(BBC) A judge has taken action to protect a woman with learning disabilities in an arranged marriage that happened in Pakistan. Luton Borough Council, which had responsibility for the woman, asked Mrs Justice Theis to consider issues relating to her care. The […]
(AFP) Police on Wednesday arrested the father of two Pakistani sisters living in Spain who were lured back to their homeland last year and killed by family members in a suspected honour killing. The man, whose identity was not given, was arrested […]
(Breitbart) A Swedish court has reduced the sentence for an Afghan migrant found guilty of slashing the throat of a Russian prostitute in a hotel room and leaving the woman for dead. An appeals court has ruled to reduce the 16-year prison […]
(Breitbart) A Syrian asylum seeker appeared in an appeals court in Belgium this week after being convicted of raping an eight-year-old and getting her pregnant, forcing the girl to have an abortion. The 27-year-old Syrian, who was indicted for raping his eight-year-old […]
(WIVB) A father and son were arrested and charged with a kidnapping conspiracy revolving around an alleged forced arranged marriage, the U.S. attorney announced Thursday. Khaled Abughanem, 50, and Waleed Abughanem, 32, both of Lackawanna, were charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy […]
(AP) A court in Germany convicted two Afghan men Thursday of killing their 34-year-old elder sister because they didn’t agree with her lifestyle. The Berlin regional court found the men, aged 28 and 24, guilty of murder for killing the mother of […]
(Breitbart) A 30-year-old suspected Islamic radical has been arrested in Sweden after allegedly carrying out at least five rapes at a care home while working at the facility last autumn. The man is said to have been employed at the care home, […]
(Swiss Info) Geneva’s city council has amended its regulations for public sports facilities to allow people to wear burkinis in the city’s swimming pools. The change had been pushed by the political left. In the end, 38 votes were in favour of […]
(Canadian Press) The federal Conservatives are trying to reassure the World Sikh Organization of Canada that the party remains opposed to Quebec’s secularism law after its MPs voted in support of a provision the province used to create it. On Monday, the […]
(Montreal Gazette) Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi had some choice words for both federal and provincial politicians, who he says are capitalizing on anti-Islamic sentiment to score political points. Nenshi, the first person of Muslim faith to be elected as mayor of […]
(Arab News) Four teenage Afghan boys have been arrested in the UK in connection with the alleged rape of a schoolgirl. One, a 15-year-old, was arrested on suspicion of rape, while the other three — aged 13, 15 and 16 — were […]
(Sahan Journal) A Macalester College art exhibit reopened Monday after a brief closure to address concerns from Muslim students. It’s the second time in recent months that Muslim students at private liberal arts colleges in St. Paul have raised objections to art […]
(Philenews) Limassol District Court last week adjudicated an unprecedented case of assault against a 14-year-old Muslim girl who had refused to wear her religious headscarf to school, Philenews reported on Wednesday. The defendants were the teenager’s 41-year-old father and 31-year-old stepmother who […]
(Religion News) Rami Nsour, an advocate for the incarcerated, has seen firsthand how difficult it can be for those being held in California’s jails and prisons to practice their faith. As his clients are transferred from one facility to another, he said, […]
(Global News) Canada’s first-ever special representative on combating Islamophobia, Amira Elghawaby, should be given “a chance” to do her job, Justice Minister David Lametti says. Elghawaby apologized on Wednesday for her past remarks about Quebec, which she made in an op-ed she […]
(Breitbart) Imams who granted temporary marriages to Muslims hiring prostitutes have been sacked from their roles after Swedish media exposed their activities last year. The imams, who are members of the Shia Islamic community, were found to have been paid to grant […]
(Deutsche Welle) Across the European Union, the headscarves worn by some Muslim women have been hotly contested for years. Some nations claim hijab bans would tackle religious oppression and terrorism, while others argue bans would discriminate against women’s rights and hamper integration. Some EU countries have already imposed […]
(CBC) The Quebec government is calling on the federal government to withdraw its support of Amira Elghawaby, the new representative to combat Islamophobia, only four days after she was first appointed. This comes a day after her attendance at the sixth commemoration […]
(Local) Last year saw just a single police charge for violation of a 2018 law banning face-covering garments, commonly known as the “burqa ban.” Data drawn by the National Police (Rigspolitiet) from local police departments shows only one charge was issued throughout […]
(AP) A Muslim religious leader’s instruction to women to dutifully accept a husband’s “invitation to bed” to procreate has sparked outrage among many Turkish Cypriots, who saw the remarks as an imported encroachment of fundamentalist Islam on their secular community. “We don’t […]
(BBC) A woman has denied being involved in the female genital mutilation (FGM) of a four-year-old British girl in Kenya. Amina Noor, 39, is accused of aiding and abetting a non-UK citizen in an act of genital mutilation between 2006 and 2007. […]
(Swiss Info) Mustafa Memeti, the imam of the Muslim Association of Bern and responsible for the mosque in the Swiss capital’s House of Religions, has announced he will stand down at the end of April. Memeti, 62, said in a statement on […]
(Breitbart) A 24-year-old woman was placed into a coma after her Muslim ex-boyfriend allegedly attacked her. She had gone to the police earlier that day but was told to come back later. The woman, named Chloe, had initially gone to the local […]
(Breitbart) Foreign migrants with a history of violently rioting in the Austrian city of Linz will likely not engage in the practice again this New Year’s Eve, a local politician has claimed, as they have all been reportedly given integration courses. It […]
(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, […]
