Academics & Education
Religious leaders and politicians call for calm in Batley cartoon row (LINK ONLY)
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Speech & Censorship
Academics & Education
Batley school protests: Petition calls for teacher to keep job
(BBC) A petition defending a teacher who showed pupils a “deeply offensive” cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad has gathered more than 44,000 signatures. The staff member was suspended after protests were held outside Batley Grammar School. Some had demanded the teacher’s sacking […]
Academics & Education
Batley school protests: Prophet Muhammad cartoon row ‘hijacked’
(BBC) Protests outside a school where pupils were shown a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad are “deeply unsettling,” a government minister has said. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said teachers should be able to “appropriately show images of the prophet” in class. Protests […]
Government & Politics
Civil rights groups urge EU lawmakers to rebuff online terrorist content law
(Reuters) EU lawmakers should reject a proposed law that forces Google, Facebook and Twitter to remove terrorist content within an hour of publication because of the risks to fundamental rights, 61 civil rights groups said on Thursday. The European Commission drafted the […]
Academics & Education
DfE accused of ‘amplifying divisions’ over prophet Mohammed cartoon school row (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Teacher suspended over use of Charlie Hebdo cartoons (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
Charlie Hebdo office attacker ‘radicalised by Pakistani groups’
(AFP) A Pakistani man who attacked the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine last September was radicalised by videos of preachers in his home country and anti-France demonstrations at the time, a report said Wednesday. The 26-year-old had spent the days […]
Books
Claire Koc: Poster girl for integration tells of death threats (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
‘No further action’ taken against Bassetlaw MP’s chief of staff who was accused of Islamophobia (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
German professor under police protection for stance on Islamophobia A German professor at a university in Grenoble, France, has become the target of a hate campaign for not wanting to compare anti-Semitism with Islamophobia.
(Deutsche Welle) “Fascists in our lecture halls! Dismiss Professor Kinzler! Islamophobia kills,” read the large banners hanging at the University of Grenoble. Activists from the French student union Unef also posted the slogans online. Five months after the brutal murder of history […]
Children & Teens
Twitter under fire after suspending account of French teen targeted for Islam comments
(Euronews) Twitter briefly suspended on Sunday the Twitter account of Mila, a French teenager who has faced online harassment and death threats since she posted a viral video criticising Islam last year. The social network initially claimed Mila had violated its harassment […]
Books
Writers, politicians come out in support of threatened Dutch-Turkish author
(Dutch News) Politicians, writers and members of religious groups have signed an online manifesto in support of a Dutch author of Turkish origin who has received death threats for her work. Lale Gül, a 23-year-old author, has [written] a debut novel called […]
Academics & Education
Anger over lies which led to killing of French teacher
(AFP) The lawyer for the family of beheaded French teacher Samuel Paty expressed her anger on Tuesday over lies spread on social media which led to the murder. Paty, a secondary school teacher in a town near Paris, was killed last October […]
Academics & Education
Student admits to lying over claims of Islamophobia against beheaded teacher
(Radio France) The student who accused history teacher Samuel Paty of Islamophobia, which began a hate campaign that [led] to his brutal public beheading in October, has admitted to making up her story. The 13-year-old did not attend class on the day […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Orange deputy suspended after Facebook post about Muslims ‘taking over America’
(Orlando Sentinel) An Orange County deputy sheriff was suspended for almost a month after he posted an anti-Muslim rant on Facebook, in one of several posts that prompted a Muslim civil rights group to ask the Sheriff’s Office to investigate. Master Deputy […]
Government & Politics
Ten years’ prison for threatening far-right Wilders over Mohammed cartoons
(NL Times) Junaid I. was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the appeals court for threatening an attack on PVV leader Geert Wilders in 2018 after the far-right politician announced a contest for the best cartoon featuring the prophet Muhammad. The […]
Government & Politics
Turkey files investigation into Dutch lawmaker Investigation opened over Twitter post insulting Turkish president
(Anadolu) Turkish prosecutors filed an investigation Tuesday into far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders over a social media post seeking to vilify Turkey’s president. Prosecutors in the capital Ankara said in a statement that the probe of Wilders, who heads the Dutch Party […]
Books
Commonwealth Club event goes forward, despite CAIR criticism of ‘anti-Muslim’ speakers
(Jewish News of Northern California) A Commonwealth Club virtual event went forward on Feb. 11 despite heavy criticism from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which charged the two speakers with holding “anti-Muslim” and “anti-Palestinian” views. CAIR, a national organization with a chapter […]
Books
Commonwealth Club under fire over planned event, Jewish board member resigns
(Jewish News of Northern California) A virtual discussion planned for Thursday evening hosted by the Commonwealth Club has been condemned by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which claims that the two speakers hold “anti-Muslim” and “anti-Palestinian” views. Not only is CAIR attempting […]
Academics & Education
Threatened French teacher offered top-level state protection
(AP) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Thursday a state school teacher who allegedly received death threats after writing an open letter on the threat of radical Islam to teachers has been offered the highest level of state protection. Didier Lemaire had […]
Government & Politics
French far-right leader Le Pen on trial over IS tweets
(AFP) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeared in court Wednesday on charges she broke hate speech laws by tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities, a case she slammed as a politically motivated attempt to silence her. The trial comes as opinion […]
Children & Teens
France Mila affair: Five held for death threats over video critical of Islam
(BBC) Five people have been detained on suspicion of making death threats to a French teenager who posted videos critical of Islam, prosecutors say. Mila, 17, had to change schools last year after an Instagram video for her friends in which she […]
Academics & Education
France: No Samuel Paty school after backlash over name change A French town won't rename a school after Samuel Paty — who was slain by an Islamist extremist — following backlash from teachers and parents. The move marks a sign of deeper divisions in French society.
