Tag: political asylum
Germany’s DİTİB rocked by internal dissent, dismissals, and disputes
Recent months have not been kind to Germany’s largest Islamic association, the Turkish DİTİB. Particularly since the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, the...
Moroccan Asylum Seeker Returns to Netherlands
7 October 2011
Hassan Bakir, secretary general of Moroccan Islamist group Shabiba Islamiyya, was arrested in Spain while on vacation with his family, and detained...
An immigrant woman sewed her lips together as a protest: “in...
A 34 year old Tunisian woman decided to sew her lips together to protest against the decision by the Italian authorities, to refuse her...
Iraqi Bush-shoe-thrower seeks Swiss asylum
Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who made headlines after throwing his shoes at US president George W. Bush at a press conference in December, is...
