News Agencies – March 28, 2011 Abderahmane Dahmane, Sarkozy’s former diversity advisor called on Muslims to wear a green star to protest the debate on secularism proposed by the UMP. A statement issued by Dahmane and Hassan Ben M’Barek, spokesperson for Banlieues Respect, which presents itself as a union of associations but whose influence seems…
Two men were charged with hate crimes on Thursday after they attacked a Muslim religious leader on a New York City subway train, the authorities said. The attack occurred early Wednesday morning on a northbound A train, when one of the men confronted the victim — who was wearing a traditional African hat called a…
November 28 2010 An orthodox Christian primary school in the Hague, capital of the Netherlands, banned a substitute teacher this week because she was wearing a headscarf. Orthodox religious schools in the country are privately run but receive federal funding. According to the head of the school, strict rules on all non-Christian religious clothing and…
A bus driver in the Dutch city of Uden prevented a woman wearing niqab from boarding his bus on the basis of her “extreme clothing”. The 19 year old woman had a ticket, and therefore should have been allowed to board, the Connexxion bus company has stated. The company has apologized to the woman’s husband…
The issue of whether the courts or Parliament should decide if a Muslim woman can wear a veil while testifying was at the centre of arguments on the first day of a potentially landmark hearing at the Ontario Court of Appeal. The court must determine whether a 32-year-old Toronto woman, who is accusing her uncle…
