(LBC) Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has backed calls for bosses to be able to ban burqas in the workplace. The leader of opposition said individual organisations should be able to dictate what their employees dress in, adding the workers should not […]
(E-Notícies) Summer returns and so does one of the controversies of recent years in Catalonia: the use of the burkini. This piece of clothing that covers a woman’s entire body was normalized in 2023 by the Department of Equality and Feminisms, which […]
(GB News) Yasmine Mohammed has revealed the harrowing reality of escaping a forced marriage to an Al-Qaeda operative, only to face death threats from her own mother for removing her hijab. The human rights activist told GB News about her “terrifying” ordeal, […]
(LBC) Reform UK’s chairman Zia Yusuf has resigned after just 11 months. He said: “I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time, and [hereby] resign the office.” It comes as Yusuf said […]
(ITV) Reform UK is being rocked by more infighting after the chairman said MP Sarah Pochin’s first question at PMQs was “dumb” because it did not align with party policy. Parliament’s newest MP, who recently won the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, urged […]
(Euronews) Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called on Thursday for stricter measures limiting religious symbols and rituals in education, asking for a ban on full-coverage veils worn by some Muslim women to be extended to schools and universities. The country’s overall […]
(GB News) Sarah Pochin’s call for the burka to be banned is an important one and deserves to be debated, Nigel Farage has said on GB News. The Reform UK leader spoke in response to his MP’s first ever Prime Minister’s Questions […]
(GB News) Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to “ban the burqa” in the “interest of public safety.” Addressing the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions, the representative for Runcorn and Helsby questioned the […]
(European Conservative) Amid a rise in militant Muslim fundamentalism, French facilities for vulnerable children appear to be deliberately targeted by Islamist recruiters, who see them as perfect candidates for radicalisation. This concern comes after reports highlighting other numerous shortcomings of the child […]
(GB News) Tory MP Richard Holden has called for a ban on first-cousin marriages, warning that such unions create a “clan culture” that undermines integration and enables grooming gang cover-ups. Speaking on GB News, Holden argued that the practice traps communities and […]
(Euro Weekly) The National Police reported Friday that it arrested two women aged 19 and 21 in the town of Alorcón, in the province of Madrid, charged with allegedly running a terrorist academy. The official statement said the two women were placed […]
(GB News) A “tribal instinct” is making racial and religious groups “protect their own” in grooming gangs, Kemi Badenoch has told GB News. In an exclusive interview after the Tory leader met with Bradford abuse victim Fiona Goddard, Badenoch said that Britain […]
(Detroit Free Press) In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful, the man reached up and pulled away a scarlet cloth, revealing unto the people a sign. It was a cold day, late in winter. Maybe a hundred people […]
(Politico) French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday delivered a scathing critique of his predecessor and centrist ally Gabriel Attal’s proposal to ban Muslim headscarves for minors under 15. Attal, the leader of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance political party, publicly floated the […]
(E-Notícies) The Ripoll City Council, a town governed by Sílvia Orriols (Aliança Catalana), has temporarily closed a Maghrebi café in the municipality accused of banning women from entering. According to E-Notícies, it all started from a police inspection last Tuesday, during which […]
(Catalan News) The Catalan parliament has rejected a motion by far-right pro-independence party Aliança Catalana for a ban on the different forms of Islamic veil in public spaces. The text only received the support of the conservative People’s Party and far-right Vox, […]
(AFP) President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered the government to draw up proposals to tackle the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood movement and the spread of political Islamism in France, the Elysee said. The French presidency made the announcement after Macron chaired […]
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron’s political party wants to ban minors under 15 from wearing the Muslim headscarf in public, with the government set to review a report Wednesday on the spread of “political Islamism” in France. Macron will meet with senior […]
(Helsinki Times) Dozens of forced marriages are uncovered in Finland each year, many involving underage girls and some occurring within Finland’s borders. Authorities say such cases often remain hidden and are only revealed when victims feel safe enough to speak. The Finnish […]
(BBC) The new lord mayor of Sheffield has made history as the first black woman wearing a hijab to be appointed to the role. Labour’s Safiya Saeed was inaugurated as the city’s 128th lord mayor at a council meeting on Monday. Members […]
(Politico) France is pushing for more scrutiny on how EU grants are allocated in an attempt to fight antisemitism, hate speech and the funding of entities “obviously hostile to our common values.” France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad also said he would ask […]
(Kathimerini) And suddenly, the occupied territories filled with demonstrators. Turkish Cypriots took to the streets — and stayed there. For two months now, an unprecedented wave of protests has been ongoing against the Islamification of their society and in favor of preserving […]
(Brussels Times) A proposal to ban teachers in public education from wearing religious symbols will be tabled in June by the education minister of the French Community Government, Valérie Glatigny (MR). She revealed the information to La Première on Friday. The debate […]
(BBC) Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has promised “a moment of reckoning” for those who turned a blind eye to the … scandal of grooming gangs. The scale of abuse was set out by Prof Alexis Jay’s Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse […]
(Anadolu) France’s president expressed support Tuesday for a ban on headscarves in sports competitions. “I stand by the Olympic Charter, which prohibits the wearing of all religious symbols in competitions,” Emmanuel Macron said during an interview with broadcaster TF1. He distinguished between […]
