The church in Drammen rejects Muslims from other municipalities who wish to be buried in the Muslim cemetery in Skoger. The Muslim cemetery was set up seven...
Last summer, during the Israel-Hizbullah war, the Israeli army arrested a Lebanese store owner by the name of Hassan Nasrallah, together with four other family...
For almost two years now I've been bringing you news about the Muslim community in Europe. Though many of my posts are translations from the popular news...
A former company building in Zaandam, under the smoke of a chocolate factory, looks ready for demolition. On the first floor there's a neat room: a spotless...
According to an anonymous official at the integration ministry, who daily handles applications from rejected asylum seekers, suicide attempts are a decisive...
With the summer almost over, classroom across the country will soon be filled again with children. But some students never show up after vacation. There are...
Three witnesses in a sensational murder case have disappeared without a trace. The three men arrived in Copenhagen on Saturday from Pakistan accompanied by two...
I thank those of my readers who have sent me a gift certificate. I would like to respond to each of my contributors individually, but since I don't have your...
Last year the Swedish Security Service (Säkerhetspolisen - SÄPO) recommended that 65 people be prevented from either entering Sweden or remaining in the...
For one Amsterdam mayor, the Netherlands' famous tolerance has gone too far. Morrocan-born Ahmed Marcouch is taking the tough cop approach in a rough Amsterdam...
There won't be an Islamic school network in The Hague. The Council of State denied Wednesday a request by the Association for Islamic secondary eduction "Ibn...
According to Islamic culture Muslim girls must be virgin when they enter a marriage. For girls who had not succeeded in doing so, the wedding night hangs like...
A Swedish study by the VTI (National Road and Transport Research Institute) concluded last year that immigrant males over 18 were twice as likely to have a car...
Arthur van Amerongen, a Dutch journalist, had spent many years as a war correspondent in the middle east. He had spent the past year submerging himself in the...
Abid Raja, father of two, thinks half a day in kindergarten should be obligatory for 4 year old from non-Western countries, such as Pakistan, Somalia and...
Dutch politician Geert Wilders has recently called, in an article in Dutch newspaper Volkskrant, to ban the Koran in the Netherlands. Klein Verzet had written...
Brussels mayor Freddy Thielemans has banned a protest against the "Islamisation" of Europe planned for 11 September, the anniversary of the suicide attacks on...
Apparently, if you're a Moroccan in Italy you don't have the same rights as ethnic Italians. The Italian supreme court recently rejected an appeal by the ...
All Swedish air traffic to Iraq has been cancelled until further notice, the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority has announced. The decision was taken on Friday...
EDINBURGH'S bus drivers have been told they will not have to ask Muslim women to remove their veils after all. A row broke out earlier this year in the wake of...
A 37-year-old man who was badly injured in an Oslo park last week, and then denied ambulance transport to a local hospital, remained in a coma Tuesday. His...
Freedom to leave one's religion does appear in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union....
The simple reason - because one speaks Dutch in the Netherlands. God is Dutch (and English), Allah is Arabic. Arabic is a beautiful language, so why not just...
Professionals, especially those dealing with life threatening situations, should not impair their capabilities, even for religious practice. Who makes sure...
My blog has recently been rather quiet and for that I apologize. There are still news stories to be translated but they are rather repetitive. In the upcoming...
Muslims groups in Norway are currently working to set up an interest-free bank. Close to 100 people registered at the website of amanah.no within a few days....
Co-founder of the committee for ex-Muslims Loubna Berrada thinks that Ehsan Jami has taken it too far with his comments on Islam. She says this in the AD on...
Two Muslim groups have indicated their willingness to exhibit controversial sketches by artist Lars Vilks after galleries in western Sweden declined to show...
Last week the city of Copenhagen announced it will have all 5-year-olds do a language exam, to check their language skills. This brought the Danish People's...
Pat Condell is an atheist and a comedian. He's against religious coercion wherever it happens and by whomever it happens. Muslims, Christians, Jews - they all...