Oslo: Students complain school segregates by gender and ethnicity Via VG (Norwegian): Ali Hassan, Ali Al-Amin and Ali Hasane, who learn at Ulsrud high-school in the Oslo suburb of Bøler, say their school segregates based on gender and ethnicity.
Belgium: Four family members convicted of ‘honor’ murder (Sadia’s sister, father and mother in court) Via Knack (Dutch): On Friday the Court of Assize of Henegouwen convicted the four members of the Pakistani Sheikh family of the murder of Sadia Sheikh (22). Tariq Sheikh, Sadia’s father, and her brother Mudusar were convicted by the jury,with aggravating circumstances since it was an honor murder and an attempted forced marriage. Parveen, Sadia’s mother, and her sister Sariya, were also convicted of murder, with aggravating circumstances of honor murder, but were acquitted of the charges of attempted forced marriage.
Pakistan: ‘Muslims need to assimilate into Europe’ Via DAWN : European culture and Islamic culture have different ethos and both are bound to collide unless there is assimilation and compromise. Anwar Shaheen of the University of Karachi’s Pakistan Study Centre said this here on Thursday on the second day of a two-day international conference on ‘Islam in Europe’ while speaking on the topic of hijab and burqa in Europe.
Pakistan: ‘Islam in Europe a reality despite challenges’ Via the International News : Islam in Europe today is a reality the world would have to contend with despite the immense challenges it faces there.
Birmingham: Four men arrested over ’suicide plot’ Via the Daily Telegraph : Four men have been arrested in connection with an investigation into an alleged suicide bomb plot in Birmingham. The four men – three aged 19 and one aged 24 – are accused of raising funds for terrorism and travelling to Pakistan for terrorist training.
UK: East Lancashire mosque donates £47k to local hospitals Via the Blackburn Citizen : MEMBERS of an East lancashire mosque has donated £47,000 to provide home comforts for patients at Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital.
Norway: “It was an attack against the Labour Party” Via VG (Norwegian): According to Geir Lippestad, Breivik’s lawyer, Breivik went to Utøya to warn the Labour Party that Judgement Day will come if the party won’t change its policies. He wanted to hit the Labour party and its recruitment as hard as possible
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Ireland: 'Best place to assassinate President Obama' Via the Belfast Telegraph : Police in Dublin are interrogating a 44-year-old Muslim convert in connection with alleged threats to kill US President Barack Obama.
UK: Asian women subjected to ‘virginity tests’ at Heathrow Via the Telegraph : The government is facing calls for an official apology after documents showed that Asian women were subjected to humiliating “virginity tests” when they tried to move to Britain in the late 1970s. At least 80 women from India and Pakistan hoping to emigrate to Britain to marry were intimately examined by immigration staff to “check their marital status”, according to confidential Home Office files. The files show the practice was more common than previously thought.