Children & Teens
A third of Britons would stop their children visiting mosque (LINK ONLY)
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Marriage
Academics & Education
Official school records support claims that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) married her brother
(PJ Media) Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-60B) currently leads the race to fill the federal House seat being vacated by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN). Immediately after being elected to her current seat in 2016, Omar faced allegations — soon backed by […]
Children & Teens
Child bride refugees spur Sweden to tighten marriage law
(Reuters) Among the tens of thousands of child refugees who have fled to Sweden from war-torn countries is a group of young girls who have presented the Nordic country with a major dilemma — they are married. The predicament is this. Should […]
Children & Teens
Child marriage survivors say UK law legitimizes ‘terrible’ abuse
(Reuters) When Zee was 13, she returned from school one day to find an engagement party under way at her home in northern England, but her excitement at the celebrations quickly turned to shock. “I asked my mum who’s getting married. She […]
Children & Teens
He counseled a teen for years, but she says he was grooming her for sex A young woman filed a lawsuit and a police report accusing a Texas imam of sexual misconduct. Those who know her say it’s a landmark moment for Muslims saying #MeToo.
(BuzzFeed) Late at night on Dec. 5, 2016, the respected imam of one of the biggest mosques in Texas allegedly invited an 18-year-old to a prepaid room at the Motel 6 in Grand Prairie. The young woman, identified as Jane Doe in […]
Government & Politics
Divorce records: No claim Ellison abused ex-wife
(MPR) U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s divorce records were unsealed by a court order Wednesday, detailing the ending of a troubled marriage and later disagreements over spousal support. The records involve Ellison’s 2012 divorce from ex-wife Kim Ellison, a Minneapolis School Board member. […]
Government & Politics
Minnesota House hopeful calls marriage, fraud claims ‘lies’
(AP) A Minnesota Democratic candidate for Congress who is poised to become the first Somali-American elected to the U.S. House has denounced claims that she married her brother and committed immigration fraud as “disgusting lies,” and says allegations of campaign finance violations […]
Government & Politics
Kim Ellison wants divorce records kept private
(MPR) Kim Ellison, the ex-wife of Minnesota DFL U.S. House Rep. Keith Ellison, made a public plea Tuesday that the couple’s divorce records should remain private. The file is scheduled to be unsealed Wednesday under an order issued last week by Hennepin […]
Government & Politics
Italy shutters tiny town’s landmark migrant model
(AFP) Italy’s interior ministry ordered Saturday that all migrants be transferred out of a tiny southern town that had welcomed them but which triggered a national debate on integration after its mayor was arrested. Domenico Lucano, the left-leaning mayor of Riace, made […]
Government & Politics
Ellison’s divorce records ordered unsealed
(MPR) A judicial officer ordered Friday that Rep. Keith Ellison’s divorce records be unsealed next week, opening the documents to the public weeks before the election and amid a contentious race for Minnesota attorney general. In an order issued Friday, Hennepin County […]
Crime
Cabbie who flouted forced marriage rules allowed to carry on working taxi ranks Despite getting a suspended jail sentence at crown court, the driver was deemed to be a 'fit and proper' person by a licencing panel
(Teesside Gazette) A cab driver who admitted breaching a forced marriage protection order was allowed to carry on working the taxi ranks of Stockton. The driver, who was not named due to legal reasons, did not have his licence revoked at a […]
Children & Teens
Amazon attacked by women’s group for supporting Haitham al-Haddad (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Lawyers argue over unsealing Ellison divorce records
(MPR) A Hennepin County court official will decide no later than Friday whether records in DFL Rep. Keith Ellison’s 2012 divorce should remain sealed or be opened to the public amid a heated race for Minnesota attorney general. Lawyers for the Star […]
Children & Teens
Amazon scheme supports Islamic extremists (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
MPs are failing victims of forced marriage, says charity (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Forced marriage victims get protection after Times investigation (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Mutilated brides fetch higher price, group claims
(Detroit News) Grooms pay more money for brides who have undergone female genital mutilation, a religious practice central to a rare criminal case involving a small Muslim sect from India, according to a victims’ rights group. The claim was included in a […]
Converting to Islam
Norway: Number of converted Muslims increases recently Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang reports approximately 3,000 Norwegians convert to Islam in recent years
(Anadolu) The number of converted Muslims in Norway increased to at least 3,000 in the recent years, a researcher at Oslo University’s Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages said. Norway’s leading Verdens Gang newspaper reported on Sunday that the number of […]
Children & Teens
When children forced to marry stay married
(Swiss Info) Marriages involving minors must be annulled, according to Swiss law. However, exceptions are permitted if it seems to be in the child’s best interests. This provision must be done away with to combat forced marriages more effectively, says lawyer Anu […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tory MP Nadine Dorries deletes misleading tweet about Muslims claiming benefits for multiple wives (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Sydney Muslim group ignores outrage to republish a video of an imam claiming a wife who refuses sex with her husband has committed a ‘major sin’ (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
