Women should “reduce their sexual desires” because Egyptian men are “sexually weak.” This is what an Egyptian lawmaker, Elhamy Agina, claimed over the weekend in making an argument in favor of female genital mutilation or FGM. “I rejected this law because if we stop FGM operations we will need sexually strong men,” said Agina, claiming …
Muslim teen in Switzerland loses appeal, must shake female teacher’s hand
A 15-year-old Muslim student in Switzerland was told Wednesday that he is required to shake the hand of his female teacher despite his claim that it went against his religious belief. The issue started in April, when Amer Salhani and his older brother refused to shake their teacher’s hand at their school in Therwil, which …
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French PM Valls slams New York Times report on burkini ban
France’s prime minister Manuel Valls has reacted strongly to an article published by the New York Times on September 2nd, in which French Muslim women complained of discrimination. The article “paints an intolerable picture, because it is false, of France, the country of the Enlightenment and liberties,” Mr Valls retorted in an opinion piece published …
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Bild apologizes for false article on sexual assaults in Frankfurt by migrants
The German mass-circulation daily Bild has “emphatically” apologized to its readers for an article that said a “mob” of Arab men had sexually assaulted women on New Year’s Eve in a Frankfurt restaurant, after the police said that an investigation had failed to turn up any evidence. The accusations carried echoes of genuine attacks on …
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Minnesota restaurant in US posts “Muslims get out” sign
Restaurant owner sparked outrage in Minnesota this week after he changed the sign outside his establishment to read “Muslims get out”—a message he insists people are “taking it the wrong way. The sign, which was erected following the ISIS-affiliated stabbing attack in nearby St. Cloud, attracted a gaggle of protesters outside Treats Family Restaurant on …
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Native Americans attacked by vicious dogs of Dakota Access Pipeline
Native Americans protecting their burial places from bulldozers were attacked by vicious dogs, pepper sprayed and assaulted by Dakota Access pipeline private security. A protest of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline turned violent Saturday after tribal officials say construction crews destroyed American Indian burial and cultural sites on private land in southern North Dakota. …
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Hate crimes against American Muslims most since post-9/11 era
Hate crimes against American Muslims have soared to their highest levels since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, according to data compiled by researchers, an increase apparently fueled by terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad and by divisive language on the campaign trail. The trend has alarmed hate crime scholars and …
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Five women wearing the Islamic headscarf have been prevented from entering a nursery school in France
Five women wearing the Islamic headscarf have been prevented from entering a nursery school in Corsica by other parents. Monday’s incident in Bonifacio took place as children returned to school after the summer holiday. Staff and pupils at French schools are banned from wearing religious symbols – but parents are not. Police intervened to calm …
Australian woman forced off French beach for wearing a burkini
A Muslim woman from Australia has told how she was forced to leave a beach in France for wearing a burkini. Zeynab Alshelh, a 23-year-old medical student, told Australian media she had travelled to Europe to show solidarity with local Muslim women. Footage broadcast on Channel 7 showed local people saying they would call the …
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Germany considers sending migrants back to Greece
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says that Germany has done its bit to help refugees, but needed help from the rest of the bloc to take in migrants. “We have done a lot in Europe in order to improve the refugee situation in Greece,” de Maiziere told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, as cited by …
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