Belgium: Parliament to vote on burka ban (UPDATE: Law passed) 0
Belgium: Parliament to vote on burka ban Update 3: Fixed typos, bumped to top post. The French parliament is expected to vote on a similar bill in July.
Archive for April, 2010
Denmark: Hirsi Ali receives Jyllands-Posten free speech award 0
Denmark: Hirsi Ali receives Jyllands-Posten free speech award Somali-born rights icon Ayaan Hirsi Ali received a free speech award Wednesday from a Danish newspaper which sparked outrage by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005.
EU: Benefits restriction on terror suspects’ wives ruled illegal 0
EU: Benefits restriction on terror suspects’ wives ruled illegal Restrictions on the payment of welfare benefits to wives of terror suspects imposed by Ed Balls when he was a Treasury minister have been ruled illegal by the European court of justice. The decision follows a challenge to the regime brought by three women whose husbands appear on a UN list of terror suspects who have been linked to al-Qaida, the Taliban and Osama bin Laden.
Sweden: Comedy Central will not air South Park ‘Mohammed episodes’ 0
Sweden: Comedy Central will not air South Park ‘Mohammed episodes’ The broadcaster says they strongly believe in artistic freedom, but that the safety of their employees is their top priority.
Fruits of Charity 0
It is related that a woman often gave bread in charity to roadside beggars.
Finland: Unemployment among Somalis high, but improving 0
Finland: Unemployment among Somalis high, but improving Getting a job is the most important goal set in official immigration policy. Unemployment among those speaking Somali as a mother tongue was 43.3 per cent according to figures put out by Statistics Finland for 2008. Among the Somalis, adults outside the work force, as housewives and as conscripts, outnumber those who are officially unemployed.
EU: 53% oppose headscarves in schools 1
EU: 53% oppose headscarves in schools The question seems to be about veils, and I’m not sure whether they’re specifying they’re talking about headscarves.
Netherlands: Moroccans more likely to confess to authoritarian police agent 0
Netherlands: Moroccans more likely to confess to authoritarian police agent A study shows that Moroccan suspects deny offenses much more often during interrogation than ethnic Dutch suspects. Investigators in the Gelderland-Zuid department discovered that an interrogation by somebody in a suit radiating authority leads to many more confessions, reports AD.
Scotland: Muslims almost half of racist incident victims 0
Scotland: Muslims almost half of racist incident victims Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2004-05 to 2008-09. This publication presents the latest figures on racist incidents recorded by Scottish Police Forces. The main findings are: There were 5,123 racist incidents recorded in 2008-09, compared to the 5,244 incidents recorded in 2007-08