June 2010
Murfreesboro Islamic Center Hosts Open House to Open Minds
June 26, 2010 The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro opened it doors Saturday night to anyone who wanted to learn more about them. The center has out grown its current home on Middle Tennessee Blvd. They plan to build a new 52,000 square foot mosque on Veals Road. The plan meeting some serious opposition. People like…
Dutch Moroccan Youth Overrepresented in Crime Statistics
Researchers for the Tijdschrift voor Criminologie (Journal of Criminology) claim this week that over half of Dutch Moroccan youths have come into contact with the police: some 54% of young Dutch Moroccan men, compared with 23% of young men in the country overall. The research report was picked up by several newspapers offering differing commentaries…
French insults of World Cup team seen through racial and religious prism
Impostors. Arrogant. Money-hungry idiots. The insults aimed at France’s World Cup team have been venomous following its drama-plagued early elimination from the international tournament. Passionate hand-wringing at the humiliating fall of the team that won the 1998 World Cup can be expected from dismayed French fans. But some worry that the tirades against the ethnically-…
Far-Right Party Attacks Public Broadcaster
The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has criticized the Austrian national public broadcaster (ORF)’s documentary program, Am Schauplatz and its producers, Ed Moschitz and Julia Kovarik, for their recent coverage of a protest against an Islamic centre in Vienna. The documentary, entitled “The Fear mongers,” follows a pair of right-wing skinheads who participated in…