(BBC) The brother of a man murdered in an “honour killing” is urging the justice secretary to intervene over the planned release of one of his killers. In 2004, Mamnoor Rahman was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the murder […]
(BBC) A member of the banned group al-Muhajiroun breached a terror prevention order by meeting a woman for sex, a court has heard. The man, known as QT for legal reasons, was handed an 18-month community order at the Old Bailey. He […]
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
(ANSA) A Muslim girl was held captive by her family to stop her seeing a Hindu boy, Italian police reported Thursday. The incident happened in the Tuscan city of Arezzo last weekend, they said. The girl managed to get an email to […]
(Otago Daily Times) A teenage refugee was subjected to protracted, livestreamed beatings by her own family after supposedly bringing shame on them, a court has heard. “What’s just absolutely appalling is that she was hit so many times she couldn’t tell the […]
(AFP) After months of controversy and 135 hours of parliamentary debate, MPs in France are set to approve a draft law to crack down on what has been termed “Islamist separatism” on Tuesday. AFP examines what is, and what isn’t, in the […]
(JTA) Putting a small-town Jewish baker on the ticket was supposed to change the public image of the Netherlands’ Party of Unity — but not like this. Run by Islamic fundamentalists, the tiny party has had little impact at the ballot box since […]
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
(BBC) Women are being offered controversial “virginity tests” at British medical clinics, an investigation by BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women has found. The intrusive tests are considered a violation of human rights by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations, which […]
(Al-Jazeera) A Danish minister has caused outrage among the Muslim minority for suggesting imams and community leaders should publicly support the “right” to have sex before marriage for women. Mattias Tesfaye, foreign affairs and integration minister, said in a Facebook post last […]
(Reuters) France is split over plans to ban virginity testing, with some campaigners calling the procedure barbaric and others warning of violent repercussions for some Muslim women. Women in at least 20 countries are subjected to virginity tests, sometimes by force, as […]
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
(Global News) An Ottawa man convicted of trying to join ISIS has been granted overnight privileges after telling the Parole Board of Canada he wanted to visit a ski resort with his girlfriend. Carlos Larmond had been required to spend nights at […]
(AFP) Five family members of a Bosnian teenager who forcibly shaved her head over her relationship with a Christian Serb man have been expelled from France, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Saturday. Sources close to Darmanin told AFP those expelled were the […]
(BBC) The French government plans to introduce jail terms and fines for doctors who provide controversial so-called “virginity certificates” for traditional religious marriages. It is part of draft legislation aimed at reinforcing French secular values and combating what President Emmanuel Macron calls […]
(Euro Weekly) Virginity certificates are now quite rare in France, but there are still petitions and doctors who lend themselves to it, despite the fact that professional associations have strictly opposed it for years. Those who require these virginity certificates are usually […]
(AFP) The parents, uncle and aunt of a teenager of Bosnian Muslim origin will face trial in France on charges of violence against a minor for shaving her head over her relationship with a Christian Serbian boy, prosecutors said Friday. The girl […]
(Local) A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to life in jail over the brutal murder of his 17-year-old girlfriend, who sparked a huge search when she went missing in western Sweden last year. Tishko Ahmed denied the charges throughout the trial, but […]
(PJ Media) On Wednesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) quoted a violent passage from the Quran calling for false accusers to receive a flogging of eighty lashes. She was responding to a Quran quote condemning adultery with another quote condemning those who falsely […]
(Global News) Canadian immigration authorities are trying to deport a doctor who performed “virginity tests” on women in Afghanistan, alleging her actions amounted to a crime against humanity. Before crossing the border into Canada to make a refugee claim, Saida Ahmadi worked […]
(Dutch News) Dutch doctors have pledged to stop carrying out operations to “restore” women’s hymens, as one of a package of measures to tackle what ministers call “damaging practices” affecting mainly women and girls. There were 120 hymen repair operations at Dutch […]
(AP) The cyber-bullying must stop. That was the message forcefully delivered by France’s equality minister in an impassioned appeal Friday on behalf of a 16-year-old who has been hounded online after posting comments critical of Islam. The girl has faced a deluge […]
(Religion News) For Sidrah Ahmad-Chan, the moment felt surreal. Listening to a Muslim psychologist speaking about patterns of abuse while on stage at the American Islamic College on Saturday (Jan. 11), she pulled up Twitter. “First panel discussion and I am already […]
(Breitbart) A Swedish court has reduced the prison sentence for a 20-year-old Afghan who murdered his 69-year-old teacher, who he was also in a sexual relationship with at the time, because of the migrant’s mental health issues. The Afghan, who came to […]
(Religion News) A new report by an advocacy group accuses a Phoenix imam of sexual battery, child abuse, misappropriation of charitable funds and falsely presenting himself as a single man to pursue relationships with female congregants while having two concurrent concealed marriages. […]
(AFP) In a classroom workshop, students watch a video of a man and woman meeting in a nightclub. The two drink, laugh, dance and kiss. The tone in the room and on the screen quickly changes when the man takes the woman […]
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
(IPT) He’s a public figure who repeatedly preaches about the evil done by Jews. They’re accursed, he said last month, justifying the claim with scripture. They incurred God’s justifiable wrath, he said in 2012, also citing scripture. And today, he argues that […]
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
(KSAZ) Phoenix police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife, his two young daughters and a man who the suspect thought was romantically involved with his wife. According to police, the man, identified Friday afternoon as 30-year-old […]
(BBC) An event involving a psychologist who has claimed sex and relationship education could cause children “harm” has been cancelled by a university. Dr Kate Godfrey-Faussett is being investigated by the British Psychological Society after saying the lessons were part of an […]
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
(Copenhagen Post) The health minister, Ellen Trane Nørby, is preparing a bill to ban hymen reconstruction — a practice that is becoming increasingly common at private clinics in Denmark. Artificial reconstruction will not be allowed unless there is a medical purpose. If […]
(Canadian Press) Members of Quebec’s most prominent women’s group are divided over whether to acknowledge prostitution as a freely chosen career and whether to support all Muslim female public servants who choose to wear a hijab at work. About 150 representatives from Quebec’s […]
(Religion News) If one thing has been made glaringly evident from the #MeToo revelations of the past year, it’s that many women — Muslim women included — are no longer going to be patient in the wake of sexual abuse or trauma. […]
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Eye on Islamism is no longer printing excerpts from articles published by certain news sources. To read the original article, click here.
Thank you for reading Eye on Islamism.