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Row over students’ prayers highlights questions of Islam’s visibility in the German educational sector

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“Provocative” and “conspicuous” praying A secondary school in the Western German city of Wuppertal has caused a stir by prohibiting its Muslim pupils from “conspicuous praying”. In an internal memo directed at the teaching staff, the administration of the Johannes-Rau-Gymnasium encourages its instructors to prevent “provocative” praying activities. For the administration, this includes the performance…

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Businesses’ newly affirmed ability to ban headscarves likely to continue in Post-Brexit UK

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On Tuesday (14 March), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled against two Muslim women who claimed employment discrimination after being fired from their jobs for wearing hijab, modest religious dress which includes a headscarf. British legal experts say that the ruling will automatically remain enforced in the UK until it has actually split from the…

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Report: left-wing think tank urges days off for Muslim and Jewish holidays

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The French left-wing think tank Terra Nova recently published a report in which it urges a “less centralized Islam” in France, as well as additional days off for Muslim and Jewish holidays. The study, entitled “the Emancipation of French Islam,” notes the limits to the French Council of the Muslim Faith’s ability to represent the country’s Muslim population. The…

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French police criticized for dressing as Muslims during drug raid

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Police in Marseille have been criticized over the arrest of a suspected drug dealer made by two officers dressed in traditional Muslim attire. The suspect was detained on Wednesday in La Bricarde neighborhood in the north of the city, along with two other alleged members of his crew in an operation in which 1.2 kilograms…

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Student known for far-right sympathies charged in Quebec City mosque attack

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QUEBEC CITY — Canadian authorities on Monday charged, Alexandre Bissonnette, a 27-year-old university student known for his far-right sympathies with six counts of first-degree murder in a mass shooting the day before at a local mosque. Described by neighbors and acquaintances as a socially awkward introvert who had recently adopted virulent political views, was also…

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