Former Member of Freedom Party to Start Islamic Party in the Netherlands

10 September 2013 Arnoud van Doorn, a former member of the Freedom Party (PVV) in the Netherlands, and a convert to Islam, has announced that he will launch a political party founded on Islamic principles. Van Doorn was a member of the PVV until the end of 2011, when he was removed due to financial…

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Muslim woman Rebekah Dawson must remove niqab while giving evidence, judge rules

Judge Peter Murphy made the ruling in the case of Muslim convert Rebekah Dawson, who is facing trial for allegedly intimidating a witness. The 22-year-old had claimed her religious beliefs dictated that no male other than her husband could see her face. Lawyers for the defendant had argued that forcing the 22-year-old convert to remove…

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Returning to Islam: The Conversion of Italian Women

August 13, 2013 How do women in Italy choose to convert Islam? How many are there, and what is the reason for their choice? We asked to Valentina Itri, author of the book “Le conversioni femminili, Donne italiane ritornate all’Islam” [Female Conversions, Italian Women and the return to Islam] Images like those of Elham Asghari,…

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Italian Islam convert killed fighting for Syrian rebels [in English]

By Christopher Livesay   TAGS: radicalization, youth and pop culture, public opinion and Islam in the media   20-year-old was under investigation for terrorist recruitment Genoa – A 20-year-old from the northwestern port city of Genoa who had converted to Islam has died in Syria while fighting with rebels against the government of Bashar al-Assad….

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Young British Muslim converts need support to prevent another Woolwich

As a Muslim convert, I set up a project to counter radicalisation among young urban men. But our funding was cut by the government and now there’s a vacuum. The former chairman of Brixton mosque in south London saw the challenges facing new converts to Islam.   Since 2005, there have been 148 teenage murders…

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