A report carried out by Vincent Geisser and Françoise Lorcerie under the auspices of the “At Home Europe” program has been released. The report examines the Muslim population in Marseilles within six sectors: education, lodging, employment, health, safety, political participation, and social identity and the media. Approximately 30% of the city’s population is said to…
3 October 2011 A report by Dutch counter-terrorism organization NCTb indicates that the country’s most significant terror threat comes from abroad, “where Muslim extremists see the country as a legitimate target because of insults to Islam”. Threat from Muslim extremists within the country remains low. Overall the report keeps the threat level at ‘minimal’. …
Reuters – September 16, 2011 French companies are increasingly facing religious demands from their employees and need a change in the labor code to be able to reject requests they find unreasonable, according to a report from the High Council for Integration (HCI). Most cases concern Muslims seeking time off for prayers or halal food…
29.08.2011 As part of the government’s revamped Prevent strategy, British universities have been ordered to inform the police about Muslim students who may be vulnerable to radicalisation due to feelings of depression or isolation. According to the new guidance for countering Islamist radicalism, students reported at being “at risk” will then be monitored and Scotland…
FORWARD In the fifth year since its establishment, the OIC Observatory on Islamophobia has brought out its 4th annual report covering a particularly tumultuous period punctuated by some alarming developments. The scourge of Islamophobia continued unabated, despite all efforts to raise awareness of its dangers and the need to contain it. Rather it acquired an…
