A German Islamist rises up al-Qaeda’s ranks

Recently, al-Qaeda directly threatened Germany in a YouTube video for the first time. The man featured in the video grew up in Germany and has recently risen within the ranks of the terror group. Intelligence sources fear al-Qaeda is planning a major attack to coincide with German elections this year. The video, which bears the…

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New PR firm, Mirza Public Relations, focuses on improving U.S.-Muslim relations

New Washington-based PR group Mirza Public Relations (Mirza PR) is a full-service public relations firm comprised of communications specialists with roots in the American Muslim community. Launched in January 2008, the goal of the firm is to help advance efforts to challenge stereotypes about Muslims, and to promote interfaith dialogue and understanding among people of…

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Moroccan groups in Holland attend Auschwitz memorial

Representatives of Moroccan organizations in the Netherlands attended the annual Auschwitz memorial, after receiving requests from the government. The decision to attend – the first for the groups – comes amid heightened tensions between Jewish and Arab groups amid recent remonstration over the Israeli offensive into Gaza. The Moroccan groups decided to attend the ceremony…

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Immigrants fear ‘white’ neighborhoods, loneliness, hardened social climate

According to a report by the Social and Cultural Planning Bureau titled “You can’t buy good neighbors,” many Turkish and Moroccan Dutch are afraid of moving to “white” neighborhoods – neighborhoods with mostly ethnic Dutch. Moroccan immigrants say that they fear loneliness, alienation, and that neighborhoods would look away from them, and a generally hardened…

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Hundreds of girls at risk of genital mutilation says MP Souad Sbai

According to MP and president of Italy’s Association of Moroccan women, at least 600 children are at risk of infibulation, or an extreme form of female genital mutilation in Italy. “Every year in Italy there are 600 children, daughters of immigrants, that are at risk of infibulation and it all happens in total silence,” said…

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