Women – Eye on Islamism

German court bars Muslim woman from serving as judge due to her headscarf Administrative court rules state neutrality outweighs religious freedom; critics say decision discriminates against Muslim women seeking public office

December 2, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Anadolu) A German court has ruled that a Muslim woman cannot serve as a judge or prosecutor if she refuses to remove her headscarf during court proceedings, a decision critics call a violation of religious freedoms. The administrative court in Hesse announced […]

Europe’s growing ‘honour killing’ problem The brutal murder of an 18-year-old girl in the Netherlands, allegedly at the hands of her own family members, must force an uncomfortable conversation about migration and integration.

December 1, 2025 Lauren Smith

(European Conservative) Last May, two brothers allegedly bound their 18-year-old sister in packing tape, gagged her, and drowned her in a swamp. This was an honour killing, motivated by what the girl’s brothers saw as her “westernisation.” During the trial last week, […]

Man from Afghanistan appears in court charged with three sexual assaults in Southampton Sohail Amiri, 30, has also been charged with illegally entering the UK.

November 29, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sky News) A man from Afghanistan has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting three women in Southampton, as well as entering the UK illegally. Sohail Amiri, 30, is accused of approaching a woman and trying to kiss her in Upper Shaftesbury […]

Ex-religious teacher jailed for child sex assaults

November 26, 2025 Aimee Dexter

(BBC) A 71-year-old former Islamic teacher has been jailed for 12 years for sexual assaults against children. Hafez Ashraf Uddin, who worked in Ipswich, was found guilty of 13 counts of indecent assault, relating to six girls, aged between seven and 14, […]

French senators call for ‘republican rearmament’ against Islamist infiltration, ban on veiling children

November 26, 2025 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) A report from French senators has called for “comprehensive republican rearmament in the face of the Islamist offensive,” which seeks to infiltrate all levels of society by seeking to exploit the liberal tolerance of Western society. This week, a working group […]

French Muslim councils file complaint over poll accused of fueling anti-Muslim hatred Councils say survey uses leading questions and reinforces prejudice amid sharp rise in anti-Muslim acts

November 24, 2025 Necva Taştan Sevinç

(Anadolu) Several Muslim religious councils in France have filed a legal complaint over an Ifop survey they say distorts the religious practices of French Muslims and fuels a climate of growing anti-Muslim hostility. The complaint targets a poll commissioned by the little-known […]

Afghan national admits raping 12-year-old girl

November 21, 2025 Unlisted Author

(BBC) An Afghan national has admitted raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Ahmad Mulakhil pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to one count of raping a child under the age of 13. He had previously denied the charge. Mulakhil, 23 and of […]

Austria’s largest party calls for full headscarf ban in schools Right-wing extremist FPO says government plan to ban headscarves for girls under 14 does not go far enough

November 20, 2025 Timo Kirez

(Anadolu) Austria’s right-wing extremist Freedom Party (FPO), the largest faction in parliament, on Thursday called for a general ban on headscarves in all schools, saying the coalition government’s plan to restrict the ban to girls under 14 is insufficient. In a press […]

French Muslim boy jailed for rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl has sentence commuted in retrial A French court reduced the sentence of a teen convicted in the 2024 antisemitic rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl, citing reintegration needs, sparking renewed outrage.

November 19, 2025 Mathilda Heller

(Jerusalem Post) One of two French Muslim teenagers found guilty of raping a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 has had his sentence commuted on account of the “need to prepare for future reintegration.” The original sentences were handed down on June 15, […]

Calls for reconstructive surgery for FGM survivors to be made available on NHS The World Health Organisation-approved FGM reconstruction surgery is freely available on public health services in countries like Switzerland, but for now such treatment remains unavailable on the NHS.

November 18, 2025 Ashish Joshi

(Sky News) Female genital mutilation (FGM) survivors in the UK have been told they have to wait for “more research into the effectiveness” of reconstruction surgery, forcing many to fund their own travel and treatment abroad. The World Health Organisation-approved FGM reconstruction […]

Rising Islamist influence among French youth alarms lawmakers Muslim youth increasingly support Islamist norms over France’s republican principles.

