The Swedish government is to set up an inquiry to look into the possibility of using state funds to help provide training for imams. According to Lars Leijonborg, the Minister for Higher Education and Research, Muslim representatives should be able to benefit from Swedish tax kronor in the same way that Christian priests and ministers…
The HAGUE — A Dutch conservative lawmaker said Wednesday he is making a film to highlight what he describes as “fascist” passages in the Quran, his latest high profile criticism of Islam. The interior and justice ministers said they were concerned, but believed they had no authority to prevent the lawmaker, Geert Wilders, from screening…
The government said last Thursday that school heads may ban Muslim veils in schools if they so wish. Recent guidelines by the UK Department of Education and Skills state that heads “may be justified” in outlawing religious dress that covers pupils’ faces. But ministers stopped short of issuing an outright ban on full-face Islamic veils,…
Brussels (dpa) – EU government ministers have agreed to appoint a new anti-terrorism coordinator tasked with improving cooperation with EU institutions and among member states in a concerted bid to thwart further terrorist attacks on the 27-member bloc, sources in Brussels said. The appointment, whose official announcement was said to be “imminent”, was set to…
In the wake of an unsuccessful terrorist plot against American targets in Germany, German officials are considering what was once unthinkable: spying on personal computers and other harsh measures that buck up against the German constitution. Proposals to allow security forces to spy on personal computers and to make attendance at an Islamist training camp…
