Hungarian MEP: pigs’ heads would deter migrants at border fence

August 22, 2016 Article

The border crossing between Austria and Hungary near Rattersdorf, Austria, March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

A Hungarian member of the European Parliament has sparred with a human rights campaigner and caused an outcry on Twitter after writing that pigs’ heads along the border fence erected by Hungary to keep out migrants would make an effective deterrent. Under conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary has taken one of the toughest stances

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Police in Cannes stop Muslim women wearing banned burkinis

August 17, 2016 Article

Twenty-year-old trainee volunteer surf life saver Mecca Laalaa runs along North Cronulla Beach in Sydney during her Bronze medallion competency test January 13, 2007. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/Files

Ten Muslim women wearing burkinis to the beach have been apprehended by police in the southern French city of Cannes in the three weeks since it imposed a temporary ban on the full body swimsuit, a local official said. Arguing that the burkini defies French laws on secularism, Cannes is one of three cities in

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For Years Press Sources Made Anjem Choudhary the ‘Go To’ Person To Raise Viewer Numbers

August 16, 2016 Article

Anjem Choudary, the leader of the dissolved militant group al-Muhajiroun, arrives at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London July 4, 2006. REUTERS/Stephen Hird/Files

Today, 49 year-old Anjem Choudhary was convicted at London’s Old Bailey court of using online lectures and messages to encourage support for the banned group, Daesh or Islamic State, which controls large parts of Syria and Iraq. Prosecutors said that in postings on social media, Choudary and his close associate Mizanur Rahman, 33, had sought

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France defends burkini ban on tense post-attack beaches

August 16, 2016 Article

Twenty-year-old trainee volunteer surf life saver Mecca Laalaa runs along North Cronulla Beach in Sydney during her Bronze medallion competency test January 13, 2007. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/Files

The French government has defended municipal bans on body-covering Muslim burkini swimwear but called on mayors to try and cool tensions between communities. Three Mediterranean towns – Cannes, Villeneuve-Loubet and Sisco on the island of Corsica – have banned the burkini, and Le Touquet on the Atlantic coast is planning to do the same. The

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You Simply Cannot Tackle Anti-Muslim Hatred Whilst Being Homophobic

August 15, 2016 Article

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“Islamophobia is awful and you know my sister was abused at a street corner.” “I saw a young sister have something thrown at her from a passing car.” “I was spat at on the tram and no-one helped me.” These are actual comments from victims of anti-Muslim hate who have been targeted because of their

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