The Harper government has imposed another condition on Abousfian Abdelrazik – the only Canadian citizen labeled an al-Qaeda operative by Washington – before it will allow him to return home. Abdelrazik must present a fully-paid-for ticket home before “Passport Canada will issue an emergency passport,” the government said in a Dec. 23 letter to his…
Fourteen people went on trial in Spain this week on charges of involvement with Islamic terrorist groups and recruiting extremists to fight in Iraq. The fourteen, all men and mostly of Moroccan background, are charged with collaborating with Islamic terrorist groups and for helping several suspects flee the March 11, 2004 Madrid bombings. The prosecution…
A Dutch supermarket chain has been presented with the first ‘Headscarf Award’, in honor of making a significant effort to get the headscarf accepted in the workplace. The Chain, Dirk van den Broek, received the award in the al-Kabir mosque in Amsterdam by the recently formed Headscarf Brigade. The brigade is composed of three female…
