluded, court-ordered report finds
(Toronto Star) A newly released psychiatric assessment of a woman convicted of attacking Canadian Tire employees and customers with a knife and golf club “for ISIS,” suggests she was suffering from “actively psychotic” symptoms and “paranoid and persecutory delusions” at the time […]
Health & Medicine
Islamic radicals met on camping trips to Wicklow mountains (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Alexandr Bekmirzaev: ‘A victim of true Islamic brainwashing’ (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Daesh-supporter Rehab Dughmosh convicted of terror charges over Scarborough Canadian Tire attack
(Toronto Star) A jury has found Rehab Dughmosh guilty on four terrorism-related charges, concluding a brief and bizarre trial in which she refused to participate except to admit she tried to join Daesh in Syria and later used a golf club and […]
Health & Medicine
In highly unusual trial, Rehab Dughmosh admits to attacking Scarborough Canadian Tire ‘for ISIS’ — but refuses to enter plea
(Toronto Star) A year after her plan to leave her husband and two children to join a terrorist group in Syria was thwarted, Rehab Dughmosh entered a Scarborough Canadian Tire in 2017 and shouted “This is for ISIS” as she attacked employees […]