Immigrant girls in Brussels are being warned of the violence of skinheads by the SMS. The following message was found: “Notice to veiled and not-veiled women. After the severe riots between skinheads and Moroccans we ask you to take all necessary security precautions, so as not to become victims of the aggression of skinheads (…)…
The decision by a school in Brussels to forbid Muslim girls from wearing the hijab/headscarf has motivated girls to protest the move. A petition circulated by students at the Institut des Ursulines read: “The hijab ban has no ground and the administration offered no explanation and did not consult with teachers or parents.” The school,…
The New York Time discusses the increasing use of technology, specifically the internet, in organizing terror interest. The article follows a 48-year-old Belgian woman named Malika El Aroud, who posts on the internet under the pseudonym Oum Obeyda, who while she does not disseminate instructions on how to make bombs nor intends to take part…
While Muslims in the Netherlands are often regarded as ‘strange’ and ‘different,’ a recent study shows that imams often use their sermons to discuss values and issues which the mainstream Dutch population also believes is important. Fred Leemhuis, professor of Arabic at Groningen University, is using the research on Dutch imams for his PhD dissertation,…
Spain’s King Juan Carlos and several Saudi leaders agreed that their respective governments would work together to combat terrorism. In addition, Spain will support a Saudi initiative to create an international center to fight terrorism – a plan that is currently in progress. In another agreement, the two nations also signed a motion whereby Saudi…
