A Conservative MP is attempting to pass a law which would ban people from wearing burkas and balaclavas. Philip Hollobone has put forward parliamentary legislation to regulate the use of “certain facial coverings” in public. Hollobone said this “would obviously have a big impact for those who wear full-face Islamic veils”. He has previously described…
French police detained two people after they tried to break into the home of an Islamic cleric who is in favour of anti-burqa legislation.Two police officers in charge of VIP protection thwarted the burglary, said Farid Hannache, the spokesman for Hassan Chalghoumi, an imam in the Paris suburb of Drancy. Chalghoumi has been under protection…
By SOPHIA TAREEN CHICAGO — Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has written the leaders of more than a dozen major U.S. Jewish groups and denominations seeking “repair of my people from the damage” he claims Jews have caused blacks for centuries. Farrakhan sent the letter along with two books from the Nation of Islam…
An Indian Muslim televangelist recently banned from Canada for his inflammatory statements about Jews, gays, and the West, will still headline a massive Islamic conference in Toronto addressing upwards of 10,000 attendees via video satellite. The Journey of Faith Conference — billed as North America’s largest Islamic conference — will “go on as planned” despite…
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called for a moratorium on the Swiss minaret ban during a debate on Islam, Islamism, and Islamophobia in Europe. The recommendation was passed with the unanimous support of the entire assembly, including that of all the Swiss representatives, even André Bugnon, who had earlier supported the…
