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
I just came across these street style photos over at Vogue.co.uk and was pleasantly surprised to find these fashion-forward yet modest outfits.
Stockholm: Go-ahead for new mosque Local politicians are in agreement that a mosque should be built in Rinkeby, a suburb in western Stockholm.
Germany: Jewish leader warns of Muslim antisemitism In a related story, Imam Sabahattin Türkyilmaz of the Shiite Hazrat Fatima Zehra mosque in Frankfurt resigned all his positions in the mosque this week, saying he did so in order to protect the community, the blessed mosque, to protect all the families involved, the Muslims of the city and to protect – although now damaged – dialog.
Norway: Muslims to demonstrate against '9/11 threat' In other news, police in Bodø in Norther Norway, removed a Muhammad cartoon sign Friday night ( picture here ). Police say they responded to the possible traffic hazard the sign, which was hung from a bridge above the busiest road in the city, could cause. Per Youssef Alsiddique, a Norwegian convert who spoke in the anti-Dagbladet demonstration in Oslo, says he's been harassed since hten. He doesn't intend to report them to the police, though, since he doesn't feel there's anything serious behind them
France: Swastikas and racist graffiti on mosque Pictures here . Swastikas and racist and anti-Moslem graffiti were discovered Monday on the Great Mosque of the city of Saint-Etienne, French media reported.
Antwerp: 56% of children of immigrant origin About half the children up to age 9 in the city of Antwerp are of immigrant origin, according to new data from the municipality (municipal research department). The research department used a method in which the ethnic background of Antwerp residents of immigrant origin who were born in Belgian and have Belgian citizenship was also taken into account
Berlin: Fighting anti-Semitism among Muslims Yasmin Kassar is one of the many activists in Berlin who find anti-Jewish sentiments among young Muslims intolerable. For a year and a half now, the Syrian-German woman has been working to change people’s attitudes in Kreuzberg, a neighborhood with a large Muslim population
Copenhagen: Outrage at mothers-only school meeting Politicians up in arms over school’s anti-bullying meeting that is aimed only at mothers of pupils The decision taken by a Copenhagen school to ban fathers from a parental meeting out of respect for Muslim mothers has drawn deep divides between politicians and school leaders. Holberg School in the city’s Bispebjerg district has scheduled a meeting for parents about the school’s anti-bullying policy this evening. But the meeting at the multi-cultural school is mothers only, and neither Danish nor immigrant fathers of pupils have been welcomed to attend.
Mainz: Muezzin-Bell ringing exhibit Loud muezzin calls alternating with bell-ringing puzzled passers-by in Mainz, Germany.