London: Muslim women to get self-defence training Via Islington Tribune : A TAEKWONDO champion is teaching Muslim women how to defend themselves, after a series of vicious street attacks. Theresa Thomas, 52, has been snapped up by the One True Voice women’s charity to run classes for women wearing the hijab, who have become targets for muggers. “I first heard about this when I was running an Asian women’s self-defence group in East London,” she said.

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France: Not all civilisations equal, minister says Via AFP : French Interior Minister Claude Gueant, who also holds the immigration portfolio, caused political uproar by claiming that not all civilisations are equal, with some more advanced than others. “Contrary to what the left’s relativist ideology says, for us all civilisations are not of equal value,” Gueant on Saturday told a conference in the French parliament building, but closed to the media.

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France: Not all civilisations equal, minister says Via AFP : French Interior Minister Claude Gueant, who also holds the immigration portfolio, caused political uproar by claiming that not all civilisations are equal, with some more advanced than others. “Contrary to what the left’s relativist ideology says, for us all civilisations are not of equal value,” Gueant on Saturday told a conference in the French parliament building, but closed to the media.

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Russia: Islamist chief orders halt to civilian attacks Via Expatica : The leader of Russia’s Islamist rebels ordered a halt to attacks on civilians, saying mass opposition protests showed the public no longer supported Vladimir Putin, according to a video posted Friday. (…) “I order all special groups that are carrying out or plan to carry out special operations in Russia to put a halt to these operations that could hurt the peaceful population,” Doku Umarov said in a video address posted on the rebel mouthpiece kavkazcenter.com

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Moscow: High-ranking Interior Ministry officials suspected of extortion from Muslim community Via Interfax : Federal Security Service officials have submitted to the Prosecutor General’s Office materials stating that several high-ranking officials from the Interior Ministry’s Main Department for the Prevention of Extremism extorted a large amount of money from a Moscow Muslim community, Kommersant daily reports. “The Federal Security Service officers obtained information that a major extortion incident had occurred in the Moscow Lefortovsky market before the New year holidays. According to that information, a group of police officers went to the market under the pretext of an inspection, suspended the market’s operation and demanded 1 million rubles from traders for permission to resume work,” Kommersant writes

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UK: Muslim teenager ‘hit for kissing white man’ Via the BBC : A Muslim teenager from Hampshire was kidnapped, imprisoned and had her hair cut off after her siblings saw her kiss a white man, a court has heard.

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London: Youth jail inmates converting to Islam for protection, easier lifestyle Via the Daily Mail : A third of inmates at one of Britain’s most notorious youth jails are Muslims and the religion is attracting a large number of converts. (…) ‘The popularity of the faith has surprised people. We are seeing a large number of inmates converting to Islam.’ He added: ‘There is a difference between mainstream believers and extremists, but the fear is that some in the jail are being radicalised.

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UK: Three terror cells planned Mumbai-style attack Via the Telegraph : Four young men from London and Cardiff planned bomb attacks on targets including the London Stock Exchange, Parliament, the US embassy and the Mayor of London. Three other men from Stoke were planning a further wave of attacks once they had travelled abroad for more training. Two other men were also linked to the plots

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Finland: Immigrant youths particularly prone to marginalisation Via YLE : Immigrant youths are particularly prone to marginalisation, says Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA. According to the think tank’s study, education is paramount for preventing exclusion from society. “Over a quarter of marginalised youths have foreign backgrounds

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Brussels: Israeli minister speaks with EU officials about combating Muslim antisemitism Via European Jewish Press : Israeli Minister for Public Diplomacy and Diaspora, Yuli Edelstein, was in Brussels this week to attend an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the European Parliament. At this occasion, he also met with several European Union officials, including Viviane Reding, EU Commission Vice-President in charge of justice and fundamental rights, and Stefan Füle, EU Commissioner for enlargement and neighbourhood policy

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