Germany’s anti-migrant AfD has trumped Chancellor Merkel’s CDU in her home state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Exit polls put the AfD on 21 percent, her CDU on 19. Premier Sellering’s SPD is back with 30.5 percent. The AfD entered Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s 71-seat Schwerin assembly Sunday after a campaign directed at Merkel’s decision last year not to …
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On 5 September, Israeli police conducting an early morning raid in Shuafat opened fire on a moving car. Ali Nimir, the driver, was wounded. His brother-in-law Mustafa Nimir was killed. An Israeli police spokesperson promptly claimed that the car’s driver had “seemingly attempted to run over officers.” Mainstream media presented Israeli claims as facts. The …
A Muslim woman wearing traditional garments had her clothes set on fire by a man with a lighter as she shopped on a crowded New York City street over the weekend, police said. The 35-year-old was dressed in a hijab and standing outside a Valentino store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Saturday night when …
A poster war has broken out in Hungary, within weeks of a referendum on European Commission proposals to redistribute asylum seekers more evenly across the EU. Since the 2 October referendum was announced in February, public spaces and the media have been inundated with the government’s messages, such as: – Did you know that the …
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Thousands of angry Calais residents, lorry drivers and farmers blockaded the Channel Tunnel and ferry port on Monday to demand the demolition of the sprawling “Jungle” migrants’ camp, blamed for rising insecurity. French lorry drivers have threatened to blockade the port of Calais, causing severe travel disruption in France and the UK, unless a date …
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The Syrian Ministry of Tourism has released a bizarre promo video bragging about the beauty of the country showing happy, relaxed people having fun at the seaside. While the country undoubtedly boasts much natural beauty, the ongoing battle between government forces, opposition groups and DAESH has resulted in the deaths of an estimated 470,000 people, …
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A restaurant manager in Germany has forced a Muslim woman wearing the hijab to leave the restaurant when she refused his demand to remove it. Christian Schulz, manager of Seekrug restaurant in Bielefeld, in west Germany, reportedly asked the woman to remove the veil as she sat in the busy beer garden during an annual …
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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 age of child refugees being brought to the United Kingdom from the Calais Jungle camp in northern France, has got considerable attention from the British media suggesting that those arriving in Britain on Monday may not be under 18. An anti-humanitarian reaction has come from a Conservative deputy, David Davis calling for child refugees …
