Children & Teens
Forced marriage: Police ‘turn a blind eye’ to child brides (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Academics & Education
Islamic convert principal dumped from a Muslim-majority high school over allegations he was radicalising students is back in the classroom (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Forced marriage: Officer asked if Iraqi man could date a 12-year-old (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Amsterdam mosque gave shelter to jihadis, recruiters, Telegraaf says
(Dutch News) A mosque in Amsterdam has been giving shelter to fundamentalist Muslims who went on to join Islamic State, the Telegraaf reported on Friday. The paper bases its claim on a photograph which it says shows four “heavyweights from extremist circles” […]
Clothing
First woman fined in Denmark for wearing full-face veil
(AFP) A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported. Police were called to a shopping centre in Horsholm, […]
Clothing
Photo of Danish policewoman and Muslim hugging at demonstration goes viral
(Local) A photo of a police officer hugging an emotional niqab-wearing woman at a demonstration in Denmark on Wednesday has become one of the country’s most widely-shared images this week. The demonstration in Copenhagen’s Nørrebro neighbourhood on Wednesday took place as a […]
Clothing
Danes march in Copenhagen to protest ban on wearing face veils in public
(Reuters) Around 1,300 Danes marched through Copenhagen on Wednesday in protest at a new ban on the wearing of face veils in public, accusing the government of infringing on women’s right to dress as they choose. Denmark’s parliament enacted the ban in […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Man’s sentence reduced after judge is accused of anti-Islamic bias
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) An Iranian-American’s five-month jail sentence was reduced after he filed an appeal accusing a Sandy Springs judge who sentenced him of harboring anti-Islamic bias. Municipal Court Judge Sharon Dickson recently came under fire for remarks she made during Fazial Azizan’s […]
Crime
Media enables CAIR’s empty entrapment spin
(IPT) If you ask the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its media allies, terrorists ensnared by FBI sting operation[s] are victims of entrapment; they’re mentally ill; or both. Media coverage, such as a recent Cleveland Plain Dealer article about a sting […]
Children & Teens
Forced marriage protection order issued for Sheffield teenager (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
It’s official: Toronto Muslim gunman not a terrorist Never mind that he expressed support for ISIS. That doesn’t fit the narrative.
(FrontPage) We can all relax now: the Associated Press reported Tuesday that “authorities say no link to terrorism in Toronto rampage that left 2 dead, 13 injured.” Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale declared: “At this stage, based on the state of the […]
Children & Teens
Terror police boost security for MP Sarah Champion over criticism of Asian sex gangs (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Grooming: Sajid Javid orders officials to build profile of sex gangs (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Man jailed for handing out ‘jihad leaflets’ on the Tube (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
French police clear 450 migrants from camp in Nantes
(AFP) French police on Monday cleared some 450 Sudanese and Eritrean migrants from a park in the western city of Nantes where they had been camping for more than a month. Regional authorities said 455 people were cleared in the operation, ordered […]
Demonstrations
Counterprotesters say five of their delegates were arrested during an anti-Islam rally in Toronto
(Toronto Star) Organizers protesting an anti-Islam demonstration in Toronto say five of their delegates were arrested during the rally Saturday on University Ave. The event, hosted by PEGIDA, an organization for “Patriots of Canada Against the Islamization of the West” — according […]
Children & Teens
Morocco police to patrol Paris streets to tackle migrant youth gangs
(Breitbart) Following an agreement between France and Morocco, several Moroccan police officers are scheduled to be sent to Paris to help deal with young delinquent migrants. A total of four officers from the North African country are set to patrol the Goutte d’Or […]
Clerics & Preachers
SPLC finally admits Orlando shooter Omar Mateen wasn’t a right-wing terrorist
(PJ Media) On Wednesday, PJ Media discovered that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — a notorious left-wing smear organization — had silently removed Omar Mateen, the radical Islamic terrorist responsible for the deadliest Islamic terror attack since September 11, 2001, from […]
Clothing
Jewish man, 69, attacked in Paris by assailant shouting about Allah and Hitler
(JTA) A 69-year-old Jewish man wearing a kippah was assaulted in Paris by a young Arab man who shouted about Allah and Hitler. In Tuesday’s incident, the alleged assailant hit the Jewish man, pushed him to the ground and dragged him by his […]
Demonstrations
Four activists held in France for escorting migrants over border
(AFP) Four people accused of illegally helping migrants cross the border into France were being questioned by police on Tuesday, the latest case over aid provided to refugees on the move through Europe. The activists, part of the “Tous Migrants” association, took […]
Children & Teens
Home Office had information on Rotherham grooming gangs in 2002 but failed to act, review finds (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Arrests and prosecutions alone will not end the problem of FGM
(Charity Today) Arrests and prosecutions alone will not end the problem of FGM, said a police inspector speaking at the National FGM Centre’s annual conference, this week. More preventative work with affected communities is needed in order to end the harmful practice, […]
Crime
Hidden Harm: Police bust the myths around honour-based abuse (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Muslim swimmers asked to leave Wilmington public pool; mayor apologizes
(Delaware News Journal) It’s the fourth year Tahsiyn A. Ismaa’eel has taken children, participants in her summer Arabic enrichment program, to the Foster Brown public pool in Wilmington. But this year marked the first time some of her elementary schoolers were asked […]
Academics & Education
The relentless radicalization of Sweden
(Gatestone) A new study of Salafism in Sweden, conducted by the Swedish Defence University, paints a bleak picture of the ongoing radicalization of Muslims in Sweden. The Salaf are the “pious ancestors” during the first three generations of the followers of Mohammed; […]
Clothing
‘No Jew in Germany’: German police assault Israeli professor It is unclear why the police confused the victim with the suspect.