(AFP) The Swedish government wants to criminalise virginity tests to strengthen the protection of young girls and women at risk of so-called honour crimes, sources told AFP on Wednesday. Socialstyrelsen, the administration in charge of social services, said ministers were looking at […]
(CityNews) It’s often a sensitive and stigmatizing reality, but a new report shines a light on the realities of female genital mutilation here in Canada. “It was a moment of shock when we ended up at the hospital. And I started hearing […]
(Sky News) The Conservatives are calling for Lucy Powell to resign after the Labour MP’s exchange with a commentator about grooming gangs. The comment was made by Ms Powell, the leader of the House of Commons, after Conservative political commentator Tim Montgomerie […]
(Morocco World News) French President Emmanuel Macron claimed earlier this week that his country respects religious freedom and is committed to preserving the fundamental rights of its Muslim citizens and residents, yet the latest controversial statement by Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau confirms […]
(AFP) Several thousand Turkish Cypriots marched on Friday to protest a new regulation allowing pupils to wear Islamic headscarves in secondary schools, a move critics say threatens the community’s secular traditions. The rule, introduced in March in the breakaway Turkish Republic of […]
(Euronews) In the heart of Germany’s capital, a heated political debate has reignited over the boundaries of religious freedom in the public sphere. The Bundestag’s Green Party group has submitted a motion to abolish Berlin’s Neutrality Act (“Neutralitätsgesetz”), a law that prohibits […]
(Brussels Times) The province of East Flanders has introduced a ban on wearing religious and political symbols in provincial education, aimed at ensuring philosophical neutrality, a decision approved by the provincial council on Wednesday amid some controversy. Coalition partner Vooruit voted against […]
(GB News) NHS staff have been encouraged by top management to fast for Ramadan, to display “allyship” with Muslim colleagues. The “NHS Ramadan Challenge” called on NHS staff to join Muslims in fasting during the Islamic holy month in a poster circulated […]
(GB News) NHS staff have been informed how to convert to Islam in a guide made by the NHS Muslim Network. The Network’s “Guide for New Muslims” tells NHS staff that converting to Islam will be the “best decision you ever make” […]
(Euronews) The Greens party’s group in the Berlin House of Representatives has made a motion calling for the abolition of the so-called Neutrality Act, a law that prohibits civil servants from visibly wearing or displaying religious symbols while at work. The 2005 […]
(Canadian Press) Quebec’s minister responsible for secularism says the government isn’t ruling out expanding its religious symbols ban to include daycare employees. Jean-François Roberge says “everything is on the table” when it comes to strengthening secularism in the province, including extending the […]
(AFP) A French court ruled that a Muslim school could continue to receive state subsidies after local authorities in 2023 cut funding over alleged “serious breaches” of teaching rules, the court and its management said. Private schools can receive state subsidies in […]
(Canadian Press) Education Minister Bernard Drainville’s bill to extend secularism in Quebec schools is far from reaching consensus. While the list of people calling for the legislation to go further is growing, others are calling for it to be withdrawn altogether. In […]
(NL Times) The United States has issued a 5-million-dollars reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Khadra Essa, a Somali-Dutch woman believed to be a key figure in the terrorist organization ISIS, RTL reports. According to the U.S. Department of State, […]
(GB News) A pro-Gaza independent MP has branded outrage over Britain’s grooming gangs a “false right-wing narrative” at a meeting of British Pakistani politicians and community figures. Ayoub Khan, part of Jeremy Corbyn’s “Independent Alliance,” had told attendees at the Mirpur Airport […]
(AP) An Italian appeals court Friday upheld life sentences for a Pakistani couple convicted of murdering their 18-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she refused an arranged marriage. The case shocked many Italians and became a symbol of the brutal […]
(NL Times) Dutch lawmakers are calling for a tougher crackdown on female genital mutilation (FGM), proposing a new law that would make it a criminal offense to promote or glorify the practice. The move comes as fresh data reveals that over 4,200 […]
(Montreal Gazette) Hearings into new legislation reinforcing secularism in schools Thursday rapidly took on the makings of an encore performance of the 2019 debate over Bill 21 on state secularism, with groups pro and con coming forward to push their views on […]
(European Conservative) A renowned French university professor finds himself caught up in turmoil for having expressed his opposition to the holding of an Islamic breaking of the fast on the premises of the Lumière University Lyon 2 (Lyon-2). Prevented from teaching and […]
(AFP) On the outskirts of Paris, 44-year-old French Muslim weightlifter Sylvie Eberena concentrates hard and pushes 80 kilos of bar and weights clean over her veiled head. The single mother made her four children proud when she became the French national champion […]
(European Conservative) On Thursday, April 3rd, the European Parliament’s Strasbourg plenary adopted a resolution to condemn Iran for executing hundreds of political prisoners each year and to call for revoking the death sentence of two prominent activists facing imminent execution. However, when […]
(E-Notícies) Vox in Catalonia has been one of the most vehement parties in pointing out the incompatibility of Islam with Western values. This has sparked much controversy, especially since the Generalitat fined Sílvia Orriols 10,001 euros for expressing that idea. Vox not […]
(AFP) A French court on Friday condemned a man who burned his 31-year-old wife alive to life imprisonment, in a case that shocked the country and sparked criticism of police for failing to protect her. Mounir Boutaa, 48, will have to serve […]
(European Conservative) The trial of Mounir Boutaa has just opened in Bordeaux. This man is accused of killing his wife Chahinez Daoud in 2021 after abusing and beating her, dousing her with petrol, and burning her alive. He took responsibility for his […]
(Swiss Info) A trial of Geneva-based Islamologist Tariq Ramadan, accused of raping three women, is scheduled to take place from March 2-20 at the criminal court in Paris, AFP learned from a source close to the case. Tariq Ramadan will be tried […]
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