Bibiano Aido, Spain’s Equality Minister, has recently angered Muslim by criticizing the hijab/headscarf, alledging that the garment undermines the rights of women. Not all cultural practices must be respected she Aido, as she expressed her opposition to practices which violate human rights and promote inequality. In response to Aido, Spanish Muslim women said that women…
The Constitutional Court of Belgium decided that all children from a polygamous marriage can be reunited with their father. This decision comes after review of reunification laws, in which state that a foreigner who is legally staying in Belgium, is permitted to pursue family reunification. However, he can only bring over one wife. All children…
In the past few weeks, markets in Rotterdam have experienced pickpockets by individuals dressed as religious Muslim women. The police does not have exact numbers on the cases of pickpocketing, but said that a ‘sharp increase’ has been noted by those dressing as fake Muslims. Police believe the individuals are mostly female Bulgarian or Romanian…
The Muslim advocacy group Council on America-Islamic relations, contended that Barack Obama is not to blame for his nonexistent outreach to American Muslim leaders. CAIR Spokesperson Ibrahim Hooper said that Obama’s reticence to reach out to American Muslims is partly due to people making use of the senator’s middle name. “Senator Obama has been targeted…
Fear-mongering about Islam is a global industry. Barack Obama has a unique power to break the cycle, not least by emboldening moderate Muslims to denounce terror. I’ll admit it: I’m thin-skinned about the kinds of slurs and innuendo about Muslims that have accompanied Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Years of being subjected to them while I…