‘He’s preaching something that’s illegal’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Sweden reports rise in forced and child marriages
(Newsweek) Sweden has seen a rise in reports of child and forced marriages, according to a hotline established by the County Administrative Board in Östergötland County, located in southeastern Sweden. At least 130 phone calls were made in 2018 to a support […]
Children & Teens
UK and US border officials join forces in bid to tackle female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Marriage at 15 ends US teen’s career dreams
(VOA) Sara Tasneem, 37, once had big plans for her future. “When I was a freshman in high school,” she said. “I had made a decision that I wanted to join the Air Force and go to law school.” Instead, Tasneem’s American-born […]
Children & Teens
Cash grant to help tackle violence against women (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Christian Democrat in anti-Islamist Facebook rant
(Local) A senior local politician for Sweden’s Christian Democrats risks being … ejected from the party for calling for Islamists to be shot. Göran Jonzon, second in the party’s candidate list for the municipal council in Vilhelmina in the far north of […]
Children & Teens
UK Somali teenagers taken ‘on holiday’ and forced into marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Young, gay and married — Britons wed to avoid abuse
(Reuters) Dressed in a golden, laced gown, Noor was relieved to wed a man she had met briefly online, ending years of pressure from her Pakistani family to marry. As lights flashed and guests danced merrily inside an English wedding hall, Noor […]
Academics & Education
Government accused of inaction as number of British girls forced into marriages abroad has soared by a third since 2015 (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) perjury evidence blacked out by Minnesota media
(PJ Media) According to CNN, 100 or more newspapers will publish editorials attacking President Trump on August 16. Meanwhile, Minnesota’s largest newspapers — along with every other mainstream outlet in the country — just whiffed on covering this: signed, notarized court documents […]
Clerics & Preachers
Candidate deflects questions on ties to Pakistani cleric
(Worcester Telegram) A Democratic primary challenger to U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, in the 1st Congressional District has landed endorsements from progressive groups despite her connection to a Muslim cleric who called the Supreme Court ruling upholding same-sex marriage the “darkest day […]
Arts & Entertainment
State Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) swore to apparent falsehoods in court — while divorcing her alleged brother
(PJ Media) Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-60B) is the presumed frontrunner for the MN-5 House seat being vacated by Rep. Keith Ellison (D). The seat is safely Democratic; Hollywood progressives, local party officials, and Minnesota media have all but scheduled the […]
Children & Teens
New law will protect minors from forced marriage in New Zealand
(NZ Herald) A law that gives children more protection against forced marriage is expected to pass with unanimous support in Parliament today. The Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill aims to prevent forced marriages of mostly girls, aged 16 […]
Clerics & Preachers
Danish laws prohibiting polygamy can be circumvented Some people still like the idea of having more than one wife
(Copenhagen Post) Although it is illegal in Denmark, it appears that polygamy is still being practised under the radar by some Muslims. Fakti, a group that works with refugees and immigrant women, has come across a number of instances of women talking […]
Children & Teens
Forced marriage: Police ‘turn a blind eye’ to child brides (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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Children & Teens
Home secretary vows to take action over forced marriages (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Visas for men who forced girls into marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Lawyer Asama Javed is ‘fixer for forced marriage’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Girls married off, raped and abandoned to lives of misery (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
English law applies to Islamic marriage, judge rules in divorce case (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
UK couple jailed after trying to force daughter to marry (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Forced marriage protection order issued for Sheffield teenager (LINK ONLY)
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Apostasy
Jury finds Jordanian immigrant guilty of capital murder in Houston ‘honor killings’
(Houston Chronicle) A five-week capital murder trial came to a swift ending Thursday when a Harris County jury took less than an hour of deliberations to convict a Jordanian immigrant of killing his son-in-law and orchestrating the slaying of his daughter’s close […]
Children & Teens
Sweden struggles over child marriage Critics say government is treading too softly to avoid accusations of cultural insensitivity.
(Politico) A row over how to deal with child marriage among immigrants has inflamed political debate ahead of a general election in Sweden, where migration continues to divide public opinion and the far right is riding high in the polls. A tug-of-war between […]
Children & Teens
There is no honour in ‘honour killings,’ only male shame (LINK ONLY)
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Demographics
Londoners least liberal on homosexuality and pre-marital sex (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Hidden Harm: Police bust the myths around honour-based abuse (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Britain holds memorial day for ‘honor killing’ victims
(Reuters) Britain will hold a memorial day on Saturday to remember the victims of so-called honor killings. Honour-based violence is done to punish those — usually girls and women — deemed to have brought shame on their family or community by not […]