Rights Panel Rights Action Against Maclean’s Magazine

    The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a complaint against Maclean’s weekly news magazine over a controversial article on the future of Islam. The Canadian Islamic Council launched a dual complaint of Islamophobia to the Canadian Commission as well as the provincial British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal over a article, The Future Belongs to Islam,…

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      Spanish minister under fire for criticizing Islamic headscarf

      Bibiano Aido, Spain’s Equality Minister, has recently angered Muslim by criticizing the hijab/headscarf, alledging that the garment undermines the rights of women. Not all cultural practices must be respected she Aido, as she expressed her opposition to practices which violate human rights and promote inequality. In response to Aido, Spanish Muslim women said that women…

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        UN expert urges Spain to reform legal standards for treatment of suspected terrorists

        UN special reporter on human rights and counter-terrorism Martin Scheinin urged Spanish officials to reform the country’s legal standards for the treatment of terror suspects. The comments came over concerns about allegations of ill-treatment and torture of terrorism suspects held in Spanish jails. After visiting Spain, Scheinin called on authorities to be conscientious of international…

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        Chairmanship conference on Intolerance and Discrimination

        The document relates the view expressed by european Imams and Ministers who met in Vienna in 2006, and that was expressed at a OSCE conference in Cordoba in 2007. The position of these public actors underlines that Islam in Europe is theologically compatible with the principles of democracy, pluralism and human rights. It then focusses…

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          Ham sandwiches violate rights – Muslim prisoners

          27 Muslim prisoners at the Leeds detention facility in England are suing because they claim meals served during Ramadan violated their human rights, it was reported. The prisoners claim they were served ham sandwiches instead of cheese sandwiches for the Iftaar evening meal during Ramadan, the Daily Mail reported. Islam forbids pork consumption.http://themuslimweekly.com/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=5B064CF68F150C661E64813B&MENUID=HOMENEWS&DESCRIPTION=UK%20News

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