Two Muslim women who attended a rally for Barack Obama in Detroit were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers, who sought to prevent the women’s headscarves from appearing in photographs with the candidate. After complaints, the Obama campaign has since apologized to the women, and all supporters of the Democratic nominee who…
A new memorial is expected to be unveiled on the island of Lampedusa, near Sicily, to serve as a memorial and reminder of the thousands of would-be migrants to Italy, that have died during their travels. It is not certain the number of migrants that have died in the past 20 years of this escalation…
One of the largest publishing companies in Norway, Gyldendal, is pulling a new school textbook off the market. The book contains errors that could possibly endanger the safety of an editor caught in the debate over drawings of the prophet Muhammad. Gyldendal published a book on religion intended for high school students, called Eksistens (Existence),…
The Algerian President, Abdelaziz Buteflika, has received the Interior Minister Alfredo P_rez Rubalcaba, to sign an agreement about security and fight against terrorism and organized crime. The agreement defines terrorism specifically as a form of criminality and establishes dispositions about the collaboration and cooperation on the activity of information.
Since the 11-M, the CNI (Spanish National Centre of Intelligence) has been using local police forces to obtain information on organized Islamist and Chinese crime groups. Such action is taking course without regulation as well as without the full knowledge of the local authorities; in the case of the Islamists, the goal seems to be…
