(Jerusalem Post) Over 2000 radical Islamists gathered in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday to call for a caliphate and the implementation of Sharia law, German news reported. In the footage from the gathering, crowds could be heard chanting Allahu Akhbar, among other things. The […]
(BBC) A controversial Islamic preacher is not in talks to buy a Scottish island, the estate agents have confirmed. Sheikh Yasser al-Habib was reportedly planning to buy Torsa in Argyll to make his own Sharia law-based Islamic “homeland.” His organisation launched a […]
(ABC-Australia) Hamza Elbaf’s journey from Sydney to a northern Syrian prison has left him totally disconnected from the outside world. “Who’s the prime minister?” he asks. “I want to know what’s happening in Australia. What’s happening with this coronavirus?” For five years, […]
(Jewish News of Northern California) An imam with a long history of antisemitic statements spoke to a small group of pro-Palestinian protesters at their Stanford University tent encampment on Wednesday evening. Amir Abdel Malik Ali addressed about 15 people, many wearing kaffiyehs […]
(Jewish News of Northern California) Students with Stanford University’s pro-Palestinian encampment announced on social media their plans to host an imam with a long history of antisemitic statements and calls for a Muslim caliphate in the U.S. Amir Abdel Malik Ali is […]
(European Conservative) An expert on Islamism has highlighted the dangers to Europe of the Muslim Brotherhood through its emphasis on legal rather than “terrorist” methods. Dr. Lorenzo Vidino told a recent European conference how the Brotherhood is a “social network,” united by […]
(DPA) Some 2,300 people joined a demonstration called by the Islamist group Muslim Interaktiv in the northern German port city of Hamburg on Saturday, according to police estimates, after the rally only got the go-ahead from authorities under strict conditions. The demonstrators […]
(Deutsche Welle) It’s estimated that some 1,000 people gathered at Hamburg’s popular street Steindamm late April, following a call to protests by an organization called Muslim Interactive (MI). Some demonstrators chanted “God is great,” and held up signs that read “caliphate is […]
(DPA) German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has dismissed Islamist support for the caliphate as a form of rule as absurd, but does not necessarily consider it a judicial issue in Germany. His comments came ahead of an Islamist demonstration in Hamburg later […]
(Iran International) Belgian MP and human rights advocate Darya Safai has raised alarms regarding the surge of Islamist extremism across Europe. Safai, who has Iranian roots, took to her X profile to post a video of a recent Islamist demonstration in the […]
(DPA) Another demonstration by the Islamist organization Muslim Interaktiv in Hamburg will be allowed to proceed, less than two weeks after an earlier demonstration caused a national uproar in Germany. Hamburg’s police chief Falk Schnabel said on Wednesday that the group’s planned […]
(Hill) Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said he has concerns about Sharia law being “forced upon the American people” during remarks on the House floor Tuesday. “Well, I’ve got some pretty strong concerns about Sharia law,” Roy said while discussing his broader worries […]
(DPA) Hundreds of people took to the streets in Hamburg on Saturday to protest against Islamism and anti-Semitism and in support of the liberal values of Germany’s democratic constitutional order. The demonstration in Hamburg was planned as a counter-rally to a march […]
(Deutsche Welle) A top Bavarian politician on Wednesday demanded tougher consequences for people advocating for Germany to become a “caliphate,” saying they should face prison terms and lose citizenship. Alexander Dobrindt, who heads Bavaria’s conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) in Germany’s Bundestag, […]
(Politico) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday there must be “consequences” following an Islamist rally in Hamburg that sparked condemnation from politicians across the country. More than 1,000 people participated in a demonstration in the northern German city on Saturday, holding up […]
(Jerusalem Post) Some 1,000 protestors gathered in Hamburg’s Steindamm Street on Saturday, calling for an end to “dictatorship values,” according to the German daily Die Welt. In a video posted on X, the crowd can be seen responding to shouts of “Takbir” […]
(Breitbart) A study on juvenile delinquency in the German province of Lower Saxony found that radical ideology is widely prevalent among the Muslim youth population, with nearly half favouring an Islamic caliphate over democracy. A “dark field study” conducted by the Criminological Research […]
(Ynet) At just 26 years old, Raheem Boateng is already the intellectual leader of a radical Muslim group in Hamburg that greatly concerns the German security authorities. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, Boateng and his group’s influence have been steadily […]
(Australian) A radical, terrorism-backing Sydney cleric who described Jewish people as “descendants of pigs and monkeys” and urged people to “spit on Israel” so that “Jews would drown” is a Saturday school principal teaching sharia to children as young as five. The […]
(Radio France) Tunisian imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi was recently expelled from France for alleged hate speech under an accelerated procedure made possible by the country’s tough new immigration laws. In a crackdown on Islamist fundamentalism, France has ejected a string of foreign imams […]
(Arab News) A majority of Conservative Party members in the UK believe that Islam is a threat to the British way of life, a new poll has found. The Opinium poll surveyed 521 members of the country’s ruling party about the UK’s […]
