Children & Teens
Gerard Batten drags Ukip further right with harsh anti-Islam agenda (LINK ONLY)
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Women
Clothing
Woman won’t stand for judge, lifts her veil to plead guilty to knifing
(Age) A young woman who stabbed a Melbourne man in the name of the Islamic State has lifted her niqab veil in court to plead guilty to intentionally engaging in a terrorist act. Momena Shoma, 25, refused to stand in the dock […]
Children & Teens
When children forced to marry stay married
(Swiss Info) Marriages involving minors must be annulled, according to Swiss law. However, exceptions are permitted if it seems to be in the child’s best interests. This provision must be done away with to combat forced marriages more effectively, says lawyer Anu […]
Government & Politics
‘Emotional and physical abuse’: Ellison accuser posts doctor’s report naming congressman as alleged abuser
(Daily Caller) The ex-girlfriend accusing Democratic Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison of domestic abuse told her doctor in 2017 about alleged “emotional and physical abuse” from Ellison, according to a document the woman published Wednesday. Karen Monahan’s account in the doctor’s report is […]
Government & Politics
New poll: Minnesota AG race close as Ellison abuse accusation lingers
(MPR) Dogged by a recent allegation of domestic abuse, Democrat Keith Ellison has a narrow, five-point lead over Republican candidate Doug Wardlow in the race to be Minnesota’s next attorney general, according to an MPR News/Star Tribune Minnesota Poll. Of 800 likely […]
Clothing
European rights court slams Belgium on headscarf issue European Human Rights Court rules that excluding woman from courtroom for refusing to remove headscarf is a violation
(Anadolu) The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday convicted Belgian authorities for violating the EU Convention on Human Rights by excluding a Muslim woman from a courtroom for refusing to remove her headscarf. In 2007, the applicant, referred to by the […]
Crime
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan faces rape accuser in court
(AFP) Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan faced one of his rape accusers for more than eight hours in a French court Tuesday as he seeks bail after seven months in custody on charges he furiously denies. Ramadan, a frequent TV commentator, was […]
Clothing
Most Western Europeans favor at least some restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing
(Pew) A Danish law that took effect in August makes it illegal for Muslim women to wear face-covering veils — such as burqas or niqabs — in public. Austria, Belgium and France, as well as parts of Italy and Spain, have enacted […]
Clerics & Preachers
Amsterdam’s mayor says closing mosques where imams sow hate is ‘a last resort’
(Dutch News) Amsterdam’s mayor Femke Halsema has told local broadcaster AT5 that she will close down mosques if imams are spreading messages of hate but “only as a last resort.” Halsema, who outlined her strategy to deal with radicalisation in a briefing […]
Clothing
New West Yorkshire Police uniform designed for Muslim women (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Swiss open rape case against Tariq Ramadan
(AFP) Prosecutors in Geneva have opened a rape and sexual misconduct investigation against Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who has been detained in France since February on separate rape charges, Swiss media reported Sunday. The Tribune de Geneve newspaper quoted Geneva’s prosecutor’s office […]
Children & Teens
First clinic for young female genital mutilation victims sees just five girls in a year (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Prison imam’s bizarre attack on Barbies (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Twitter allowed a ‘pro-FGM’ account to sponsor a tweet Activists said the tweet, posted by a group called Dawoodi Bohra Women for Religious Freedom, promoted female genital mutilation.
