Germany: loner terrorists are greatest threat Via the Associated Press : Germany’s top security official said Friday the greatest terror threat to the country no longer stems from big networks like al-Qaida but from small, independent terrorist cells or “lone wolf” perpetrators. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told The Associated Press that terrorist activities by Muslim extremist organizations have evolved to be decentralized, making their activities harder to track for authorities.

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Scotland: Forced marriage campaign targets mosques Via the BBC : A Muslim scholar has launched a groundbreaking campaign against forced marriage in Scotland. Shaykh Amer Jamil says the practice has no place in Islam.

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Norway: Muslims question focus on Breivik’s sanity Via AP : Muslim leaders in Norway say they are concerned that the anti-Islamic ideology of Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic now on trial for killing 77 people, is being overshadowed by questions about his mental state. The self-described anti-Muslim militant shocked Norway on July 22 with a bombing and shooting rampage targeting the government headquarters and the Labor Party’s annual youth camp. Since he has admitted to the attacks, the key issue for the trial is to determine whether Breivik is sane enough to be held criminally responsible

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UK: Imam caught on camera advocating female circumcision Via the Daily Mail : Mohammed Abdul, the Imam of a Bristol mosque, was filmed urging a follower to take women and girls abroad so they can be circumcised legally. (…) The footage was obtained by an undercover reporter working for the Sunday Times newspaper, who posed as a Muslim seeking advice. During a meeting with Mohammed Abdul at the Masjid al-Huda mosque: ‘In this country, it is not possible, we cannot do that.

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Bosnia: Srebrenica Muslim refugees not given right to vote The ‘Mothers of Srebrenica’ organization say that the city’s Muslims will leave if the refugees won’t be allowed to vote. Via the Atlantic : Six months from now, a municipal election will be held in this isolated mining town, the scene of the largest massacre in Europe since World War Two

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France: ‘I’m Arab, a Muslim, and I vote Marine Le Pen’ Via France24 : If French Muslims are largely left-leaning in their voting preferences, there are exceptions. France24.com spoke to three French Muslims of Arab descent, all of whom vote for the far-right National Front party. Here are their testimonies.

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Cambridge: Muslims question militant’s speech Via Cambridge News (h/t DW): Moderate Muslims are appalled that Dr Haitham al-Haddad, who is a judge on a Sharia law court in London, was allowed a platform at the Mawson Road prayer centre. He spoke to students from Cambridge University’s Islamic Society in a packed room, and has previously told Muslims “to prepare themselves for jihad, all over the world”

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Russia: Chechen Leaders Slam Proposed Creation Of Shari’a Courts Meanwhile, Khasavov fled Russia after receiving death threats .

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France: Mosques accused of backing Hollande Via the Local : The rightwing UMP party has accused Socialists of courting the Muslim vote and alleges that mosques are calling for the faithful to vote for leftwing candidate Francois Hollande.

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Germany: Ministry caught in Muslim study leak lie Via the Local : Germany’s Interior Minister was forced to admit on Friday that his ministry had leaked a controversial study on young Muslims in the country to populist Hans-Peter Friedrich and the tabloid newspaper both presented the study as showing that young Muslims were not integrating into German society – infuriating the authors who said their presentation was a gross distortion of what they actually said.

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