French woman wins right to change children’s names

A woman in France turned to the courts to change her children’s names from Fatima and Mohammed to more French-sounding names. The kids, about ten, were named by their father at birth against their mother’s wishes. Aicha did not want North-African names so as to allow her children to integrate more easily. The court in…

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‘Jihad Jane’ terror suspect pleads guilty in Pa.

A suburban woman who was the live-in caretaker for her boyfriend’s elderly father calmly told a U.S. judge Tuesday that she had worked feverishly online under the name “Jihad Jane” to support Islamic terrorists and moved overseas to further her plan to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims. LaRose, who spent long hours…

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Registration for Islamic school in Calgary, Canada draws long line-up

CBC News – January 28, 2011 About a hundred parents waited in line outside the Calgary Islamic School for a chance to enroll their children. The private school — which teaches kindergarten to Grade 11 — has room for about 20 new students next year, officials said. But since it’s the only school of its…

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‘Mohammed’ becomes Britain’s most popular boy name

29 Oct 2010 Having maintained the titles of “most popular boy name” in Britain for a long time, both “Oliver” and “Jack” have been replaced by “Mohammed” for the year 2009 according to Britain’s Office of National Statistics. In actuality, “Mohammed,” the most common spelling of the name is ranked 16th in the country, but…

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“As Americans were are not—and never will be—at war with Islam”

Nine years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11; thousands packed the makeshift plaza alongside a construction site sprouting cranes and American flags on a crystal-clear morning for memorial and prayers services for the deceased. The names of the 3,000 victims were read while bells tolled at 8:46, the precise moment at which the first plane…

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