(National Post) The day after an Islamic organization was declared a terrorist group in Britain, the group’s Canadian branch cancelled a conference it was hosting this weekend that was calling for the resurrection of the Muslim caliphate and the imposition of Shariah […]
(CBC) A major challenge of Canada’s ban on adoptions from several Muslim countries is set to play out in the Federal Court — a move some legal observers say wouldn’t be necessary if the government wasn’t upholding what they call a “discriminatory” policy. The case, which could […]
(Dominion Post) An Islamic marriage contract or nikah is enforceable under New Zealand law, but needs cultural context, the Court of Appeal has decided. It is the first time the question of enforceability of a nikah — under which a husband is […]
(Calgary Herald) The Calgary teen who will be placed on a 12-month terrorism peace bond believed Sharia law dictated that gay people should be executed, court was told Monday. And among the materials found on the now-17-year-old’s electronic devices were videos of […]
(Stuff) Whether a dower — part of Islamic marriage law — should be enforceable and paid in New Zealand is back before the courts. The unusual case is believed to be the first time a case had come before the courts relating […]
(Al-Jazeera) The United States may elect its highest-ranking Muslim official next week — a Donald Trump-backed Republican who has questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 elections. Mehmet Oz, a television personality and retired surgeon of Turkish descent, is running in Pennsylvania against […]
(AP) Ahmet Mete, who was recognized by Turkey but not by Greece as the elected mufti for the Muslim population in the Xanthi region, died Thursday at age 57, his family said. The family did not discuss the cause of death, but […]
(Stuff) A woman has won the right to have about $215,000 paid to her as part of her marriage contract from the United Arab Emirates. It was the first time a case had come before the courts relating to the payment of […]
(Stuff) A Wellington dentist who has to pay his ex-wife $212,095 under Sharia law after their overseas divorce should not have to under New Zealand laws, his lawyer says. The landmark case being heard at the High Court in Wellington on Thursday […]
(Stuff) The first New Zealand case of a woman seeking the return of a $212,095 dower from her ex-husband after being divorced in an overseas court has begun in Wellington. The pair married in the United Arab Emirates, under Islamic or Sharia […]
(National Post) Walied Soliman, a Muslim lawyer who chaired Erin O’Toole’s leadership campaign and the recent Conservative Party election campaign, has won a $500,000 defamation award against a self-styled “news commentator” who used YouTube and other internet platforms to accuse Soliman of […]
(iPolitics) A federal candidate for the Bloc Québécois (BQ) has been writing messages with “Islamophobic” undertones on Twitter and Facebook for years. Ensaf Haidar, 42, became the BQ’s nominee for southern Quebec’s Sherbrooke riding last month. Her husband Raif Badawi was arrested […]
(CTV) A Conservative candidate in Nova Scotia has apologized for sharing social media posts about Muslims and immigrants but will continue to run for the party in a riding once held by former prime minister Brian Mulroney. “In the past I have […]
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(CNS) The Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan has thrust the issue of “shari’a” back into the public discourse, and a senior official in the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Tuesday the concept was being misunderstood and incorrectly portrayed. When the fundamentalist militia […]
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(NZ Herald) A New Zealand man does not have to pay a $212,000 dowry to his ex-wife after the High Court ruled United Arab Emirates marriage laws did not apply here. United Arab Emirates woman Rahla Almarzooqi had her appeal to enforce […]
(Blaze) A judge in Texas earlier this year effectively denied a U.S. citizen her constitutionally protected due process rights, choosing instead to order her to appear before an Islamic tribunal where her testimony is considered inferior. And when her lawyers sounded the […]
(Bergen Record) New Jersey’s Zahid Quraishi has served as a military prosecutor and an Army captain in Iraq, as an assistant U.S. attorney who has tried cases of public corruption, organized crime and financial fraud, and as a white-collar criminal defense lawyer. But […]
(Moscow Times) Five Chechen men went on trial in Austria for outing and harassing female compatriots for exhibiting “Western behavior,” Austrian media reported Thursday. The defendants were accused of running an online chat where they threatened, intimidated and occasionally abused Chechen women […]
(Breitbart) Despite recognition of divorce from the Swedish state, some women are having difficulties getting imams in the country to recognise their divorces under Islamic law and remarry. One woman, a migrant from Iraq who wanted to divorce her husband ten years […]
(Copenhagen Post) Today, the government outlined plans to crack down hard on imams who propagate Sharia law divorce documents. Now, in a stunning turn of events, Iran’s ambassador to Denmark, Afsaneh Nadipour, has been summoned to the Danish Foreign Ministry to explain […]
(Copenhagen Post) Late last month, an imam in Odense hit the front pages after being reported to the police for producing a Sharia law divorce contract dictating that a woman would lose her parental rights if she didn’t fulfill a list of […]
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(Copenhagen Post) Remarry? Lose your kids. Move further than 130km? Lose your kids. These are just some of the requirements and limitations in place if a woman decides she wishes to get a divorce through the well-known imam Abu Bashar. The document, […]
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