In December 2006, the Environics Polling firm surveyed 500 adult Muslims across Canada on a variety of subjects. The survey found that 45 percent of Canadian Muslims possess a university degree (or higher), compared with 33 percent of the general Canadian population. 94 percent of those surveyed were proud of being Canadian, citing Canadian policies…
Two school pupils, aged 17 and 19, were sent to prison Wednesday in Germany for anti-Muslim attacks on homes. “They are a disgrace to our country,” said judge Kai Dieckmann as he jailed the younger for 46 months and the older for 56 months after convicting them of attempted murder. No one was hurt in…
Referring to Germany’s involvement in international coalition operations in Afghanistan, six masked men claiming to be members of the Islamic Jihad Union in a video posted on the Internet say the group has prepared a “few surprise gifts for the occupation forces.” “The allies of the occupation powers must still reckon with our attacks,” the…
Italian minister Roberto Maroni and his Tunisian counterpart Rafik Belhaj have agreed to step up the fight against illegal immigration and human trafficking and related criminal organizations behind such activity. The two also agreed to simplify and speed up procedures to identify illegal Tunisian migrants held in Italian detention centers. The deportation of illegal Tunisian…
Ahmed Bukhs claims his son, Izaiah, 20, who suffered slashes to the body and head during a ball-hockey tournament did so because of his Islamic-minority status. Izaiah lost part of a tooth, and when he approached one of two referees, Mr. Bukhs said, Sunni players and some Sunni members of the audience swarmed him and…
