Discrimination and Xenophobia
Geert Wilders shows ‘Fitna’ film in Rome, receives Oriana Fallaci free speech award
Dutch MP Geert Wilders’ controversial film was shown in Rome this week, after being refused entry into Britain. Police were in full force and surrounded the immediate vicinity of Wilders’ conference at the Grand Palatino Hotel, where the film was shown. He was awarded the Oriana Fallaci Free Speech Award, an honor that recognizes the…
New group, ‘Headscarf Brigade’ to fight discrimination in the workplace
A Dutch union is backing support for a new group, campaigning under the name “Headscarf Brigade,” which plans to campaign for the place of women’s religious freedom in Dutch life and work. Goals of the new group include campaigning for equal opportunities for Muslim women in the workforce, supporting their freedom to adopt the headscarf…
Pennsylvania Muslim Students Allowed to Wear Kaffiyehs
Two Pennsylvania students will be allowed to wear kaffiyeh scarves to school. The checkered scarves, worn by many in the Middle East and a frequently warn in solidarity with the Palestinian people, was banned after complaint by Jewish students at the Gateway High School in Monroeville; the students were sent home after the complaints. Alongside…
Anti-Muslim graffiti: Former Nazi concentration camp vandalized
Austrian police say a former Nazi concentration camp has been vandalized with anti-Muslim graffiti. Police in Upper Austria province say the graffiti extends about 20 meters (66 feet) along the outer wall of the former Mauthausen concentration camp, which is now a memorial site. Police said Friday the crime occurred overnight, either late Wednesday or…
Dutch MP Geert Wilders refused entry to Britain, returned to the Netherlands
Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders was turned away at London’s Heathrow airport after attempting to ignore the security ban on his entry into the country. Immigration officials denied Wilders entry into the UK after the government decided he should not be allowed to attend a screening of his anti-Islam film, Fitna. They have deemed him…