Tags: Islam
Belgian city scraps headscarf ban
Posted: Tue, 28 May 2013
A Belgian city which introduced a ban on its civil servants wearing headscarves in 2007, has now voted to reverse the decision. Read More »
Report into experiences of female converts to Islam
Posted: Thu, 23 May 2013
A ground-breaking report examining the experiences of nearly 50 British women of all ages, ethnicities, backgrounds and faiths (or no faith) – who have all converted to Islam - was launched in London yesterday by the University of Cambridge. Read More »
Attempts to protect women’s rights in Afghanistan have been blocked by clerics in the parliament
Posted: Tue, 21 May 2013
Khalil Ahmad Shaheedzada, a conservative lawmaker for the Herat province, said parliament withdrew the legislation because of opposition from religious parties that considered the law un-Islamic. Read More »
Economic crisis forcing Poland to reconsider its ban on ritual slaughter
Posted: Tue, 21 May 2013
The Polish parliament, which banned ritual slaughter of animals for the halal and kosher markets in January, is now considering revoking the law because of economic pressures. Read More »
Census analysis shows Christianity in dramatic decline, and a youthful Muslim population on the rise
Posted: Fri, 17 May 2013
According to census data analysis published yesterday, the number of British-born Christians is falling significantly, whilst the number of young Muslims is on the rise. Read More »
BBC stands by Panorama exposé of Sharia Councils
Posted: Wed, 08 May 2013
The BBC has rejected a complaint from the Islamic Sharia Council in Leyton East London after it was featured in the Panorama programme about the treatment of women in sharia arbitration bodies. Read More »
Majority of Europeans favour separation of church and state, but Islam has an uphill battle for acceptance in Germany
Posted: Thu, 02 May 2013
A major new study of attitudes towards religion around the world has been conducted by the Bertelsmann Foundation – and finds that the majority of people in all the 13 nations surveyed favour a clear separation between religion and the state. Read More »
Muslim free school plan put on hold over extremism fears
Posted: Tue, 30 Apr 2013
The Northern Lights Free School is being investigated by the Department for Education's Diligence and Counter Extremism Division, whose remit is to protect children and young people from exposure to extremist views in schools. Read More »
Fitnah! Movement for women’s liberation founded
Posted: Thu, 25 Apr 2013
A new women's liberation group called Fitnah! has been created as a protest movement demanding freedom, equality, and secularism. Read More »
Campaign in Egypt urges citizens to remove religion from ID Cards
Posted: Tue, 16 Apr 2013
In an attempt to disentangle religion and citizenship, activists in Egypt are encouraging citizens to remove their religious affiliation from their national identity cards. Read More »
Bradford issues a report on child protection in Muslim religious ‘schools’
Posted: Tue, 26 Mar 2013
An attempt is being made in Bradford to safeguard the estimated 9,000 children who attend Muslim religious schools in the city. Read More »
France’s top court rules that woman was unfairly dismissed after she refused to remove headscarf at work
Posted: Thu, 21 Mar 2013
France's top court ruled on Tuesday that a Muslim woman who was sacked for wearing the Islamic headscarf at work was unfairly dismissed on the basis of her religion. Read More »
University & student union fail to publicly condemn preachers
Posted: Wed, 20 Mar 2013
The University of East London (UEL) blocked an Islamist meeting that was due to be held on the Stratford campus last Friday, 15 March. The meeting was billed as featuring hate preachers Khalid Yasin and Jalal Ibn Saeed. Read More »
IHEU attacks Islamic states over freedom of expression
Posted: Wed, 13 Mar 2013
International Humanist and Ethical Union representative Roy Brown has again spoken out at the United Nations Human Rights Council to remind Islamic States of their responsibility to uphold the right to freedom of expression. Read More »
Islamic group banned from UCL following gender segregation row
Posted: Tue, 12 Mar 2013
An organisation known as the Islamic Education and Research Academy (IERA) has been banned from holding any events on University College London premises after attempting to impose a policy of sexual segregation at one of its events. Read More »
Sexual segregation at a UCL event a scandal, say students
Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013
University College London has launched an investigation after an Islamic group hosted a debate on its premises with seating segregated by gender. Read More »
OIC coming back with another attempt to stamp out free speech
Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2013
Getting the go-ahead from the Cairo Islamic Summit, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been actively trying to get the "denigration of religions" recognized as a criminal offence, according to a top official. Read More »
Media regulator finds Islamic TV channels guilty of preaching hate
Posted: Mon, 11 Feb 2013
Islamic TV channels operating on the Sky platform and broadcasting in Britain have been found to be breaching the Ofcom broadcasting code by giving fundamentalist clerics free reign to preach hate. Read More »
Jury dismissed in Leicester trial of man accused of ripping up his Koran – no retrial planned
Posted: Wed, 09 Jan 2013
The trial has collapsed of a Leicester man who was accused of causing "religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress by demonstrating hostility based on membership of a particular religious group". Read More »
German poll indicates a widespread fear of Muslims and Islam
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2012
The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has commissioned an opinion poll to find out what Germans think about Muslims. Generally, the results are regarded as "catastrophic". Read More »
