In the city of Alba, Hina Saleem will be remembered in afternoon of Arab and Italian poetry readings and music. Hina was murdered last year by her father in an ‘honour killing,’ in the northern Italian town of Sarezzo. Leaders of Muslim women’s groups in Italy, Arab female poets, ordinary citizens and immigrants are expected…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch deputy who became a target of Islamic extremists, on Friday hit out at the government of The Netherlands for refusing to pay for her protection in the United States. It was not a question of money, but of principle, she said in an interview published in Friday’s edition of…
The Dutch intelligence and information service AIVD frequently checks the destination of funding provided to Muslim organisations, it emerged in a parliamentary debate late Thursday. Interior Minister Guusje Ter Hors said the government wanted to ensure the Dutch government did not support any organisation involved in fundamentalist or terrorist activities. She was speaking during a…
The University of Osnabruck has started to educate Islamic religious teachers through its Master program Islamic Religious Education (Islamische Religionspedagogik). However, only four students have enrolled this year. 20 applicants from Turkey were rejected since they didn’t fulfill the entrance requirements.
Hostility toward immigrants is largely directed at Muslims, making up the largest group of immigrants after Latin Americans, the article states. Described as cancers, fanatics, drug addicts and cheats, fears are amounting especially in Northern Italy, where many factories and farms employ immigrants seeking work.
