(NZ Herald) Women MPs of colour and across four political parties are banding together to ensure female genital mutilation is illegal in New Zealand. A bill to clarify the legal definition of female genital mutilation has been introduced to Parliament and is […]
(BuzzFeed) A federal judge ruled Thursday that Hoda Muthana, a US-born woman who left the country to join ISIS, is not an American citizen, and therefore the government has no obligation to facilitate her return or that of her 2-year-old son. Judge […]
(NBC) An American-born woman who once urged jihadists in America to “go on drivebys, and spill all of their blood,” says she “regrets every single thing” and believes she should be given the option to return to the United States with her […]
(Dutch News) If Iraq were to put Dutch jihadis on trial and sentence them to death the VVD would be prepared to accept it, MP Dilan Yesilgoz Zegerius told parliament during Wednesday’s debate about preventing Dutch jihadis from returning to this country. […]
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(AFP) Italy’s new Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said in an interview published Friday that there was no migrant “invasion,” countering statements by her hardline anti-immigration predecessor Matteo Salvini. Lamorgese told the Repubblica newspaper that this year 9,600 migrants and asylum-seekers had arrived […]
(AFP) Italy has renewed a controversial agreement signed in 2017 with [the] Libyan coastguard to block illegal migrants trying to leave from the North African country’s coast, the government has said. Libya, wracked by conflict since the 2011 uprising that killed dictator […]
(Daily Caller) The co-chairman of a Turkish-American advocacy group with close ties to Ankara contributed $1,500 last month to the campaign for Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is under fire this week over votes she cast supporting Turkish government positions, campaign finance records […]
(CNN) The United States is on track to not admit any refugees in October, after already canceling around 500 flights this month, CNN has learned. A pause on admissions that was expected to lift on Tuesday will now extend into November, leaving […]
(NL Times) The suspect accused of threatening far-right leader Geert Wilders, and preparing a terrorist plot, should be sent to prison for six years, the Public Prosecution (OM) said during closing statements against Junaid I. in court on Tuesday. Wilders was present […]
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(NL Times) The public prosecutor submitted a list of 29 suspected Dutch jihadists that it wants to bring back from Syria to the Netherlands to face justice, the Ministry of Justice and Security confirmed to NRC. That is a significant increase from […]
(AP) Muslim groups helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue recover after a gunman killed 11 people there, one year ago this week. The Jewish congregation mounted its own fundraiser for New Zealand’s Muslims after […]
(AFP) At the notoriously overcrowded Greek island camp of Moria, Ezzatolah Soleimani admits he cries often amid despair, scenes of violence and interminable waits for food and basic sanitation. The young Afghan is just 16, one of over 4,000 unaccompanied minors trapped […]
(CTV) “Dear United Nations …” The letter was written by hand on paper that was torn from a notebook. It’s dated October 16, 2019, from a detention camp in northern Syria. The writer is a Canadian, speaking for 10 women, all once […]
(CTV) The sister of a Canadian woman being held in a detention camp in northeastern Syria has written to the Canadian government, pleading for help following Turkey’s invasion — facilitated by U.S. President Donald Trump. “What I need to convey to you […]
(CBC) The RCMP has been combing through the background of two Canadian newlyweds who disappeared while on vacation in Turkey and are suspected of trying to join ISIS, according to multiple sources. Haleema Mustafa and Ikar Mao, both in their early 20s, […]
(Reuters) A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the streets, compounding their plight with more refugees arriving on Greek islands daily in what an aid group called a worsening “nightmare.” Greece sent more police […]
(Global News) Sitting in a dim room at a detention camp in northern Syria, Kimberly Polman was feeling vulnerable. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had vowed to free female prisoners like herself, and she believed him. “I take it seriously,” Polman said. […]
(Alabama Political Reporter) Alabama is one of just 15 states where girls have no laws protecting them against female genital mutilation. The EndFGMToday initiative wants all states to pass laws outlawing the procedure in 2020. They also are trying to get federal […]
(AP) A U.N. racism rapporteur has criticized the recently implemented Dutch burqa ban as doing “more harm than good.” Tendayi Achiume, a rapporteur for the U.N. Human Rights Council, said Monday that the small number of women who wear face-covering Islamic veils […]
(Reuters) Greece’s prime minister accused Turkey on Friday of appearing to “exploit” Europe’s migrant crisis for its own ends and said Ankara could and should control migrant flows to the continent. Greece, the route into the European Union for nearly a million […]
(VOA) The U.S. reached its self-imposed cap of 30,000 refugee arrivals Monday, the last day of the 2019 fiscal year, as the Trump administration eyes another major reduction in refugee admittances from across the globe for 2020. More than half of refugees […]
(AFP) Greece said Monday it wanted to start sending back thousands of migrants to Turkey, a day after a deadly fire sparked riots at an overcrowded camp on the island of Lesbos. The decision, taken at an emergency cabinet meeting, came as […]
(AP) Migrants protesting at an overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos set fires and clashed with police Sunday, killing at least one person, authorities said. A burned body was brought to a local hospital and there is information about an […]
