12 May 2012 £20 Million has been given to local authorities as a part of the Prevent Strategy, which was introduced by the previous labour government to prevent British Muslim youth from being recruited by ‘radical groups’ after the 7/7 bombings. The money has been used in joint projects with Muslim groups to educate…
21 May 12 The neighbors of Bilbao La Vieja following their battle against the local Mosque construction permits have now called for a precautionary measure to suspend these works. The City Council, in the other hand has granted permission to the Alforkan Mosque to take over 605 square meters and build there an oratory for…
NEW YORK — New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly on Thursday challenged city council members who want to create an inspector general to regulate the department’s surveillance of Muslims, saying his department needs no additional oversight. In sometimes heated exchanges with council members at a budget hearing, Kelly defended his department’s counterterrorism surveillance program as…
10 October 2011 Following reports that it would attempt to strictly limit the number of migrant students attending one of its primary schools, a school board in Ede has resigned. The foundation had argued that restricting the number of migrant children would make the school more representative of the demographic in the surrounding neighborhood. The…
Cork city councillor and former city mayor, Joe O’Callaghan, has called for a complete ban on the full face veil in Ireland. Following similar legislation in other European countries, O’Callaghan has submitted a motion in this respect to be debated at next month’s Cork city council meeting. His rejection of the full face veil is…
