Id al-Fitr — the end of Ramadan’s monthlong fasting and sacrifice — has turned out to be an especially joyous holiday for the Islamic American community of Murfreesboro, Tenn. Hundreds of worshipers were finally able to occupy their new suburban mosque this month, prevailing in their constitutional right after a two-year assault of bigotry, persistent…
News Agencies – August 7, 2012 A French Muslim woman has been charged with assault and inciting a riot after she refused a police ID check because she was wearing a banned full-face veil. The 18-year-old is to appear in court in the northern city of Lille charged with assault, insulting police and inciting a…
News Agencies – July 16, 2012 Canadian laws should be changed to require women to “cover themselves” to prevent sexual assaults, says an Islamic street preacher in Toronto. Al-Haashim Kamena Atangana, a 33-year-old Islamic convert, called for legal change in response to recent sex attacks at York University. Atangana is connected with a group…
4 July 2012 Cinnamon Heathcote-Drury, a famous British photographer is being tried for racially aggravated assault on a pregnant Muslims woman. The row started in the local Tesco branch when Cinnamon Heathcote-Drury offered her help to the Mrs Hamoumi who was six months pregnant at the time. According to prosecutor when her offer was refused…
June 29 A German District court in Cologne has decided to penalize religiously motivated circumcision. It would be counted as an element of assault and battery against individuals. Neither religious and cultural motivations nor medical argumentations would justify circumcision. Ali Demir, representative of the community of Islam criticized the decision, because it would discriminate believers….
