The headscarf ban in Antwerp is now being extended to personnel in the social services (OCMW). Two employment counselors were given a choice to either remove their headscarves, or move to the complaints department, where citizens won’t see them. One woman refused to remove her headscarf and was transferred to the complaints department, while the…
Three French who allegedly trained to join the Iraqi insurgency have faced preliminary charges of having links to terrorism. The three men, aged 24 to 34, are accused of “criminal conspiracy with a terrorist organization“. The three men were taken into custody the week before in southern France.
A number of Arab and Muslim countries are engaged in power struggles to push the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) to elect a new council on June 8th, 2008. 5,232 mosque representatives will elect a 65-member general assembly which will elect a 17-member board. The board will then elect a president. The run-up…