(BuzzFeed) Twitter has come under fire for allowing a tweet that activists have said is pro–female genital mutilation to be promoted on its site, meaning that it showed up on the timelines of users who didn’t follow the poster’s account. The tweet, […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Four Belgian political parties call for banning of pro-sharia Islamist party
(Breitbart) Four political parties are pushing forward laws that could prohibit the pro-sharia Partij Islam ahead of Belgium’s upcoming municipal elections. The Independent Federal Democrat Party (DEFI), the right-wing Reform Movement (MR), the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH), and the Socialist Party (PS) […]
Clerics & Preachers
Sydney Muslim group ignores outrage to republish a video of an imam claiming a wife who refuses sex with her husband has committed a ‘major sin’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
LGBT-friendly Berlin mosque deradicalises Muslim youth
(Reuters) Tugay Sarac was just 15 when he first talked about traveling from Germany to Syria to fight for Islamic State. But unlike his friends at the time, Sarac had turned to radical Islam as a way of avoiding coming to terms […]
Academics & Education
Austrians react to government’s headscarf plan Activists in Austria speak out against draft plan to ban headscarf for students and teachers at schools
(Anadolu) Austrians have reacted to a plan by the education minister to expand the headscarf ban for students and teachers to secondary schools. Education Minister Heinz Fassmann said on Monday that the issue should be discussed throughout the country, especially in the […]
Children & Teens
Feds level new charges in genital mutilation case
(Detroit News) Federal prosecutors filed new charges in the nation’s first case involving female genital mutilation, accusing one doctor of mutilating three more prepubescent girls and alleging one girl was drugged. The new charges bring to a total of nine girls from three states […]
Clothing
Guard called Muslim headscarf a ‘rag,’ Kansas prison discriminates, rights group says
(Kansas City Star) A civil rights group said Wednesday that a Muslim woman is facing religious discrimination at a privately run prison in Leavenworth. The prisoner, Valeriece Ealom, has complained that staff at the Leavenworth Detention Center have repeatedly disparaged her wearing […]
Citizenship
Bernardi renews his push for burqa ban Australian Conservatives senator Cory Bernardi has introduced draft laws to parliament banning facial coverings at commonwealth sites.
(AAP) Burqas could be banned at major airports and citizenship ceremonies under legislation introduced to parliament by right-wing senator Cory Bernardi. The Australian Conservatives’ leader on Tuesday introduced a bill banning facial coverings at commonwealth sites, including all public places in the […]
Clerics & Preachers
‘He’s preaching something that’s illegal’ (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Austria mulls to expand headscarf ban in schools People on public duty should not use religious, ideological symbols on duty, says Austria's education minister
(Anadolu) Expanding the range of headscarf bans for students and teachers in secondary school should be discussed throughout the country, especially in parliament, Austria’s education minister said on Monday. Speaking at Austrian state television ORF on a draft law to ban Muslim […]
Children & Teens
Pay-off for Scout leader expelled for making ‘Darth Vader’ veil remark (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Sweden: Social Democrat candidate claims Islamic law more important than Swedish law
(Breitbart) The Swedish Social Democrats have had to remove a parliamentary candidate from their national election list only days before the vote after they claimed Islamic law was more important than Swedish law. The candidate, who was running in the municipality of Karlshamn in the […]
Children & Teens
Girls ‘being pressured into FGM in UK playgrounds,’ survivor warns amid international crackdown (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
UK and US border officials join forces in bid to tackle female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Cantonal initiative to ban headgear in schools ruled invalid
(Swiss Info) The Federal Court says that an initiative by the conservative right Swiss People’s Party to ban head coverings in schools in the southern canton of Valais is invalid. It confirms the decision taken by the Valais parliament. The People’s Party […]
Children & Teens
Six years in jail for failure to stop female genital mutilation (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Tariq Ramadan set to face new trial, this time in Switzerland
(Al-Arabiya) A court in Geneva hearing the Tariq Ramadan case has explained that the “threshold necessary to justify opening a criminal investigation is present and this has been the case since the beginning of the procedure,” a report in the Le Point […]
Crime
The most dangerous countries in Europe for women have large Muslim immigration Statistics link Muslim immigration in Europe to sexual violence.