November 18, 2025 Lukács Fux

(European Conservative) A recent Ifop survey for the magazine Écran de veille, published on Tuesday, November 18, highlights a strong Islamist appeal among the younger Muslim generation in France. The study spans more than 60 pages and shows that since 1989, both […]

Minister to ban religious symbols for law enforcement after State Council criticism

November 17, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Justice Minister Foort van Oosten (VVD) will pursue a formal law to prohibit visible religious symbols, such as kippahs or headscarves, for special enforcement officers (BOA’s) following a sharply critical advisory from the Council of State. The Council of State […]

Muslim Charity Run reviews policies after backlash

November 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(BBC) A charity run that stopped women and girls over 12 from taking part is “reviewing its policies” after a backlash. The Muslim Charity Run, held in east London’s Victoria Park last month, was billed as an “inclusive 5km race” welcoming “runners […]

Belgian jihadist handed life sentence by Brussels court for Yazidi genocide

November 14, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) Belgian IS fighter Sammy Djedou, who is believed to be dead, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday by the Brussels Assize Court for genocide and crimes against humanity. Djedou left for Syria in 2012 and committed serious crimes against […]

Asylum seeker jailed for raping 15-year-old girl

November 13, 2025 Katharine Da Costa

(BBC) An asylum seeker who raped a “vulnerable” 15-year-old girl in a busy city centre has been jailed. Amin Abedi Mofrad, who had been staying at an asylum hotel, attacked the schoolgirl near Oxford’s Westgate shopping centre on the evening of 14 […]

Belgian ISIS fighter convicted of Yazidi genocide in landmark Brussels ruling

November 13, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) A Brussels court has found Belgian jihadi Sammy Djedou guilty of genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, marking a historic first for the country. Djedou, a former Islamic State fighter, was long believed to have been killed […]

Ex-jihadist accused of holding three women as slaves

November 10, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Brussels Times) An investigating judge and her team on Monday reviewed five direct testimonies that allowed them to argue that ex-jihadist Sammy Djedou subjected three “abaya” (female captives) to sexual slavery from 1 November 2014 to 31 December 2016, while living in […]

Three women charged in France over suspected jihadist plot

November 8, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Radio France) French anti-terror prosecutors have charged and jailed three young women suspected of plotting a jihadist attack — the first alleged plot involving female suspects in several years. The trio, all around 20 years old, were formally placed under investigation and […]

Belgium opens first trial linked to Yazidi genocide

November 6, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A Belgian jihadist accused of acts of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq and Syria — and presumed killed in conflict — went on trial in absentia Thursday in Brussels. Sammy Djedou, a former fighter with the Islamic State […]

Germany cracks down on Muslim groups viewed as threats to its constitutional order

November 5, 2025 Kirsten Grieshaber

(AP) The German government on Wednesday banned a Muslim group over accusations of violating human rights and the country’s democratic values, and conducted raids against two other Muslim groups. The Interior Ministry said Muslim Interaktiv represented a threat to the country’s constitutional […]

Asylum seeker jailed for sex attack on woman

October 31, 2025 James McCarthy

(BBC) An asylum seeker who launched a sex attack on a woman has been jailed for more than three years. Fawaz Alsamaou, 33, from Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, strangled and sexually assaulted her under a bridge in Cathays, Cardiff. She was walking […]

Migrant sexually assaulted two women as he delivered food to their door while illegally working as delivery driver Shafiullah Rasooli, 29, was convicted earlier this month and is now awaiting sentence

October 29, 2025 Alex Storey

(LBC) An Afghan asylum seeker who overstayed his right to be in the UK and sexually assaulted two women as he delivered food to their doorsteps has been named. Shafiullah Rasooli used his friend’s registration details to carry out work as a […]

Netherlands to press ahead with deporting two Afghan women

October 28, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) The immigration service IND has ruled two women should be deported to Afghanistan even though the Netherlands is involved in a separate international court case about the Taliban’s discriminatory laws against women. The IND said the fundamentalist Islamic regime was […]

Keir Starmer promises rape gang inquiry will investigate why ‘heinous crimes were disproportionately committed by Asian men’ The recent turmoil has led to significant delays in the inquiry, which is expected to take months to restart

October 25, 2025 Ed Griffiths

(GB News) Sir Keir Starmer has promised that the national inquiry into the rape gangs will investigate why “heinous crimes were disproportionately committed by Asian men.” In a letter signed by the prime minister, Sir Keir thanked the panel for its support […]

Teacher banned for life after ‘mocking Islam’ in British school Alex Lloyd sarcastically referred to Islam as the 'religion of peace' during a lesson on 'honour killings'

October 23, 2025 Sophie Little

(GB News) A teacher has been banned from his profession for life after he “mocked Islam” at a school in Dorset. Alex Lloyd was the head of sixth form at the Bishop of Winchester Academy in Bournemouth when he made comments during […]

