A hairdresser in Norway refused to serve a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. A Norwegian court has found a hairdresser guilty of discrimination for refusing to serve a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. The Jaeren District Court fined Merete Hodne 10,000 kroner ($1,200) and ordered her to pay 5,000 kroner in court costs. Court papers …
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls suggested on Monday that “naked breasts” are the representation of women’s rights in France, rather than Muslim headscarves. “Marianne has a naked breast because she nourished the people. She was not veiled because she is free. That is the Republic. That is Marianne!” said the prime minister at a government …
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The Daniel S. Abraham Center for Peace, a prominent liberal Zionist Israel lobbying group, purchased a full-page newspaper advertisement in Friday’s edition of the New York Times, calling for the immediate separation of Israelis and Palestinians into separate countries to keep Israel as a Jewish majority state. “Separation between Israelis and Palestinians is Essential. No …
A former employee of a center for the disabled in a Tokyo suburb broke into the building and killed 19 people with a knife in July. The police in Kanagawa Prefecture have declined to release the identities of the victims, citing the families’ desire for privacy, in a decision that is increasingly drawing criticism around …
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Israel is blocking travel out of the Gaza Strip for thousands of Palestinians on the grounds of unspecified “security preclusions”. This represents a significant tightening of the blockade, despite claims by Israeli officials that restrictions are actually being eased. The data was released by Israeli NGO Gisha in a new factsheet published yesterday. Gisha expressed …
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Construction will begin soon on a “big new wall” in the French port city of Calais to prevent refugees and migrants from entering Britain, the UK has announced. The four-meter (13 foot) high wall is part of a £17 million ($23 million) deal struck between Britain and France earlier this year to try to block …
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Manchester Evening News reports on an alleged racist assault on a young Muslim boy in Chorlton, Greater Manchester last week (22 September). Rosina Sheraz posted a message on Facebook following the incident in which her 13 year old son was repeatedly called a “P***” before being punched in the face by another boy. The incident …
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A list of the CSU’s demands regarding Germany’s refugee policy has been leaked to the media. The sister party to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is due to meet behind closed doors in Schwarzenfeld on Friday to discuss several debt instruments, including the refugee and immigration policy. In a five-page position paper, …
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Walter Wobmann, a member of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, said it was unfair that headscarves were allowed in passport photos despite hats and hairbands being banned. According to local media, the politician described the policy as an act of “unequal treatment” and branded it “unacceptable”. Mr Wobmann, who has previously campaigned against minarets and …
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Minster Edith Schippers of Public Health wants the Dutch to “rise up” against Islamic radicalism and to protect the Dutch culture, which she finds “much better” than other cultures, she said at the Hendrik Jan Schoo speech in Amsterdam on Monday. She thinks a freedom coalition should be formed against Islam. “It is time that …
