Belgium: City bans headscarves, draft law to ban burka 0
Belgium: City bans headscarves, draft law to ban burka Belgium is set to become the first European country to impose a full ban on wearing a burkha.
Archive for March, 2010
Switzerland: Swiss People’s Party attracts 2nd generation immigrants 0
Switzerland: Swiss People’s Party attracts 2nd generation immigrants The article doesn’t say, though, how many of those 2nd generation immigrants are Muslims. ————— The rightwing Swiss People’s Party is attracting more and more young foreigners at the expense of parties on the left, the traditional base for migrants. Aleksander, Naveen, Anastasia, Shanky and Shahid: their names or skin colour betray their origins.
Germany: Turkey can have Turkish schools in Germany 0
Germany: Turkey can have Turkish schools in Germany Before her visit to Turkey, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the idea of Turkish-language schools in Germany: “I do not think this brings us forward, as I think that Turkish children and pupils should go to German schools. I do not think much of the idea of Turkish children going to Turkish school,” she told the Passauer Neue Presse regional newspaper. But after visiting German-language schools in Turkey, she doesn’t dismiss the idea: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s pledge to support the establishment of Turkish-language universities is being hailed in Turkey as a hard-won concession, but it may not exactly be the news that Germany’s nearly 3 million Turks are looking forward to hearing.
Norway: Preacher defends husband’s right to beat wife 0
Norway: Preacher defends husband’s right to beat wife Islam Net claims they correct misunderstandings about Islam. Which is why, I suppose, they invite the most radical preachers to their conferences. The preachers in this conference included: Bilal Philips, as the (secret) featured speaker, Abdurraheem Green, Ali Mohammed Salah, Yusuf Chambers and Hussain Yee.
Sarajevo: Al-Jazeera to open regional office 0
Sarajevo: Al-Jazeera to open regional office The Arabic-language TV channel Al Jazeera has taken over a local television station in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, city mayor Alija Behman said on Tuesday.
Russia: Islamic group offers reward for info on attack organizers 0
Russia: Islamic group offers reward for info on attack organizers Russia’s Islamic Cultural Center will pay 1 million rubles ($30,000) for any information on the organizers of the Moscow subway bomb attack, the organization’s president said on Tuesday. Two deadly suicide bombings hit the Moscow metro on Monday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 70.
BREAKING: Terrorist attack in Dagestan 0
BREAKING: Terrorist attack in Dagestan A car bomb has exploded near a school in the city of Kizlyar in Russia’s Southern Republic of Dagestan. Nine people have been killed in the blast. Russian news agencies report that the explosion took place on Moskovskaya Street, near Kizlyar School No 1 and the headquarters of the local police and security service
Tafseer Gems from Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen 0
Bismillah Below is a short compilation of a few gems from various surahs in the Qur’an from Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen’s ( rahimahullah ) tafseer collection. Facing Each Other on Thrones وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ “And We shall remove from their chests any deep feeling of bitterness (that they may have)
Russia: Hunt for 21-strong ‘black widow’ cell 0
Russia: Hunt for 21-strong ‘black widow’ cell The Russians are hunting a ‘black widow’ cell, among reports that authorities knew of the metro bombing plot ahead of time. For more on the metro bombings see here .
Italy: Northern League doubles support 0
Italy: Northern League doubles support The Northern League, an anti immigration party, which has now become pivotal in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s ruling coalition, has seen it’s support more than double in the last five years. Led by firebrand Umberto Bossi, who once called for the Italian navy to shell boats carrying illegal immigrants towards the country, his victory mirrors those recently by far right parties in Hungary, Holland and France.