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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.

(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 […]

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EU Parliament blocks motion condemning treatment of women under Sharia law Left 'so afraid of fundamentalists' that it cannot confront the influence of Islamism in Europe

(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 […]