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 […]

Government & Politics

French city official celebrates his birthday with a swastika cake [Montpellier] councillor Djamel Boumaaz, who was previously fined for making a Nazi gesture, calls pastry ‘a gift from my SS friend’

(Times of Israel) An official in the French town of [Montpellier] celebrated his birthday with a cake decorated with a swastika, which he described as “a gift from my SS friend.” Djamel Boumaaz posted an image of the cake on his Facebook […]

Children & Teens

German daycares under police protection after plans to stop serving pork Two Leipzig daycare centers reversed moves to remove pork from the menu after the plans sparked a nationwide debate. The heated responses prompted police to park patrol cars outside to protect against 'possible dangers.'

(Deutsche Welle) Plans to no longer serve children pork or gelatin-containing products like gummy bears at two daycare centers in the eastern German city of Leipzig prompted a wave of criticism online and made headlines across the country on Tuesday. The mass-circulation […]

Law Enforcement

German police raid suspected Islamists’ homes The raids in the western cities of Düren and Cologne came after credible tipoffs were received by police. Six men have been taken in for questioning, according to German media.

(Deutsche Welle) Police in Germany’s western state of North Rhine-Westphalia carried out raids against suspected Islamist extremists on Thursday. Officers were searching for “concrete indications” of a planned attack, authorities said. Sniffer dogs were present as the police searched for explosives, but […]

Clerics & Preachers

Norway jails controversial Iraqi preacher

(AFP) Norway on Wednesday provisionally jailed controversial Iraqi Kurdish fundamentalist preacher Mullah Krekar, following a conviction in Italy for “terrorist conspiracy,” his lawyer told AFP. Norwegian intelligence (PST) had arrested Krekar, 63, on Monday in Oslo under an international search warrant as […]