The Dutch defense ministry and parliament clashed over the appointment of a Muslim imam as an army chaplain. The defense ministry appointed two imams of Turkish and Moroccan origin to serve as army chaplains, who were supposed to be sworn in on Thursday, but the swearing-in ceremony was postponed after the parliament objected the appointment…
The Muslim Association of Sweden (SMF) is renewing calls for the legalization of religious slaughter practices, such as halal and kosher dietary requirements. SMF chairperson Mahmoud Aldebe is challenging the government to respect the democratic rights of Sweden’s Muslims, to exercise their “religious freedoms” and help find a way to permit the practice. At stake…
A majority vote in the Oslo municipal council rejected a proposal to establish a Muslim school in the capital city, overturning the Municipal Executive board. The council was considering a recommendation by the education ministry concerning an application by the School of Peace to start a Muslim school in Oslo. The application sought to establish…
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced he would cut federal funding to the non-profit Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) after its president, Khaled Mouammar, called him a “professional whore” for supporting Israel. The CAF received nearly $450,000 from Kenney’s ministry to operate a two-year settlement program in Toronto to help provide new immigrants with language and job…
By withdrawing the teaching licence of an anti-Semitic Islam religion teacher on Thursday, Austria’s education ministry has started to implement measures against extremist Muslim educators. The teacher had told his students at a Vienna secondary school not to buy from a list of international companies, because they were “Jewish.” Thursday’s decision was the latest development…
