Persons in Spanish occupied territories of Ceuta and Melilla in Morocco have declared themselves to be enemies of the Spanish state, asking for several demands, including mosques, schools, Islamic professors, and sovereignty of the population. More than 30,000 Muslims live in Ceuta, where they comprise almost half of the population in the Spanish enclave, similar…
Flemish Sport Minister Bert Anciaux is calling upon the chairman of Football Club Brussels, Johan Vermeersch, to implement an anti-racism policy. Anciaux believes that this is the only way that Vermeersch can make up for his insensitive remarks. Vermeersch is accused of telling a Congolese player that he should go climb a tree and eat…
An organization called Boss of Our Own Head (BEOH!) carried out a demonstration during a fashion show in the San Marco Vilge in Schelle. The organization’s members had separately organized a counter fashion show to bring to attention the importance of the headscarf for many Muslim women. The goal of the counter-show was to also…
A creativity festival was held in Brussels last week, launched as an initiative by FEMYSO to call upon the creativity of young European Muslims. The Muslim community does not always have the opportunity to be heard, FEMYSO (Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organizations) organized the event to encourage diversity and creativity in religious…
The EU’s top justice official is planning on unveiling a new proposal concerning the collection of airline passenger data. Plans for the data collection include the storage of e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, payment details, and 16 other pieces of personal information to be stored for 13 years, as a part of the new EU-wide anti-terror…