(AP) There’s no room left at Europe’s largest refugee camp. New arrivals on the Greek island of Lesbos have to fend for themselves outside its barbed wire perimeter — in a maze of tents, each sprayed with a number in black paint. […]
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said France “cannot host everyone,” intensifying his tough rhetoric on immigration. Macron had last week signalled a tougher line on immigration in the second half of his mandate, arguing the government must stop voters drifting […]
(AFP) Tech companies led by Facebook on Monday joined world leaders in ramping up an industry body to weed out extremist content online, giving it a permanent staff. Facebook announced the steps at the United Nations, where French President Emmanuel Macron and […]
(NY Post) A New Jersey man has spent the past 22 years training with and scouting terror-attack locations for Hezbollah — and provided the group with intelligence on the Port Authority, Grand Central Terminal, the New York Stock Exchange and the city’s […]
(Hill) A coalition of Muslim and human rights organizations called on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to cancel its plans to award Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi its Global Goalkeeper Award, citing Modi’s controversial revocation of the Kashmir region’s special status. In […]
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(NY Times) The White House is considering a plan that would keep most refugees who are fleeing war, persecution and famine out of the United States, significantly cutting back a decades-old program, according to current and former administration officials. One option that […]
(IANS) US Senator and Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders has termed India’s action in Kashmir as “unacceptable” to his cheering Muslim audience in Houston. But according to veteran US Army Colonel Lawrence Sellin, Sanders’ statement was likely influenced by his Pakistani-American campaign […]
(IPT) American Islamists pushed alarmist rhetoric and double standards following the Indian ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s recent action ending autonomy for the Indian portion of Jammu and Kashmir. The Himalayan Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir has been a source of […]
(CBC) Jack Letts has every right as a Canadian citizen to come to Canada, legal analysts say, but the man dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the media and accused of being an ISIS fighter may not have an easy time getting into the country. “Citizenship doesn’t […]
(Toronto Sun) On Friday, the Green Party fired their candidate in the Quebec riding of Lévis-Lotbinière after he was labelled an “Islamophobe” because he dared to criticize a mosque leader. Luc Saint-Hilaire, who until recently was in Algeria giving professional training as […]
(Reuters) Human rights advocates urged New Zealand lawmakers on Wednesday to drop restrictions on the intake of Middle Eastern and African refugees, saying the policy undermines the character of a nation praised for its response to deadly mosque attacks this year. New […]
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(Reuters) A U.N. investigator rebuked France on Monday for its possible role in the transfer of seven suspected jihadists from Syria to Iraq, but Paris dismissed her concerns as speculation. U.N. extrajudicial executions investigator Agnes Callamard said the seven French nationals were […]
(AP) The United Nations refugee agency expressed concern Tuesday that a new Italian law authorizing massive fines against the owners of private rescue ships could endanger the lives of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. A so-called “security decree” drafted by […]
(Ahval) Two leaders of the American Muslim community said on Friday that their names had been added as guests to a flier printed for the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s planned event in New York City in September, although they had rejected the […]
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(AP) Hungary should not allow security concerns to override the human rights of migrants, a U.N. migration expert said Wednesday. Felipe Gonzalez Morales, the U.N. special rapporteur on migrant rights, said that Hungarian authorities should move families with children who are awaiting […]
(AFP) Norway on Wednesday provisionally jailed controversial Iraqi Kurdish fundamentalist preacher Mullah Krekar, following a conviction in Italy for “terrorist conspiracy,” his lawyer told AFP. Norwegian intelligence (PST) had arrested Krekar, 63, on Monday in Oslo under an international search warrant as […]
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(AFP) Norway has arrested controversial Iraqi Kurdish fundamentalist preacher Mullah Krekar after he was convicted in Italy of “terrorist” conspiracy, the PST intelligence service said Tuesday. A refugee in Norway since 1991, 63-year-old Krekar — whose real name is Najumuddin Ahmad Faraj […]
(Religion News) One of the world’s most prominent Islamic scholars is drawing criticism from some Muslims for participating in the State Department’s newly announced Commission on Unalienable Rights. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, an influential Sunni leader who co-founded Zaytuna College, America’s first accredited […]
(CBC) A pre-election survey conducted for CBC News suggests Canadians are divided on immigration, with clear limits on the kind of migration they find acceptable. The government groups immigrants into three categories: economic, which are skilled workers and businesspeople, along with their […]
(Times of Israel) UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Monday made a rare visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall and Temple Mount on the last day of [his] three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank. Javid, who comes from a Muslim family, […]
(Reuters) Stripping terror suspects of citizenship does not increase national security and may even make it worse, legal experts told a conference on ending statelessness. They are particularly concerned over the increasing use of the measure by Britain which this year revoked […]
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