Controversy In Italy Over Crucifix In Classroom
An Italian court order a kindergarten to take off all crucifixes from classrooms at the request of a Muslim activist, sparking shock waves in the traditionally Roman Catholic country.
Dutch Conservatives Want Stricter Laws For Islamic Schools; Controversy About Islamic Schools In The Netherlands Continues
Conservative MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali says her party, the VVD, wants to see stricter legislation governing Islamic schools. The conservatives claim these schools are teaching children to discriminate against women, homosexuals and the indigenous Dutch population. She made her remarks during a parliamentary debate on a new integration bill put forward by Immigration Minister Rita…
Immigrants Changing Italy’s Demographics
While immigrants live largely apart from mainstream Italian society – doing manual or factory work or scraping a living peddling trinkets or vegetables on the streets – the influx of foreigners in recent years, many of them Muslim, is rapidly changing the cultural makeup of this Roman Catholic country.
Controversy over Crucifixes Dies Down
Controversy in Italy over a local judge’s decision to order the removal of school crucifixes has died down, following intervention by higher authorities to guarantee their presence. Despite initial appearances, the matter was not a question of church-state conflict. Neither was it a simple Christian-Islam clash.
Netherlands Faces Decision On Islamic Schools
All quotes below taken from rnw.nl. It probably won’t win a majority in parliament, but a bill on halting the rapid spread of Islamic schools is causing uproar here in the Netherlands.