French ‘burkini’ ban: secularism or security?
A bikini or burkini? This is the debate that is going on across France at the moment. It began with the cancellation of a ‘burkini’ event at a water theme park in Marseilles. Then just a few kilometres away from where the Nice attacks happened last month, the Riviera town of Cannes banned the full-body […]
Newsweek’s Foreign Service: Islamophobia On the Rise
On Saturday, Imam Maulama Akonjee and his assistant Thara Uddin were shot and killed as they walked through Queens, New York after prayers. Oscar Morel, 35, has been charged over the killings, although police have not announced a motive for the attack. But whether or not the incident is formally classified as a “hate crime,” […]
O’Reilly Twerp Watters Wishes For A Terror Attack in October to Boost Trump Support
It’s a pretty obvious fact that when issues of terror and “Radical Islamic terrorism” occur, it usually translates into a small ratings boost for whichever idiotic Republican is currently running the show. In this case, of course, that idiot is the most dangerous of all – Donald Trump. Though we are fairly certain that Donald […]
Pakistani family sues New York school, alleging forced ‘terrorist’ confession
A 12-year-old Muslim student with learning disabilities was forced by New York school officials to sign a false confession stating he was a ‘terrorist,’ his family claimed in a $50 million federal lawsuit. Nashwan Uppal, a seventh grader at a middle school in East Islip, New York, was harassed by bullies who called him a […]
AU Sets to End Child Marriage
The African Union would today launch the AU Campaign to End Child Marriage in Sierra Leone at the Bank of Sierra Leone Complex in Freetown. The national launch would be organized by the Office of the First Lady, Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, UNICEF and other Development Partners with the theme: ‘End […]
Russian Orthodox Archpriest Opposes Ban on FGM
The former spokesman of Russia’s Orthodox Church has come out in support of claims made by a top Muslim cleric earlier this week endorsing female genital mutilation. Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, who was the head of the church’s public relations department until 2015 and continues to be outspoken and influential, has come out in support of […]
Soldiers kill 27 Boko Haram terrorists in Cameroon
Yaounde (dpa) – Soldiers killed 27 members of Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram and arrested ten others in northern Cameroon, the commander of a regional army force said Thursday. A Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) – set up by Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Benin and Cameroon to fight Boko Haram across borders – ambushed a group […]
Islamophobic Tweets Peaked in July After Nice Attack
Islamophobic tweets from around the world rose significantly in the aftermath of the Nice attack and the failed coup attempt in Turkey last month, according to a new study. Compared to 2,500 tweets deemed anti-Islamic in nature made daily in English in April, 7,000 were posted every day in July, according to data seen by […]
ISIL foils governments with encryption, UN experts say
Experts from the UN have warned that an increasing number of adept fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and al-Qaeda are using encrypted messaging and dark-web forums to covertly plan potential attacks after returning home. According to Wednesday’s report to the Security Council, the top intelligence agencies in charge of […]
US-backed Syrian forces gave defeated ISIS militants safe passage
Islamic State fighters surrounded during the key battle for Manbij, Syria, last week agreed to surrender their weapons to US-backed Syrian forces in return for safe passage out of the embattled city, a senior defence official said Tuesday. It was the first such agreement with the terror group. The exhausted and demoralised militants were using […]
