Le Monde – JUNE 19 2012 Mostly “white” until now, France’s National Assembly has diversified following the legislative elections on June 17^th . Eight deputies of Maghrebian, Asian and Brasilian origin have been elected. They are all members of the Socialist party. The Maghrebian members include: Kader Arif (Haute-Garonne), the former minister of veteran affairs,…
25 May 2012 Police intervened to break up an impromptu camp established by failed asylum seekers near Ter Apel, the Netherlands. Riot police arriving in 20 minibuses used force to dismantle the site and arrested about 110 individuals at the site, failed asylum seekers from Iran and Somalia who claim that they will come…
Iran’s grand ayatollah has issued what many have interpreted to be a fatwa against the rapper Shahin Najafi, who has lived in Germany for the past seven years. In this interview with Shahram Ahadi, Najafi gives his take on the situation Shahin Najafi is an Iranian rapper who has lived in Germany since 2005. His…
News Agencies – May 10, 2012 A Toronto Islamic school’s teaching materials, which have prompted a police hate crimes investigation because of their portrayal of Jews, were originally published by Iranian organizations, records show. The passages of the East End Madrassah’s texts that drew the most widespread condemnation are excerpts from two books, including one…
Sadakat Kadri is an English barrister, a Muslim by birth and a historian. His first book, The Trial, was an extensive survey of the Western criminal judicial system, detailing more than 4,000 years of courtroom antics. In his new book, Heaven on Earth, Kadri turns his sights east, to centuries of Shariah law. The first…