Portuguese parliament approves bill banning face coverings in public

October 17, 2025 Unlisted Author

(AP) Portugal’s parliament on Friday approved a bill banning face veils worn for “gender or religious” reasons in public, in a move seen as targeting the face coverings worn by some Muslim women. The measure was proposed by the far-right Chega party […]

BBB desperate in appeal to farmers, now also pushing burka ban

October 16, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) BBB leader Caroline van der Plas has explicitly warned farmers not to vote for the PVV. Geert Wilders’ far-right party seems to have farmers’ best interest at heart, but often votes with the animal party PvdD, she said in Nieuwsuur. […]

Minister ‘appalled’ women banned from Muslim run

October 14, 2025 Aurelia Foster

(BBC) The communities secretary has said he was “horrified and appalled” a fundraising run in an east London park barred women from participating. Hundreds took part in the 5 km (3.1 mile) race in Victoria Park on Sunday, according to East London […]

Muslim mayor defends ‘truly inspiring’ charity run — after women and girls banned from taking part Lutfur Rahman claimed there was 'no room for criticism' despite the ban

October 13, 2025 Ed Griffiths

(GB News) A London borough mayor has praised a charity fun-run which banned women and girls aged over 12 as “truly inspiring.” After Sunday’s Muslim Charity Run, mayor Lutfur Rahman said: “It was a pleasure to attend the prize-giving ceremony at the […]

Ebba Busch proposes ban on burka and niqab in public spaces

October 12, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Sweden Herald) The Christian Democrats leader Ebba Busch wants the burka and niqab to be completely banned in public environments. “One should be able to meet in real life if one is on the street, if one shops on the market, in […]

Mosque bans women and girls over 12 from participating in ‘inclusive’ and ‘family-friendly’ charity fun run Campaigners described the move as 'regressively sexist'

October 12, 2025 Lewis Henderson

(GB News) A mosque has banned women and girls over the age of 12 from participating in a charity fun run. Muslim Charity Run, organised by East London Mosque, called the event “inclusive” and “family-friendly” despite only letting men and boys take […]

Boris Johnson reveals true stance on burka ban after GB News grilling over ‘letterbox’ jibe The ex-prime minister also defended Robert Jenrick over his 'white faces' remark

October 11, 2025 Jack Walters

(GB News) Boris Johnson has revealed his true stance on banning the burka after being grilled on GB News about his “letterbox” jibe. The former prime minister suggested that enforcing a dress code for adults was similar to Hamas dictating that women […]

Couple seek to have overturned conviction for female genital mutilation declared miscarriage of justice

October 10, 2025 Pamela Fraher

(RTÉ) A couple whose convictions for the female genital mutilation of their one-year-old daughter … were overturned on appeal have been given a hearing date for their certificate of miscarriage of justice application. In what was the first trial of its kind […]

Man convicted of raping 15-year-old in city centre

October 8, 2025 Ethan Gudge

(BBC) A man has been convicted of raping a teenager near a busy city centre shopping centre. Amin Abedi Mofrad, who is an asylum seeker staying in Reading, attacked the 15-year-old close to the Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford on 14 February […]

New Italian bill targets Islamic face coverings and religious funding

October 8, 2025 Angelo Amante and Crispian Balmer

(Reuters) Italy’s ruling Brothers of Italy party put forward legislation on Wednesday to ban the burqa and niqab in public spaces, part of a broader bill aimed at combating what it called “cultural separatism” linked to Islam. The bill, presented to parliament […]

French woman faces genocide trial over enslavement of Yazidi girl

October 8, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Radio France) A French woman accused of holding a Yazidi teenager in slavery in Syria in 2015 will stand trial in Paris on charges of genocide. Sonia Mejri, 36, will be the first French citizen ever tried for genocide and the first […]

Synagogue attacker was on bail after rape arrest, police say

October 3, 2025 Tom McArthur

(BBC) Jihad Al-Shamie was arrested on suspicion of rape and on police bail at the time he launched a deadly knife and car attack on a Manchester synagogue, police have said. Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz were killed in the attack on […]

Man who ‘married’ care home girl, 15, jailed for sex abuse

October 2, 2025 Emma Glasbey and Jennifer Smith

(BBC) A man who “married” a 15-year-old girl in an Islamic wedding ceremony is among eight men to have been found guilty of sexual offences against her. The victim was groomed and sexually abused by men from the age of 13 and […]

[MPs] want to intervene in schools where religion clashes with democracy

October 1, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Several parliamentarians in the Netherlands have expressed concern over the conflict between religious and democratic values at certain schools, as reported by Nieuwsuur on Monday. During a debate on primary education, Marleen Haage (GroenLinks-PvdA) and Ilana Rooderkerk (D66) emphasized that […]

Unions, red tape and ‘radical Islamists’: Legault lays out his battles in inaugural address With Quebec nearing an election year, the premier outlines plans for the last year of his mandate as the National Assembly resumes sitting.

