Bradford synagogue saved by city’s Muslims

December 20, 2013   It was around this time last year that the trustees of Bradford’s final remaining synagogue faced a tough choice. The roof of the Grade II-listed Moorish building was leaking; there was serious damage to the eastern wall, where the ark held the Torah scrolls; and there was no way the modest…

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CAIR-Cincinnati to Announce EEOC Complaints Against DHL for Firing 24 Muslim Workers Over Prayers

November 7, 2013   Later today, the Cincinnati chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati) will hold a news conference to announce the filing of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) civil rights complaint on behalf of 24 former workers at the DHL Global Mail facility in Hebron, Ky., who were fired for exercising…

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67% of the Spanish citizens see as unacceptable to expel a student for wearing the hijab

November 5, 2013   67 percent of Spanish citizens see as unacceptable  to expel a student from class for wearing the headscarf or the ‘ hijab ‘, according to the preliminary results of the ‘2012 Survey on intercultural local social coexistence ‘ conducted by Obra Social ‘La Caixa’.   Europa Press: http://www.europapress.es/epsocial/noticia-67-espanoles-ve-inaceptable-expulse-alumna-llevar-velo-islamico-encuesta-20131105145712.html

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A million and half Muslims celebrate the Muslim New Year in Spain

November 4, 2013   The 1.6 million Muslims living in Spain celebrated the Muslim New Year, on Monday, 04 of November.   Europa Press: http://www.europapress.es/sociedad/noticia-mas-millon-medio-musulmanes-celebran-hoy-espana-ano-nuevo-musulman-20131104110731.html

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26% of the Spanish citizens admit to fear Muslim people

November 5, 2013   The 26 % of the Spanish people addmit to fear Muslims, so says the preliminary data from a study to be released shortly by the La Caixa Foundation on social life of municipalities with a high percentage of immigrants . The main conclusion is that ” the economic crisis did not…

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