Conservative Muslim Peer Baroness Warsi of Dewsbury has criticized a group of Islamic extremists who pelted her with eggs and shouted abuse at her during a visit in Luton. The shadow minister for community cohesion and social action had been meeting local businesses with Tory candidates when she was attacked in the street. Up to…
The new document, which will be the citizenship study guide for the 250,000 immigrants who arrive in Canada each year, thus instantly becomes one of the country’s most widely read and potentially influential pieces of writing. Canada’s revamped citizenship guide warns newcomers that “barbaric cultural practices” such as honor killings will not be tolerated, marking…
The head of police in Perpignan, Jean-Pierre Dréno, reported the incarceration of a father of eight for having mistreated and starved his eight children in the name of Islam. “It goes far beyond rigorous religious practice,” explained one official, adding it was more like sect-like behaviour than Islamic. The man, of Moroccan-origin and his wife,…
All across the United States, American Muslim organizations and imams are calling to preach against domestic violence during Friday prayer services and sermons. The call follows the murder and beheading of Aasiya Zubair Hassan by her husband and co-founder of the Bridges TV network. “This is a wake up call to all of us, that…
A Haarlem man has been arrested on suspicion of having genitally mutilated his five-year-old daughter. The man, of Moroccan origin, was taken into custody after the girl’s foster parents submitted a police report. While the report was filed in October, it has only now been made public. Doctors have confirmed that the girl’s genitals have…
