London: MCB, parliamentarians discuss how to tackle Islamophobia ‘The formation of an All Party Parliamentary Group on Islamophobia would be a crucial step and one that would inspire confidence in Muslim communities’ The Muslim Council of Britain hosted a special closed-meeting to discuss the growing spate of attacks in all its forms against British Muslims on March 3rd at the Grand Committee Room of the House of Commons. The event entitled ‘Tackling Islamophobia: Reducing Street Violence Against British Muslims’ brought together distinguished Parliamentarians, academics, journalists, police, public servants, and community representatives who all endorsed calls for the establishment of an All-Party Parliamentary Committee on Islamophobia with a view to holding a parliamentary inquiry on Islamophobia in the UK

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Shaykh Ebrahim I. Bham is born and raised in South Africa. He has attained his masters in the Islamic sciences and theology under great traditional scholars.

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Shaykh Ebrahim I. Bham is born and raised in South Africa.

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Manchester: Muslim women barred from flight for refusing ‘naked’ full-body scan A Muslim woman was barred from boarding a flight to Pakistan after refusing to go through a new ‘naked’ full-body scanner at Manchester Airport on religious grounds. Her companion also declined to be scanned for ‘medical reasons’

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Netherlands: Parents threatened with eviction if their children don't stop causing trouble The Moroccan community in Culemborg was upset about the 'yellow card' that the Kleurrijk Wonen company gave out to several Moroccan families in the neighborhood of Terweijde.  The families were threatened with eviction because their children were causing trouble. The company later retracted its letter, for the time being

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Sweden: Police to Monitor Radical Islamism The Swedish government has instructed the security division of the Swedish police to put extra effort into monitoring violent radical Islamism in this country. The decision came during Thursday’s regular cabinet meeting. Integration Minister Nyamko Sabuni raised the issue during last month's annual conference on defence and security

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An anti-burqa law to renew Islam in Europe by Samir Khalil Samir The practice of wearing the veil has spread across the Islamic world in recent years. Hundreds of articles have been written about it in the Arab-Muslim world. Among Muslims, the practice has been met by a number of reactions and points of view.

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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.

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France: PM unveils national identity measures French children are to be given a “citizen's handbook” to teach them to be better republicans, as part of national identity measures announced by the government today. Schools will be ordered to fly the French flag and to have a copy of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in every classroom. The measures, announced by the French prime minister, François Fillon, are the first to emerge from the country's controversial debate on national identity

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France: Minister proposes immigrant contract should include burkas, FGM Foreigners who come to live in France should sign a contract recognising that the wearing of the full Islamic veil is banned, a minister said on Sunday.

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