(Deutsche Welle) No one at the school “The Eucalypts” in the village of Ollioules, near the Mediterranean coast in southern France, wants to talk to the media anymore. Sandra Olivier, maths teacher and member of the teachers’ union SNES-FSU, turned down DW’s […]
Academics & Education
Teacher who warned of the threat of radical Islam is placed under police protection in France after receiving death threats (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
French mosque accused of radicalism to reopen earlier Pantin mosque was closed for six months in October for disseminating video criticizing history teacher before his murder
(Anadolu) The Grand Mosque of Pantin near Paris, closed as part of a crackdown against radical Muslims by the French government in the aftermath of history teacher Samuel Paty’s assassination, will soon be reopened, the interior minister announced Monday. The mosque was […]
Arts & Entertainment
Iran calls on U.K. Muslims to act against ‘divisive’ film
(Radio Free Europe) Iran’s ambassador to London has condemned a film produced by a U.K.-based company, claiming that the film undermines the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. The film, titled The Lady of Heaven, revolves around the story of an Iraqi child […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Vox party account suspended for tweet violating hate speech rules Twitter has suspended the official account of Spain’s right-wing Vox party for a tweet on Islamic immigration that they say violated its hate speech rules.
(Euro Weekly) The tech giant Twitter said that they had briefly suspended the official account of Spain’s right-wing Vox party as one of their tweets had violated their hate speech policy. In order to unlock their account, the company said, all the […]
Books
Danish author Sara Omar: Breaking taboos for Muslim women
(AFP) Born amid the horrors of war in Iraqi Kurdistan, Danish author Sara Omar now uses her voice to denounce violence inflicted on women in the name of reactionary Islam, a “calling” that has left her living under police protection. “I broke […]
Crime
France’s ‘teenage Rushdie’ earns 50,000 death threats with one jibe at Islam (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
30 hate messages a minute to girl who insulted Islam (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
French police detain 7 in probe of teacher’s beheading
(AP) French anti-terrorism police on Tuesday detained seven people suspected of having communicated via social media with the killer of a schoolteacher whose beheading last year reopened debate about France’s cherished rights of expression, a judicial official said. The teacher, Samuel Paty, […]
Academics & Education
Deflection of religious debate in French classrooms on the rise following Paty beheading
(Radio France) To avoid possible incidents in the classroom, 49% of teachers in France say they have self-censored their teaching methods when dealing with religious issues. According to a survey carried out by Ifop published this Wednesday, for the Jean-Jaurès and Charlie […]
News: Europe
Europe terror: EU vows to tackle extremism as attacks continue in 2020
(VOA) Europe has faced a series of terror attacks on its soil during 2020, prompting the European Union to pledge a crackdown on extremism both online and within communities, alongside enhanced security at its borders. France was once again a target for […]
Internet
Court rules against Laura Loomer in Twitter ban case Loomer argued she was unfairly booted from the social media platform.
