Two Muslim women were ordered out of a swimming pool at the Rives des Corbieres holiday camp in Port Leucate, southern France, because they were wearing ‘burkinis’. The incident came ten days after French MPs voted to outlaw the burka in public places. The women were asked to either change into conventional bikinis or one-piece…
Two Muslim converts and two Turks go on trial in a bomb-proof courtroom in Düsseldorf today accused of plotting to blow up German civilians and US soldiers. “The world will burn!” boasted an intercepted e-mail sent between the accused, who are alleged to have wanted to wage an Islamic holy war in the heart of…
Two Muslim women who attended a rally for Barack Obama in Detroit were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers, who sought to prevent the women’s headscarves from appearing in photographs with the candidate. After complaints, the Obama campaign has since apologized to the women, and all supporters of the Democratic nominee who…
Two Muslim mothers won a court appeal against a municipal swimming pool in Gothenburg that required them to take off their veils and body-covering clothing. The Court of Appeal for western Sweden found the city of Gothenburg guilty of ethnic discrimination, and ordered authorities to pay each of the women 20,000 kronor (or $3,000) in…
Two Muslim former city brokers launched an unusual legal action alleging religious discrimination in a case that challenges how financial companies allocate clients. The female co- workers claim their bosses at Compagnie Financi_re Tradition, a Swiss stockbroker, diverted Jewish clients away from them, giving them instead to non-Muslim colleagues. The employment tribunal case is a…
