19 July 2011 A housing developer in the Netherlands has lodged an objection to the name of a new square in Utrecht. Bouwfonds is concerned that houses in “Mosque Square” (named for its location next to a mosque) will sell for lower prices.
07./ 08.07.2011 In an attempt to promote diversity, residents at a sheltered housing complex in Preston, Lancashire, have been banned from displaying religious objects in communal areas. Both local Christian and Muslim leaders criticised the ruling and pointed to the importance of their faith to the elderly people. However, “Places for People”, the organisation that…
November 2, 2010 Pia Kjærsgaard, leader of the Danish People’s Party (DF), has proposed a ban on satellite dishes in public housing areas in order to prevent residents from receiving what she labelled “anti-western” channels. Consevative MP Naser Khader says: “I thought it was an April Fool’s joke”. He proposes that the DF instead come…
Journal du Dimanche – October 26, 2010 NPNS has launched its “Ambassadors of French Secularism and Equality” operation, designed to mobilize anti-burqa-law movements in the housing projects outside of Paris. The group is collaborating with Eric Besson, minister of immigration.
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