Belgium: Teacher allowed to wear headscarf  A Muslim mathematics teacher in a municipal school in Belgium won her legal battle to wear a veil in class on Thursday when an appeals court overturned a lower court decision. The teacher, whose identity was not given in Belgian news reports, had been banned by school officials last September from wearing a veil while teaching — even though she had done so for more than two years. Her initial attempt to challenge the ban failed when a court in the French-speaking industrial city of Charleroi sided with the school, citing a decree on the “neutrality” of the national francophone school system

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Germany: Jewish leader calls for more Islam education Stephan J. Kramer is secretary general of the Central Council of Jews in Germany The relationship between the popular majority in Germany and the country’s Muslim residents is one of the foremost topics of public discussion in the country today, one that often escalates into a dispute. One side accuses Muslim immigrants of simply not wanting to assimilate into German society, while the other accuses the majority of Germans of being hostile to Islam and trying to exclude Muslim residents from public life in this country

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France: Algerian ‘wrong type’ to head anti-discrimination body A French politician of Algerian origin “is the wrong type of person” to head the country’s top anti-discrimination body, a senior member of the ruling UMP party said Wednesday, claiming it would be better to have someone “of French stock.” Gérard Longuet told France Info radio that French-born Malek Boutih, one of the nominees to run anti-discrimination body HALDE, was “the wrong type of person.” Longuet, who is the UMP leader in the French Senate, said in the interview he preferred the HALDE’s outgoing president, former Renault boss Bernard Schweitzer.

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US: Europe biased against Muslims The annual report of US State Department on human rights has warned of increasing concern that discrimination against Muslims was on the rise in Europe. The human rights report for 2009 cited Switzerland's ban on the construction of minarets on mosques enacted in November, as well as continued bans or restrictions on head scarves and burqa worn by Muslims in France, Germany and the Netherlands. The report said: “Discrimination against Muslims in Europe has been an increasing concern.” Germany and the Netherlands have prohibitions against teachers wearing head scarves or burqa while on the job, and France bans the wearing of the religious garb in public, the report said.

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Brussels: Police prevent further Kurds-Turks riots The Brussel-Noord police managed to prevent riots between Turks and Kurds through Facebook. Several agents infiltrated a group calling for violence against Kurdish demonstrators

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Shaitaan held a meeting one day, Furious as he watched the muslims in Ramadan pray, And he spoke at length of his ancient plans and dreams, And shouted long and hard emitting screams.

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Norway: Pakistani girls lead double life —————- Norwegian-Pakistani parents are afraid their daughter will smoke, drink or have sex.  But the girl say they just want breathing space. Today is 100 years since International Women's Day was celebrated for the first time.  Though some Norwegian girls and women feel equal in 2010, the circumstances are completely different for many minority women

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Sweden: Muslim Youth group invites hate preacher to annual conference Swedish journalist Per Gudmundon, reports that Sweden's biggest youth organization invited a hate-preacher, Abdullah Hakim Quick, to headline its annual event. In related news, controversial British Muslim convert Abdurraheem Green was invited to speak at the Scandinavian peace conference by the Norwegian IslamNet

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Russia: Sweden gives refuge to Chechen bandits 'Bandits' being the new Russian term for Islamic extremists. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has hit out at Sweden for providing a home for Chechen “bandits”.

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Scotland: Law firm offers sharia counsel A Scottish law firm has become the first in the country to offer clients “conventional” legal representation alongside advice on sharia law. Hamilton Burns, based in Glasgow’s south side, has teamed up with an eminent Muslim scholar who will counsel clients on the Islamic aspect of civil law cases, while solicitors give advice under Scots law.

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