Brussels – Brussels Mayor Freddy Thielemans fears that a demonstration against Islam will be provocative for Muslims living in Brussels. SIOE [Stop the Islamization of Europe], which organizes the demonstration, says this ban proves it is in the right. On Tuesday, 11 September, the sixth anniversary of the attacks on the WTC towers in New…
Scotland Yard has drawn up plans for a “safety foundation” which would identify extremists within Muslim communities across the UK and which could be up and running within six months. The project is the brainchild of Tarique Ghaffur, Britain’s most senior Muslim officer, who is an assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard. He suggests the foundation…
The Italian supreme court recently rejected an appeal by the prosecution in the case of a Moroccan girl who had been beaten by her family, her parents and her brother. The appeal was rejected on the grounds that it was for her own good and for her non-conformity with their culture, she had gone out…
European counties must improve communication when it comes to the threat of terrorist attacks and introduce a single warning system to indicate threat levels, says the Dutch national anti-terrorism coordinator Tibbe Joustra in today’s Trouw newspaper. At present countries all have their own way to determine and communicate how serious the threat of a terrorist…