(Jerusalem Post) The police in the West German city of Bonn allegedly mistakenly beat an Israeli philosophy professor after a German of Palestinian origin attacked him because he was wearing kippah. According to a Thursday report in the Rheinische Post, the 20-year-old […]
Crime
Germany outlaws Turkish boxing gang
(Gatestone) German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has banned a Turkish boxing gang called “Osmanen Germania BC” (“Germania Ottomans”) on the grounds that it poses a serious threat to public order. The gang, most of whose members are Turkish Germans, is said to […]
Clothing
Ventura County denies pulling off woman’s head-covering in response to civil rights suit
(Ventura County Star) In a response filed Wednesday to a federal lawsuit, the County of Ventura said a local Muslim woman’s head-covering was “gently and respectfully” removed for security reasons while she was in jail custody and denied her allegations it was stripped from her. Attorneys for the county […]
Crime
German Interior Ministry bans biker gang Osmanen Germania BC Germany has banned Turkish-nationalist biker gang Osmanen Germania BC, accusing the group of carrying out violent crimes. Officials believe the gang has ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
(Deutsche Welle) German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer outlawed biker group Osmanen Germania BC (Germania Ottomans) on Tuesday, banning them from all activity. “The club presents a serious danger for individual legally protected rights and for the general public,” the ministry said in […]
Children & Teens
UK Parliament: Little interest in grooming gangs
(Gatestone) In response to Britain’s ongoing sexual grooming scandal, a group of 20 MPs signed an open letter to recently appointed [the] home secretary, Sajid Javid, urging coordinated action. As the UK Parliament has 650 MPs, the 20 signatories constitute a mere […]
Crime
German police arrest 10 in alleged anti-Semitic attack
(AFP) German police arrested 10 people Sunday over an alleged anti-Semitic attack in a Berlin park, with local media reporting that both victim and suspects are Syrians. The group, aged between 15 and 25, including three women, were detained following the assault […]
Academics & Education
Florida Muslim civil rights group launches ‘know your rights’ tour
(Orlando Sentinel) The state’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group on Friday announced a statewide “Know Your Rights Tour” to educate Muslims on their rights as voters, when at school or work, when traveling and when being questioned by law enforcement. […]
Clerics & Preachers
French watchdog accuses Muslim leader of incitement
(JTA) A prominent watchdog group on anti-Semitism in France filed a police complaint against a leading Muslim community leader for alleged incitement to hatred of Jews. The National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, filed the complaint Thursday against Dalil Boubakeur, […]
Fasting
A Mecklenburg inmate signed up for Ramadan fast. Now he’s suing because he got hungry
(Charlotte Observer) During a holy month when he was supposed to be fasting, a Muslim inmate in the Mecklenburg County Jail still wanted his lunch. So Travaile Speller has sued, claiming that his jailers and the Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office discriminated against his […]
Clerics & Preachers
Arabic videos for Garda jobs a big hit (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Norway arrests man for making ‘Islamist’ threats: report
(Local) Norway’s police security agency PST has arrested a man after linking him to Islamic fundamentalism. The man, who lives in Oslo and is in his thirties, was arrested last weekend. He is reported to have made “Islamist-motivated” threats against media organisations […]
Crime
‘Honour based’ abuse is targeted by police after shock number of cases in Slough are revealed (LINK ONLY)
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