Brussels: The Ghettos of Brussels A couple of weeks ago the leader of the Dutch green party spoke critically of how Islam is affecting her multicultraul neighborhood. Now it’s the turn of a Flemish parliament member for the Groen! party, Luckas Vander Taelen, who wrote an editorial in De Staandard about the situation in his own neighborhood.
Well now it is unanimous. The judge, her father and the convicted woman all agree that she should be caned in the name of Islam. Just for drinking a beer
Berlin: School must provide prayer space The Berlin administrative court has ruled that school must provide room for a Muslim pupil to pray once a day according to Islamic rites outside of class time. But education authorities are considering an appeal.
Denmark: Doctors told to stop virginity certificates Medical association calls on doctors to stop performing tests to prove virginity of young women Concerns that an increasing number of young Muslim women are being sent to doctors to prove that they are virgins has social workers and doctors taking steps to help them, reports DR News.
If there’s one thing to like about cold, wet and windy weather, it’s the opportunity to get into a cosy coat! And although it’s not Winter quite yet, it can take time to find the perfect coat to suit your style and work with the rest of your wardrobe. This season, details such as pleats, large buttons, textured fabrics and bright colours are key. Here are my top 5 high street picks: Grey pleat wool mix coat £70, Miss Selfridge; Rosy coat purple £79.99, Fever; Retro style blended wool coat £130, Esprit; Jade bib front duffle £65, Dorothy Perkins; Kitty Coat £160, French Connection.
Assalam Alaykum, This is my favourite nasheed from Ramadan this year. The-Deen.co.uk has kindly presented it in the form of this video with the arabic words and translation to it. Enjoy! No related posts.
Rapper and actor Loon has joined the growing list of rappers that have converted to Islam.
Netherlands: Mayor regrets insulting comment Mayor Jos Waals (CDA) of Venray (Netherlands) 'regrets' his statements about Moroccans in his city, Waals wrote in a letter to the municipal council on Monday. Recently Waals spoke during a speech to a women's club about a group of criminal youth , which he described as 'f**king-Moroccans'. That provoked a storm of criticism. “I regret that through my careless use of language it gave the appearance that I criminalize the Moroccan community in Venray,” writes Waals, who earlier apologize publicly via the regional media
Many of us, though we may have sincere and righteous intentions, have recently misplaced our ahklaq (i.e.
Netherlands: Cut off welfare benefits if burka prevents getting a job Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen said in an interview Monday in Dutch newspaper Trouw that a woman who will not take off her burka in order to get work, will not get welfare. National politicians meanwhile support this proposal. In 2007 the court in Amsterdam said that the Diemen municipality was wrong to cut off welfare benefits for a woman wearing a burka. In response the parliament, with the support of the PVV, VDD, and SP parties, voted to enable cutting down on benefits for burka wearers The vote to cut off welfare completely was only supported by the PVV and did not pass. The CDA party said Monday that they could agree with Cohen's ideas. The PvdA also says they support him: first cutting down and then stopping. Jeroen Dijsselbloem sees analogies to somebody with 'fourteen piercings in his face'. “It's all well, but then also no benefits.” There is every indication that such a vote would now get a majority