Three would-be immigrants from Morocco tried to paddle their way through rough waters across the Strait of Gibraltar on a surfboard before they were picked up by a ferry that was passing by. Spotted about 20 minutes out of the Moroccan port of Tangiers, the three had told the ferry crew that they left Rabat…
A British teacher faces a jail sentence in Sudan for insulting Islam by letting her class of seven-year-olds name a teddy bear Muhammad as part of a school project. Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, has been accused of blasphemy – an offence punishable by 40 lashes under Sharia – and could be imprisoned for up…
A former security guard at Andrews Air Force Base is on trial for providing inaccurate information on his job application. Federal prosecutors said the Darrick Michael Jackson, failed to list Abdul-Jalil Mohammad as an alias when applying for a job at the suburban Washington base in an effort to conceal his ties to a controversial…
Agrolimentaria, an agricultural company with about 300 employees in the Murcian neighborhood of Torre Pacheco, must be allowed to employ veiled Muslim women as part of their workforce. The company has about 300 employees involved in the packaging of vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, and lettuce – half of these employees are Arab women. The…
The city of Alcorc_n plans to offer Arabic as part of its _Libraries Open’ program seeking to promote multiculturalism and expose its citizens to the social realities of other cultures. Arabic will be taught in courses divided into three categories – basic, intermediate, and advanced. The courses will be taught in the library of Jose…