(Florida Politics) A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a district judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Florida conservative political activist and media figure Laura Loomer, who alleged a Muslim civil-rights organization helped engineer her removal from Twitter. A three-judge panel […]
Immigration
Sweden: Asylum seeker interpreter told migrant not to ‘smear Islam’
(Breitbart) Interpreters in Sweden for asylum seekers and other migrants have been accused of major misconduct with one interpreter telling an asylum seeker not to “smear Islam.” Interpreters in Sweden fall into two categories, those with official government authorization and those without, […]
Academics & Education
French academic under police protection after criticising Islam
(Breitbart) A French law professor has been placed under police protection after referring to religions, including Islam, as “sexually transmitted” during a lecture to around 600 students in October. The 50-year-old associate professor, who works at Aix-Marseille University (AMU), is alleged to have said […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Congress members demand Facebook take steps to ‘eradicate’ anti-Muslim bias Lawmakers issue a list of demands for Facebook, including creating a working group that addresses anti-Muslim bigotry and hate groups
(Middle East Eye) A group of 30 Democratic members of Congress on Tuesday sent a letter to Facebook criticising the social media giant for allowing anti-Muslim sentiments to spread on its platform, and are demanding it takes concrete steps to “eradicate anti-Muslim […]
Books
Julie Burchill book contract terminated by Hachette after Islamophobia accusation (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Tennessee legal watchdog out after lawyer accused him of being an ‘anti-Muslim bigot’
(Tennessean) A legal ethics watchdog resigned after a lawyer he was investigating slammed him as an “anti-Muslim bigot.” In a court filing Friday, the state board that punishes lawyers for misconduct said Jerry Morgan was “no longer employed” as a disciplinary counsel. […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
‘Anti-Muslim bias’ of Tennessee legal ethics watchdog hurts investigations, court filing says
(Tennessean) A legal ethics watchdog in Tennessee is under fire after he was accused of being an “anti-Muslim bigot” by one of the lawyers he was investigating. Jerry Morgan, disciplinary counsel for the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, plays a prominent role in […]
Academics & Education
France: Five Chechens arrested in connection with schoolteacher beheading
(Breitbart) French investigators have taken five Chechen-background men into custody as the five are believed to have been in contact with teacher Samuel Paty’s killer Abdoullakh Anzorov. The five males, aged 18 to 21, come from the Seine-Maritime and Haute-Loire departments and all […]
Government & Politics
French government unveils new law tackling Islamist extremism
(France 24) French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday secured his cabinet’s blessing for a draft law targeting “radical Islamism” following a spate of terror attacks, a move some critics fear will stigmatise the French Muslim community, Europe’s largest. The text was originally […]
Academics & Education
France: Nearly 400 incidents praising terror reported in schools last month
(Breitbart) Nearly 400 incidents relating to the praising of terrorism or provocations relating to terrorism have been reported in schools across France from November 4th to the 30th. The French Ministry of National Education reported 393 such incidents, stating that most were […]
Academics & Education
Samuel Paty: French security services failed to act over incendiary social media campaign (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Islamist extremists plotting Christmas terror campaign in UK and Europe, warns former MI6 spy (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
‘Insulting beliefs far from freedom’: Turkish president Ideological fanaticism has gained more ground, Turkish president tells annual convention of Muslim American Society
(Anadolu) Decrying rising Islamophobia in Western countries, the Turkish president said Saturday that insulting people’s beliefs has nothing to do with freedom. “You have been closely following the meanness in France towards the Prophet [Muhammad] under the label of ‘freedom of thought’,” […]
Academics & Education
Four more students charged in France over teacher’s beheading
(AFP) Four teenage students have been charged in France over the killing of Samuel Paty, including three for allegedly pointing out the teacher to his murderer, a judical source said Thursday. Three other pupils were charged with complicity earlier this month over […]
Government & Politics
French mosque linked to teacher’s beheading ordered to remain closed
(Radio France) France’s top administrative court has confirmed the six-month closure of the Grand Mosque of Pantin after it published a video denouncing history teacher Samuel Paty for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, which [led] to his decapitation in a street […]
Academics & Education
Paris suburbs teacher: Third of pupils think criticising Islam ‘not normal,’ question value of free expression
(Breitbart) In the aftermath of the Islamist murder of Samuel Paty, a teacher in the Paris no-go suburbs has claimed up to one-third of her pupils openly question freedom of expression and say it is “not normal” to criticise Islam. The teacher […]
Demonstrations
Swedish prosecutor determines burning Qu’ran not a hate crime
(Breitbart) A prosecutor in the southern multicultural Swedish city of Malmo has dropped an investigation against an anti-Islam activist after determining that burning a copy of the Islamic Qu’ran is not a crime in itself. Prosecutors launched an investigation into the actions […]