UK: Muslim drivers refuse to let guide dogs on board Via Daily Mail : Blind passengers are being ordered off buses or refused taxi rides because Muslim drivers or passengers object to their ‘unclean’ guide dogs.
Oslo: Debate on swimming classes after brothers drown Two Somali-Norwegian brothers drowned to death last Wednesday in Svarttjern, Romsås (Oslo). The two were playing football when the little brother (9) jumped into the waters and started drowning.
UK: Muslim pupils pulled out of music class The problem with this article is that it doesn’t really differentiate between Muslims who have a problem with music, and Muslims who have a problem with certain music (Christmas musicals) or at certain times (Ramadan). ———– A number of schools are allowing Muslim parents to pull their children out of classes, even though the subject is a formal part of the national curriculum. Dr Diana Harris, a lecturer at the Open University, said she had visited schools where half of pupils were withdrawn from music during Ramadan.
Norway: Sharia courts a possibility In the UK, local Sharia councils have been operating for many years, but in 2007 the Muslim Arbitration Tribunals (MAT) were established. Recognized by the UK’s justice ministry and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Sharia councils were officially allowed to judge in civil – not criminal – cases, based on the British Arbitration Act of 1996.
Netherlands: Muslims upset at pig sculpture Muslims in Venray are disturbed by artwork in the Limburg city. In any case, that’s what PvdA municipal council member Hayrettin Ünüvar claims. This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog – islamineurope.blogspot.com A pig is part of the offending sculpture, reports the local newspaper Peel en Maas
Netherlands: Student loan scheme might hurt Muslims According to the LSVb and ISO student unions, less young Muslims would go to study if student grants would be changed into a social loan scheme, as the PvdA, D66 and VVD parties want to do. Islam prohibits paying interest. This according to a report by Elsevier today
Finland: Tensions between Somalis and Kurds Representatives of two immigrant minorities believed to have been involved in Sunday’s group fight at Linnanmäki have sharply condemned the melee.
Spain: ‘Morality police’ against prostitutes Street walkers in Cartagena, on Spain’s southern Mediterranean coast, have complained that the imam of a local mosque has launched a campaign of intimidation to get them off the streets. This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog – islamineurope.blogspot.com Yazid Koudri, president of the Islamic community of Cartagena and the imam of the Ennour mosque, has been accused of sending a team of “Muslim guards” onto the streets to prevent the women from working.
Berlin: Court rules against Muslim prayer in school Last year a Berlin court ruled that the 16-year-old Muslim could pray in a private room at his school. Now a higher Berlin court has overturned that judgement, saying the prayers could disturb school peace. This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog – islamineurope.blogspot.com A Muslim high school student will no longer be allowed to pray on school property, following a ruling by the higher administrative court of Berlin
London: “We will never give up … until you are subdued to the law of Sharia” Sharia4Belgium/Muslim Rise were not allowed to protest in Brussels as planned, but their friends in the UK and Ireland showed us what we missed by protesting in front of the Belgian embassies in those countries