September 30, 2025 Philip Authier

(Montreal Gazette) Premier François Legault has revealed his roadmap for the year ahead. It includes financial relief for taxpayers, more secularism legislation to counter what he says is the assault on Quebec values by “radical Islamists,” and a plan to speed up […]

Conservative MEP launches petition to ban Islamic headscarves in European Parliament Charlie Weimers says he expects broad support for his initiative, but other lawmakers slammed it as sexist and Islamophobic.

September 30, 2025 Max Griera

(Politico) An EU lawmaker is campaigning to ban the use of the hijab and other Islamic headscarves by people who work for the legislature, according to an email circulated among all members of the European Parliament on Tuesday. Charlie Weimers, head of […]

Reformed Christian, Islamic schools’ lessons contrary to values like equality, tolerance

September 30, 2025 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Several Reformed Christian and Islamic schools are giving lessons that clash with democratic values like equality and tolerance, Nieuwsuur reported after examining mainstream, strictly Christian and Islamic education. Schools are required to teach children about democratic values and to live […]

Quebec government to mull possible ban on face coverings in public CAQ members, secularism minister vote in favour of youth wing proposal

September 27, 2025 Franca Mignacca

(CBC) Members of the CAQ, including at least one minister, have voted in favour of a proposal calling for a complete ban on face coverings in public spaces. The original resolution, presented by the youth wing at the party’s policy convention in […]

Controversial ‘burqa’ poster campaign could break Palma city council rules It has been placed at key points across the island

September 25, 2025 Jason Moore

(Majorca Daily Bulletin) The controversial poster campaign by the far-right Vox Party which features two women, one of them wearing a burqa, could break civic ordinance rules which were approved by the Palma city council in April. The poster has been put […]

Muslim groups in Finland reject talk of niqab ban

September 25, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Helsinki Times) A coalition of 40 Finnish Muslim organisations has issued a joint statement rejecting proposals to ban face-covering religious garments in schools and public spaces. The statement, dated 24 September and signed by groups including Finland’s Muslim Forum and Federation of […]

Woman settles lawsuit over forced hijab removal at Mecklenburg County Jail The settlement includes policy changes and an undisclosed monetary amount. El-Ali's photograph has been removed from the jail's database.

September 24, 2025 Matthew Ablon

(WCNC) A Muslim woman has reached a settlement with Mecklenburg County over a lawsuit alleging jail officials violated her religious rights by forcing her to remove her hijab for a booking photograph. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced the resolution of […]

Government considers ban on face coverings in public spaces

September 23, 2025 Unlisted Author

(Helsinki Times) The Finnish government is assessing whether it can move forward with legislation restricting face coverings in public places during its current term, according to Interior Minister Mari Rantanen. In a statement released by the Ministry of the Interior, Rantanen said […]

Grooming gangs can act with ‘impunity’ if Labour’s Islamophobia definition goes ahead, Tories warn The Tories claimed that Labour is only pushing ahead with the new definition to fend off opposition from pro-Gaza candidates

September 23, 2025 Lewis Henderson

(GB News) Grooming gangs will be given “impunity” to carry out their crimes if a new definition of Islamophobia is passed, the Tories have warned. Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho warned that the definition risks enhancing the “culture of censorship” by giving […]

Illegal migrant, 42, who raped woman in Hyde Park while living in the Hilton hotel is a convicted terrorist

September 18, 2025 Asher McShane

(LBC) An Egyptian asylum seeker who was jailed for raping a woman in London’s Hyde Park is a convicted Islamic terrorist, it has emerged. Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, 42, was found guilty in his absence of being part of a bomb-making cell in […]

Left-wing Labour gov’t defends sharia courts in Britain, backs broad ‘Islamophobia’ definition

September 18, 2025 Kurt Zindulka

(Breitbart) The Labour Party government has argued that allowing Sharia courts to operate in the United Kingdom is a fundamental “British value” and has refused to distance itself from a broad-stroke definition of so-called Islamophobia, which critics say would brand discussions around […]