Muslim engineer’s access to nuclear sites suspended

August 18, 2014 In March 2014 the head of an engineering project, employed by a subcontractor of the EDF, was refused access to nuclear sites at the nuclear center in Nogent-sur-Seine “without any apparent reason” by the city’s prefecture. The 29 year-old engineer had previously received access in 2012 and 2013. However, in March the…

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Con Ed Sells Building Near Ground Zero Where Plans for Mosque Caused Uproar

August 21, 2014 Consolidated Edison, which once owned the nuclear reactors at Indian Point, has finally unloaded a property that may have been the source of even more controversy. The utility company notified state regulators this week that it had sold the site of a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan that came to…

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Muslim associations demand better protection for mosques after repeating assaults

August 24, 2014 A new episode of assaults against mosques has shocked Muslim communities last week in Germany. Furthermore, a Jewish synagogue was attacked in Wuppertal. A prayer room and samples of Koran books were burning in a mosque in Bielefeld. The next day, firefighters turned off fire in a new constructed mosque in Berlin….

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A mosque in Tarragona attacked with a Molotov cocktail

August 22, 2014   A mosque located in Tarragona has been attacked with a Molotov cocktail which caused “limited damage”.  The leaders of the mosque have had knowledge of the attack by a call made by the Fire Department. At the time of the attack there was no one inside. The Autonomous Police, will now…

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CAIR Asks Imams to Devote Sermons to Racial Equality in Response to Missouri Police Shooting

August 14, 2014 CAIR today called on imams (prayer leaders) nationwide to devote at least a portion of their khutbas (sermons) for tomorrow’s weekly congregational prayers (jummah) to the issues of racial equality and social justice. That request comes in the wake of racial turmoil resulting from the fatal police shooting on Saturday of 18-year-old…

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