Clerics & Preachers

Belgium wants to deport imam Hassan Iquioussen to Morocco Morocco’s government canceled a consular pass for imam Iquioussen’s deportation in September 2022.

(Morocco World News) Authorities in Belgium are seeking to deport Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen to Morocco. News outlet BFMTV quoted sources that Belgium will deport the imam directly to Morocco. Belgian authorities arrested Iquioussen in September of last year. The imam has […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Radical Islamist organisations being funded by Tory government’s counter-terrorism programme: report

(Breitbart) The British taxpayer has allegedly been handed out to radical Islamist organisations that have “promoted extremist narratives,” according to leaked draft excerpts from an independent review on the government’s counter-[terrorism] programme. A long-awaited review conducted by former Charity Commission Chairman Sir […]

Health & Medicine

Germany: Bavaria train attacker handed 14-year jail sentence The 28-year-old pulled a knife on four passengers on a high-speed train in the southern state of Bavaria last November. The trial focused on whether his attack was motivated by Islamic extremism or schizophrenia.

(Deutsche Welle) The man who carried out a knife attack on a German high-speed train was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday. A court in Munich found that Abdalrahman A. was culpable despite claims he was mentally ill at the time. […]

Government & Politics

Disused cruise ships could house asylum seekers — as government due to spend £2.3bn a year on hotels The home secretary told peers at a committee there are 117,000 people in the UK's asylum system, with 40,000 in hotels, which is costing more than £5m a day.

(Sky News) Disused cruise ships could be used to house asylum seekers — while the government expects to spend £3.5bn on people who have come to the UK to find sanctuary from persecution this fiscal year, the home secretary has said. Suella […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Court upholds French far-right leader’s conviction over anti-Muslim comments The European Court of Human Rights dismisses former French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour’s freedom of speech claim.

(Politico) The European Court of Human Rights rejected the appeal of former French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour, who was convicted in France for “inciting discrimination and religious hatred” over comments targeting the French Muslim community. “The court held that the interference with […]

Government & Politics

Iranian influence and threats growing in the UK, says security minister Hardline regime in Tehran has threatened to kill or kidnap 10 people in Britain this year

(National-UAE) Britain is facing growing interference, threats and influence from state actors including Iran, security minister Tom Tugendhat has warned. Since 10 Iranian plots were revealed in November more incidents have come to light. Foreign meddling of this nature, he said, poses […]

Clothing

Swedish legislator aims to pass bill banning headscarves in police force Richard Jomshof and his far-right Sweden Democrats party have been pressing for ban, which could apply to all public employees in future

(Anadolu) A prominent politician in Sweden is pushing for the passage of a bill that would ban headscarves in the Swedish police force. The proposed law may also be extended to all public employees, Richard Jomshof, the chairman of parliament’s Justice Committee, […]