Following criticism from Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger concerning the ongoing diplomatic conflict between Switzerland and Libya, Swiss Federal President Doris Leuthard has retorted that Switzerland simply expects solidarity from other members of the Schengen zone, as it is a member itself. Leuthard also defended the Swiss minaret ban as sign that the Swiss people…
Raja Lahrasib Khan, 56, was charged Friday with trying to fund al-Qaeda and discussing a possible attack on a stadium in the US in the summer. The complaint against Khan, naturalized citizen of Pakistani origin, was filed by FBI based on the conversation Khan had has with an FBI undercover agent
By Sheila B. Lalwani I. Introduction Recent events have spurred new debates surrounding the coverage of Islam and Muslims in America. An analysis of the news coverage on the attacks at Fort Hood, Somali connection in Minnesota to terror networks and Nigerian terror attempt on a Northwest Airlines flight sheds light on the conflicted terrain…
Kent Ekeroth, international secretary of the far right Populist Party the Swedish Democrats (SD) said in an interview in Swedish Public Radio that SD could be described as an “Islam critic” party, working against the spread of Islam in Europe and Sweden, as well as against the building of mosques and especially mosques with minarets….
A man has been barred from all municipal buildings in Hoogezand-Sappemeer for one year, after aggressively insulting an employee wearing a headscarf. The man refused to be helped by a woman wearing a headscarf and spoke to her with “discrimination and contempt”. When an invitation for dialogue failed, the municipal council decided to ban the…
