(*WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/5/14) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the results of a midterm election exit poll in states with high concentrations of American Muslim voters that shows an up to 76 percent turnout (Virginia) of those voters and indicating that overall, more…
Sunday 2 November marks the death a decennium ago of Islam critic Theo van Gogh (d. 2 November 2004). Both hated and admired Van Gogh was in the forefront of early criticisms of Islam in the Netherlands in the post 9/11 period. The film producer, professional provocateur and collateral descendant of the nineteenth century Dutch…
Maher H (20) is suspected of terrorist actions in Syria. He is the first one to stand trial. He claims he has provided (humanitarian) assistance; organizing package with food, clothing and medicines, but he doesn’t name the organization he was working for. Explaining a picture of himself posing with a kalashnikov he stated it is…
10 years ago Theo van Gogh was murdered by Mohammed B. Jutta Chorchus and Ahmet Olgun spoke to his friends, members of the Hofstadgroep […] and Nouredine el F. was one of them. In 2005 he was arrested with his wife Soumaya S., while he was carrying a machinegun. He was sentenced to 8 years…
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of Education, wants to reestablish the possibility for veiled women to accompany classes on school field trips. This change would also apply to women who wear kippot or Sikh turbans. The debate promises to be quite polemical, given the extreme opinions on the subject. Since March 27, 2012, the Chatel Circular, instituted…
