‘Hate literature easily found at UK mosques’
Extremist literature that encourages hatred of gays, Christians and Jews can be easily found at many of Britain’s mosques, according to a new survey. Toby Helm repots.
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As September 11th is looming, Islamophobic protests grow
Brussels’ mayor has forbidden a demonstration that several anti-Muslim associations wanted to organize on September 11th. These associations called their sympathizers to come anyway. They plan to stand in the 2009 European elections. The reasons invoked to forbid this gathering – it was considered as a threat to public order, and an incitement to discrimination…
Channel 4 under fire over film on mosque preachers
Channel 4 came under fire from Muslim groups yesterday after the Crown Prosecution Service accused it of “completely distorting” an edition of its documentary strand Dispatches that went undercover in some of Britain’s biggest mosques. Following the latest allegation of underhand editing to hit broadcasters, Channel 4 defended the film and said it was “shocked…
Three Projects in Cologne, Munich and Berlin: The construction of three mosques acts as a magnet for fears in Germany
Opponents to the building of Cologne’s great mosque are not ready to give up. On Thursday, August 9th, they invited themselves to a meeting of the city council aimed at discussing the project that makes so much ado in the capital of the Rhine region, that one of Germany’s largest Turkish communities call home. Let’s…
Balancing Protection And Freedom
MPs have approved a bill to outlaw inciting religious hatred, although the government’s original plans were partially defeated after Lords and then MPs forced through amendments. The government’s attempts to give religious groups the same protection from incitement to hate crimes as racial groups have split opinion. Last year the proposed legislation was defeated in…