The hackers briefly cut transmission of 11 channels belonging to TV5 Monde and took over its websites and social media accounts. The message on the TV5 Monde website read in part “I am IS” with a banner by a group that called itself Cybercaliphate. The Islamic extremist group has claimed complex hackings before but the…
The Federal Constitutional Court decided that “a General Ban on Headscarves For Teachers at State Schools is Not Compatible With the Constitution”. Despite of the plead for the freedom of religion, the judges argued that headscarves could be banned when “turning to a dangerous signal”. Addressing the State of North-Rhine Westphalia, the court underlined that…
A group of Jews and Muslims want to organize a large peace conference in Amsterdam on short notice. Their aim is to collaboratively battle the growing antisemitism and Muslim hatred. This is the result of a visit of Jews, Muslims, and Christians from Paris, Brussel, London, and Oslo the past few days to the Dutch…
The January 2015 attacks have without a doubt had an impact on racism in French society, according to a study conducted in March and released April 9 by the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH), but it is more positive. The “longitudinal tolerance index” developed in 2008 by Vincent Tiberj, PhD in political science….
A group of young British Muslims have declared their own “jihad” against Isis and all other terrorist groups. The Muslim Youth League UK announced an ideological holy war against the Islamic State at a conference in Glasgow on Sunday, saying militants had “no link with Islam or the Muslim community”. It is concerned that recruitment…
