Saudi cleric Aaidh al-Qarni was suppose to give a lecture in al-Fourqaan mosque in Eindhoven, but since Italy withdraw his visum for the Schengen area, he was unable to travel to the Netherlands. The reason for the withdrawal allegedly has previously expressed hateful and anti semitic thoughts. According to the Contact Body Muslims and Government…
Two medical Muslim students at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam asked for exemption from a practice where they were supposed to be examined by at least one man and one woman. The women didn’t want to be touched by a man. Their request for exemption was however refused by the director of the study. The Appeals…
AlKhattab Foundation wants to distribute free Qurans in 13 Dutch cities on Kings’ Day. Ali Houri explains that the foundation aims to inform people in a modern way about Islam and to counterbalance the negative imaging of Islam, caused by actions of Islamic State and attacks by extremists. The participating Muslims all have found sponsors,…
A French middle school has prevented a student from attending classes on the ground she was wearing a skirt that was ‘too long” and thus considered as an “ostentatious religious signs”, now banned since the March 15, 2004 law. The school has received the support of both the conservative UMP party of Sarkozy and the…
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/30/15) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released a video showing its questioning of infamous Dutch Islamophobe and far-right politician Geert Wilders at a Capitol Hill news conference with his congressional hosts Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX). CAIR…