(Local) Sweden’s Supreme Court has reversed the schoolgirl headscarf ban passed by the Moderate-led municipality of Staffanstorp in Skåne back in 2019, saying it breaks freedom of expression laws. Staffanstorp, where the Moderates rule in coalition with the far-right Sweden Democrats, wanted […]
(BBC) A group of 28 people have escaped from a plane after it made an emergency landing in Barcelona’s El Prat airport in Spain, officials say. The emergency was caused by a pregnant woman on board the Morocco-Turkey flight faking labour, they […]
(KERA) In May, a Houston man shot and killed his estranged wife, their 4-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law before killing himself. In July, a man drove 11 hours from Georgia to Chicago where he shot and killed his 29-year-old ex-wife and himself. […]
(Swiss Info) Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan will have to stand trial in the Swiss city of Geneva next year accused of rape and sexual coercion. Justice officials and lawyers of the parties confirmed that the 60-year-old will be tried following four years […]
(Breitbart) A Libyan refugee faces trial in Paris this week after allegedly raping a woman at knifepoint after she hosted him in her home for several weeks. The trial of Libyan refugee Samir L., said to be in his late thirties, began this […]
(AP) An Austrian court has convicted three Afghan men for the rape and death of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found dumped next to a tree in Vienna last year in a case that shocked the Alpine nation. The Austria Press […]
(Radio France) A restaurant owner in France’s south-west Basque region has been fined 600 euros for refusing entry to [a] woman wearing an Islamic headscarf, and her son. A court in the city of Bayonne found the 64-year-old restaurant owner, also a […]
(Breitbart) An Algerian migrant who arrived illegally by boat on the Spanish island of Mallorca was arrested just two days later for allegedly sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl. The alleged sex attack took place last Thursday in the city of Palma in […]
(ANSA) Premier Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday that it is necessary to reflect on the relationship between violence and religion, “especially in relation to immigrant women.” “Physical mistreatment, clothing limitations, bans on going to school, forced marriages, abuse and homicides get justified by […]
(Dutch News) Justice minister Dilan Yeşilgöz has reaffirmed her opposition to serving police officers wearing headscarves or other religious symbols, saying as long as she is in charge, this will remain the situation. “As long as I am minister of justice and […]
(CBC) As arguments wrapped at the Quebec Court of Appeal Wednesday for the legal challenge to the province’s secularism law — known as Bill 21 — the panel of judges hinted that the case hinges on whether the bill disproportionately discriminates against Muslim women who wear the […]
(Swiss Info) A Swiss mosque, housed in a religious centre that receives state grants, has been accused of playing a role in forcing women into marriages against their will. Swiss public broadcaster SRF uncovered evidence of forced marriages at a mosque in […]
(CBC) English-language school boards argued before the Quebec Court of Appeal Wednesday they should be exempt from Quebec’s secularism law — known as Bill 21 — because religious diversity is part of the cultural heritage of English schools in Quebec. “The examples […]
(CBC) As the court challenge of Quebec’s secularism law — commonly known as Bill 21 — continues this week before the Quebec Court of Appeal, groups contesting the law argued Tuesday Bill 21 overwhelmingly discriminates against Muslim women. The Quebec government and several civil […]
(CBC) Opponents of Quebec’s secularism law — known as Bill 21 — argued before the province’s Court of Appeal Monday that the CAQ government went too far in pre-emptively invoking the constitutional notwithstanding clause in order to protect the law from court […]
(Brussels Times) Despite mounting criticism, Islamic non-profit organisation Al-Furqan will be allowed to continue renting a swimming pool in Lommel, Flanders, for an Islamic swim event. Women are not allowed to attend, according to Belgian newspaper Het Belang van Limburg. As the […]
(National-UAE) The UK Foreign Office has pledged to investigate claims that family members of Iran’s leaders are applying for British passports to seek refuge in London, as protests continue in their country. Iranians have taken to the streets to protest against the […]
(Anadolu) Although the subject gets little media coverage, the problem of food in French school cafeterias is a headache for many parents of Muslim students. Citing their version of secularism, some mayors have decided not to offer alternative menus in school cafeterias. […]
(Breitbart) A Swedish court has found an Afghan migrant guilty of raping a woman and pushing her down a mine shaft, sentencing the 41-year-old to “life” for rape and attempted murder. Afghan migrant Taher Amini was sentenced to “life” — actually likely to […]
(Arab News) A French government minister has pledged to confront an increase in clothing associated with Muslim cultures in French schools, which, he says, is counter to French values of secularism. Pap Ndiaye, the minister of education, described the phenomenon as a […]
(Newshub) A Kiwi Iranian activist says the deadly fight for freedom in Iran hasn’t received the Western attention it deserves — believing the fear of being Islamophobic is silencing Western feminists. Iranians across the world are calling for world leaders, including New […]
(Courthouse News) Bans on head coverings are allowed in European Union workplaces as long as they apply to all employees, the bloc’s top court ruled Thursday. The European Court of Justice sided with Belgian housing organization SCRL, which refused to move forward […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss government wants fines of up to CHF1,000 ($1,000) for people who break a ban on face coverings in public places. This is part of a bill sent to parliament on Wednesday to implement the so-called “burqa ban” proposed […]
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(CBC) Red tape covered their mouths. Their hands were bound behind their backs. They were on their knees. That was the silent statement protesters wanted to make as they gathered in front of Montreal’s McGill University Thursday afternoon to demonstrate against online […]
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