Nobel Prize – Eye on Islamism

Albania is planning a new Muslim state inside its capital Prime Minister Edi Rama says he wants to give members of the Bektashi, a Shiite Sufi order, their own Vatican-style enclave as a way of promoting religious tolerance.

September 21, 2024 Andrew Higgins

(NY Times) The Muslim cleric preparing to lead what, if everything goes as planned, will become the world’s smallest state, has laid-back plans for the tiny new country. His hoped-for Muslim state in Tirana, Albania’s capital, will be a Vatican-style sovereign enclave […]

Brussels bombing trial: Defendant pleads guilty to complicity in war crimes Legal strategy of Bilal El [Makhoukhi] is to argue that ISIS suicide attacks were an extension of conflict in Syria

June 22, 2023 Sunniva Rose

(National-UAE) The lawyer of one of the 10 defendants in the trial of an ISIS-claimed double suicide bombing in Brussels in 2016 has made the case that his client is complicit in war crimes. Nicolas Cohen, representing Bilal El [Makhoukhi], argued that […]

Minneapolis Councilman Jamal Osman apologizes for anti-gay, antisemitic posts Council candidate [Bihi] also made anti-gay posts

December 20, 2022 Deena Winter

(Minnesota Reformer) Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman has apologized for making antisemitic and anti-gay comments on Facebook from 2011 to 2013, calling Israelis “dogs” and speaking approvingly of Hitler. The Reformer reviewed the posts before they were deleted in October. Osman, […]

The outrageous censorship of Nadia Murad

November 24, 2021 Tarek Fatah

(Toronto Sun) When the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) initially cancelled an event with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad, the reason given was that such an event could foster Islamophobia. Murad was invited to speak at a book club founded by […]

Amal Clooney lauds German court for conviction of IS member

July 26, 2021 Unlisted Author

(AP) High-profile human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad on Monday lauded a German court for convicting a former Islamic State member of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity for her involvement in the enslavement of two […]

Urooj Rahman: Molotov-lobbing attorney

June 12, 2020 Unlisted Author

(IPT) The New York media is titillated, mystified and horrified all at the same time. Why did two seemingly promising young lawyers allegedly carry out a Molotov cocktail attack on [a] New York Police Department police car? How is it possible that […]

Facebook sparks controversy by naming Brotherhood figure to oversight board Tawakkol Karman is more known for Islamist advocacy than public service commitment.

May 8, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Arab Weekly) The name of Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Yemeni Nobel Prize winner Tawakkol Karman stood out as an odd addition to the list of Facebook’s first 20 oversight board members. The new oversight body includes four chairs: former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, […]

German court tries IS jihadist over Yazidi genocide

April 24, 2020 Annalena Doerner

(AFP) An Iraqi man believed to have belonged to the Islamic State group went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of genocide and murdering a child belonging to the Yazidi minority who he held as a slave. Taha al-Jumailly, 27, also […]

Lesbos, once a Nobel peace contender, hardens its heart against migrants

March 3, 2020 Alkis Konstantinidis and Michele Kambas

(Reuters) “Go away, go,” a smartly dressed Greek woman in sunglasses and a black leather jacket shouted in English at about 40 migrants in a dinghy bobbing near the small harbor. A headscarfed woman in the boat waved her forefinger, a baby […]

Muslim activists continue to push against Quebec secularism law

July 26, 2019 Aysha Khan

(Religion News) Quebec’s Superior Court recently rejected civil rights advocates’ legal request to suspend the Canadian province’s controversial new ban on religious symbols for state workers. But activists in Canada and around the world say the fight is not yet over. “We […]

Quebec minister accused of hypocrisy after tweeting photo with Malala Yousafzai

July 5, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Canadian Press) Quebec’s education minister is being accused of hypocrisy after tweeting a picture of himself with Nobel Prize-winning human rights activist Malala Yousafzai. Jean-Francois Roberge met Yousafzai while in France, and said on Twitter that they discussed education and international development. […]

Give Matteo Salvini the Nobel Peace Prize, says far-right German AfD’s Beatrix von Storch thinks the Italian interior minister has made a ‘great contribution to the security and stability of Europe.’

June 20, 2019 Judith Mischke

(Politico) German MP Beatrix von Storch reckons Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini should be given the Nobel Peace Prize for his “great contribution to the security and stability of Europe.” “I propose Matteo Salvini for the Nobel Peace Prize because he […]