(FrontPage) Sweden has one of Europe’s highest rates of sexual assaults. At 120.79 violent sexual assaults per 100,000 people, and 56 rapes per 100,000, the otherwise bleak socialist country ranks as having the second highest rate of sexual violence in Europe. What […]
Clothing
Burqa ban: Danish police fine tourist after she tries to renew visa while wearing face veil (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Islam shows its female face with rise of women mosques
(Reuters) Relegated to the basement, silenced by the imam and barred from the front door, some Muslim women have had enough of male domination at the mosque and are setting up their own. From Copenhagen to Los Angeles, a handful of female […]
Children & Teens
Genital mutilation case revs up amid grand jury activity
(Detroit News) As many as six members of a Muslim sect from India were questioned by a federal grand jury Wednesday as prosecutors pursue more criminal charges involving new girls in the nation’s first female genital mutilation case. The grand jury appearances by members […]
Demonstrations
Liberals turn on Ocasio-Cortez over Linda Sarsour tweet
(Daily Wire) Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appears to be in danger of losing some of her support among liberals with her decision to increasingly align herself with anti-liberal activist Linda Sarsour. The Democratic candidate’s rift with her liberal supporters really showed itself […]
Arts & Entertainment
Piers Morgan asks Muslim woman to take off her full face veil during heated ‘ban the burka’ debate (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Rabbi condemned for saying Islam ‘has no place in Britain’ (LINK ONLY)
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Apostasy
ISNA convention uses shame, fear to stir Muslims politically
(IPT) In a year in which Muslim political candidates are breaking new ground or falling just short, it’s not surprising to see politics dominate the country’s largest annual gathering of Muslim Americans. But the political sessions at the annual Islamic Society of […]
Children & Teens
Cash grant to help tackle violence against women (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Man and woman plead not guilty to genital mutilation of three-year-old girl The suspects, from Ghana and Uganda, have also been charged over several allegations of possessing indecent images.
(Sky News) A man and a woman have pleaded not guilty to the female genital mutilation (FGM) of a three-year-old girl. The man, a 43-year-old from Ghana, and the woman, a 36-year-old from Uganda — who cannot be named for legal reasons […]
Immigration
One in five vulnerable Syrian refugees are rejected by NL because of their views
(Dutch News) Some of the most vulnerable refugees living in camps in Turkey have been rejected by the Netherlands because they have extremist sympathies or are too conservative, the Volkskrant reported on Wednesday. The Netherlands has agreed to take its “fair share” […]
Arts & Entertainment
‘Sexualised’ niqab hero gets makeover after costume criticism
(BBC) Sara Alfageeh, from Boston, USA, has always loved comics. As a child, she used to “run home from the library with stacks of them.” But the recent depiction of one character annoyed her so much she chose to take matters into […]
Christians
Polish lawmaker backs burqa ban, no Saudi mosques in Europe until Poland can build cathedral in Saudi Arabia
(Breitbart) Polish lawmaker Dominik Tarczyński has waded into the European burqa debate, saying it should be banned partly for security reasons, and partly to make it clear to Islamic radicals that they cannot demand more rights in Europe than Europeans have in Saudi […]
Children & Teens
Female genital mutilation: Number of affected women rising in Germany Women's rights organization Terre des Femmes estimates that 65,000 women affected by female genital mutilation (FGM) are living in Germany. DW's Kate Brady met one Somali woman who is calling for an end to the practice.
(Deutsche Welle) “I was about 11 or 12 years old. Several people held me down. Then they cut me. They laid me on the table. I can still see the image. I had such horrific pain. Then they sewed me together. They […]
Children & Teens
UK Somali teenagers taken ‘on holiday’ and forced into marriage (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Demir: Headscarf has no place in schools
(Brussels Times) The hijab — the headscarf worn by Muslim women as the minimum form of coverage — should be the subject of a ban in schools under the next legislature, according to federal secretary of state Zuhal Demir. “The headscarf has […]
Clothing
Sweden’s far right courts immigrant voters in bid to make historic gains (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
NYPD cop used to tout diversity busted for forcible touching
(NY Post) A Muslim cop who has been held up as a model example of NYPD diversity was arrested for allegedly forcibly touching two people — including the wife of a police sergeant — during one of the department’s “smoker” boxing events, […]
Clothing
Tories need to promote and elect more Muslims, Ruth Davidson says in swipe at Boris’s burka row (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
‘Terre des Femmes’ pushes headscarf ban for girls The women's rights organization 'Terre des Femmes' has launched a petition calling for a headscarf ban for minors in schools and daycare centers in Germany. But the initiative has courted controversy.
(Deutsche Welle) A girl below the age of 18 wearing a headscarf? The human rights organization “Terre des Femmes” believes it is morally wrong and is demanding that the German government ban headscarves for girls in schools and daycare centres. On Thursday, […]