Interview with the Migration Expert Rita Süssmuth: Learning to Deal with Diversity

December 2, 2013   Summary: If Europe’s immigration policy is not changed in the coming years, the continent’s population will start to shrink dramatically in 2025. Annika Zeitler spoke to the German migration expert and former President of the Bundestag, Rita Süssmuth. Full story at Qantara.de – http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-the-migration-expert-rita-sussmuth-learning-to-deal-with-diversity

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“Maybe we are hated” – The experience and impact of anti-Muslim hate on British Muslim women

“Maybe we are hated” – The experience and impact of anti-Muslim hate on British Muslim women   Authors: Dr Chris Allen, Dr Arshad Isakjee and Özlem Ögtem Young   Overview and website: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/social-policy/departments/applied-social-studies/news-and-events/2013/11/lifting-the-veil-on-anti-muslim-hate-crimes-against-british-women.aspx

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Washington state man fired over religious beard wins court fight

October 10, 2013 A Seattle-area Muslim man who said his former employer fired him because of the beard he wears for religious reason has been awarded more than $66,000, although most of that will go to attorney fees. Abdulkadir Omar said he doesn’t care about the money. “It’s not even about the money,” he said….

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Al-Madinah free faith school expected to be closed by the government

October 17, 2013   A controversial free school condemned in an official report as “dysfunctional” is expected to be closed by the government by the end of the year after ministers seemingly concluded that it is beyond rescue. As Labour claimed that Michael Gove had suffered a devastating blow to his flagship free schools policy…

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Good News: NJ Banks Remove Posters Banning Hijab

(SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, 10/4/2013) — Following intervention by the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), Century Savings Bank officials say they have removed posters announcing a policy banning “hats, hoods, headgear, and sunglasses” for security purposes. The posters had an image of a woman wearing hijab (head scarf), along with images…

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