Denmark: DPP proposes to ban Arabic TV 0
Denmark: DPP proposes to ban Arabic TV ( photo ) Pia Kjærsgaard, leader of the Danish People’s Party, proposed Saturday to ban satellite antennas in the ghettos.
Archive for October, 2010
Finland: Christian Democrats want Christian refugees to be given preference over Muslims 0
Finland: Christian Democrats want Christian refugees to be given preference over Muslims Via YLE : Christian refugees coming to Finland should be given first preference over Muslims, according to Christian Democratic Party Chair Päivi Räsänen. In a recent interview with Finnish university student magazine “Ylioppilaslehti”, Räsänen reasons that Christians adapt to Finland better than Muslims because of commonalities in religion and culture. Muslims are at greater risk of becoming isolated in Finnish society
Melilla: Spanish deny boy killed in protests 0
Melilla: Spanish deny boy killed in protests Moroccan media report a boy was killed in Melilla by Spanish police. Via Middle East Online : A 16 year old boy was killed during a protest against unemployment in the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla, where dozens of demonstrators and Spanish security forces were wounded, according to a Spanish source
Gothenburg: Terrorist arrests related to Mohammed cartoons? 0
Gothenburg: Terrorist arrests related to Mohammed cartoons? Police in Gothenburg arrested four men Saturday, who supposedly planned to detonate a bomb in the city that day. The men are all Syrian family-members (SE): Two brothers (28 and 33 years old), their cousin (39) and their uncle (48).
Gothenburg: Arrests in bombing plot 0
Gothenburg: Arrests in bombing plot Police are tight-lipped on the story, only saying that two people were remanded in custody and that the rest were released. Police are still on alert.
EU: Assimilation demands worsen ethnic tensions 0
EU: Assimilation demands worsen ethnic tensions Via news24 : Demands that Muslim groups do more to assimilate in Europe are worsening ethnic tensions and aggravating the problems they are meant to solve, a top human rights official said on Thursday in a veiled warning to Germany and the Netherlands. (…) “The diverse groups of Muslims are now blamed by politicians in some countries for not ‘assimilating’. “However …
Turkey: Dutch PM’s remarks are discriminatory 0
Turkey: Dutch PM’s remarks are discriminatory No comment from the Swedish minister for Swedes abroad. Via RNW : Turkey’s government accuses Prime Minister Mark Rutte of discriminating Turks in the Netherlands for opposing cabinet ministers with a dual Dutch-Turkish nationality.
Denmark: Battle of values against Islamic culture, says DPP 0
Denmark: Battle of values against Islamic culture, says DPP ( Wikipedia ) A few days ago Pia Kjærsgaard, leader of the Danish People’s Party (DPP), criticized Danish PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen in an opinion piece in Berlingske Tidende . Pia Kjærsgaard said that the government’s new plan against the ghetto problem is avoiding the basic element of Islam.
Finland: Immigrant Males Struggle to Find Friendships with Finnish Men 0
Finland: Immigrant Males Struggle to Find Friendships with Finnish Men Via YLE : Immigrant males frequently find it hard to strike up friendships with Finnish men. Such friendships facilitate better integration both for the men themselves and for their families.
Utrecht: Headscarf inspection with ruler 0
Utrecht: Headscarf inspection with ruler The Dutch Labor party (PvdA) says that the headscarf policy in the Gerrit Rietveld College, a secondary-school in Utrecht, is too strict. The Party turned to the Education Alderman after students complained they were inspected with a ruler. In June the school introduced dress regulations, one of which says that headscarves are permitted, but should leave 90% of the face visible