Ibrahim El – Merabit, member of the Spanish Islamic Community has denounced some episodes of xenophobia in the southern city of Algecires committed by the local police. Although affirming to respect the police agents he criticizes above all the new agents who see all Moroccans as criminals, delinquents and drug addicts. In order to talk…
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…
By Erich Wiedemann For one Amsterdam mayor, the Netherlands’ famous tolerance has gone too far. Morrocan-born Ahmed Marcouch is taking the tough cop approach in a rough Amsterdam neighborhood, pushing his fellow immigrants to integrate. But some consider him a traitor. A street festival is in full swing in Amsterdam’s Slotervaart neighborhood. The occasion is…
The far-right British National party was yesterday accused of deliberately ramping up racial and religious tensions by launching a leafleting campaign with anti-Muslim messages, including controversial cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. The depiction of the prophet with a bomb as a turban was one of several images that sparked protests across the world earlier this…
Some cases of individuals performing the operation while abroad on trips have been noted, and the Spanish government moved to make these prosecutable, as with other crimes such as genocide, terrorism, piracy, prostitution, and the corruption of minors with drugs. {(continued below in Spanish)} El Pleno del Congreso de los Diputados dio luz verde el…
