Dutch Couple Return from Yemen Kidnapping

December 11, 2013   A Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen in June have been released, according to the foreign affairs ministry. Journalist Judith Spiegel and Boudewijn Berendsen were taken from their house in Sana’a.  The couple returned to the Netherlands on Wednesday. Spiegel denied speculation that the captors were affiliated with Al Qaeda, saying “…I…

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Bible College Helps Some at Louisiana Prison Find Peace

ANGOLA, La. — Like most of his fellow inmates, Daryl Walters, 45, can expect to spend the rest of his days in the infamous prison on a former slave plantation here. Yet there he was on a recent evening, preaching the Gospel to 200 men in a spired church in the heart of the Louisiana…

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Update: Dutch Embassy in Yemen Remains Closed

14 August 2013   The Dutch embassy in Yemen will remain closed until further notice, according to a foreign affairs ministry spokesman. After closing due to terrorist threats, the embassy was thought to be reopening this week, however this has not happened. Embassy activities are being handled through ministry in The Hague.

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Underage Girl Married in Islamic Ceremony in the Netherlands

May 14 2013   According to De Volkskrant, during a meeting on honor-related violence held by the social affairs ministry, police announced that they had supported an underage girl’s Islamic marriage. The Pakistani girl, who was in love with a Pakistani Hindu boy in her neighbourhood, was resisting a planned marriage to a cousin in…

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French Imams Visit Israel to Clear Image

On Islam – 11 November 2012   A group of French Muslim imams arrived in Israel on Sunday, November 11, on a controversial visit to dispel the perceptions that Muslims are harboring hatred against Jews. “Unfortunately French Muslims are seen as being anti-Semitic,” Hassan Shaljoumi, who heads a mosque in the Paris suburb of Drancy,…

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