Clerics & Preachers
Arabic videos for Garda jobs a big hit (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Government & Politics
Germany deports 69 failed asylum-seekers to Afghanistan
(AP) German authorities say they have deported 69 Afghans whose asylum requests were rejected back to their home country. A plane carrying the men from Munich to Kabul landed in the Afghan capital early Wednesday. It was one of the largest collective […]
Government & Politics
Protection of Jewish and Muslim minorities to be strengthened
(Swiss Info) The government plans to earmark CHF500,000 ($503,000) annually to improve protection of minorities, notably the Jewish and the Muslim communities in Switzerland, from terrorist attacks. The funds are to be used to finance education and awareness, as well as other […]
Government & Politics
Hungary’s Orban open to bilateral migration deal with Merkel
(Reuters) Hungary’s anti-migrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday signalled his willingness to strike a bilateral deal with Chancellor Angela Merkel to limit the arrival of asylum seekers in Germany and other European countries. Merkel needs the backing of both her junior […]
News: Europe
Muslim World League chief wins international award
(Arab News) Muslim World League (MWL) Secretary-General Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa has won the Galileo International Award 2018 in Florence, Italy. The Galileo Foundation said Al-Issa received the award for his excellence in Islamic works and international achievements, praising his leading […]
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 […]
Clerics & Preachers
In this Swedish city, a rabbi and an imam are working to overcome integration troubles (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Merkel, rebel minister agree migrant deal to avert govt crisis
(AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached a deal Monday on migration with her rebellious interior minister, Horst Seehofer, defusing a bitter row that had threatened her government. Both sides hammered out “a truly good compromise … after a tough struggle and difficult […]
Crime
‘Honour based’ abuse is targeted by police after shock number of cases in Slough are revealed (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Europe: ‘The vision is an Islamic state’
(Gatestone) A Dutch government report published in June showed that Muslims in the Netherlands are becoming more religious. The report, based on information from 2006-2015, is a study of more than 7,249 Dutch nationals with Moroccan and Turkish roots. Two thirds of […]
Children & Teens
‘Nasty bully’ imam Abdul Rauf admits beating boys
(BBC) A “bullying” imam who “assaulted many children” and left them “writhing in pain” has been jailed. Abdul Rauf, of Sussex Street, Rochdale, attacked two boys, aged 10 and 12, at a mosque study class in Greater Manchester in 2017, police said. […]
Government & Politics
Italy’s Salvini calls for European anti-migrant alliance
(AFP) Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called for a Europe-wide alliance against “mass immigration” at a triumphant annual gathering of his far-right League party on Sunday. “I think of a league of Leagues in Europe, which unites all the free movements […]
Academics & Education
In Denmark, harsh new laws for immigrant ‘ghettos’
(NY Times) When Rokhaia Naassan gives birth in the coming days, she and her baby boy will enter a new category in the eyes of Danish law. Because she lives in a low-income immigrant neighborhood described by the government as a “ghetto,” […]
Government & Politics
German interior minister offers resignation over migration row
(AFP) Germany’s interior minister Horst Seehofer on Sunday said he wants to resign both his office and his position as head of the hardline conservative Bavarian CSU party, throwing into question the future of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government. “He wants to […]
Government & Politics
Migrant crisis thwarts Emmanuel Macron’s grand plan (LINK ONLY)
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