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France/Belgium: Women's organizations want burka ban
Islam in Europe 9 March 2010
In Paris, sixty activists of Ni Putes ni Soumises made an early start on International Women's Dyy by marching with liberty caps in the place de la République, and then symbolically covering the statue 
Nine accused of al Qaeda ties on trial in Belgium
Reuters AlertNet 9 March 2010
By Antonia van de Velde
BRUSSELS - Nine people suspected of links with al Qaeda, including one who prosecutors say may have been planning a suicide attack, went on trial in Belgium on Monday, facing possible prison terms
Europeans still resisting Obama over Guantanamo inmates
Deutsche Welle 17 February 2010
European countries on the whole are still reluctant to take in detainees from Guantanamo Bay despite the best persuasive efforts of the United States. While some have grudgingly agreed to help,
Filip Dewinter Stands Up To Political Posturing That Takes Place Behind The Veil Of Religion
The International Civil Liberties Alliance 15 February 2010
Perhaps this video represents someone who is just trying on the scarf for political advantage. Is this just yet another example of trying on a Nazi armband and claiming that it is non-political?
Strasbourg court rules against Russia in 3 Chechen disappearances
RIA Novosti 13 February 2010
Russia has lost two cases in the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights over the disappearance of several people in Chechnya, the statement on the court's website said on Friday. The first case
Turkish Premier says European Parliament's report is unilateral
Trend News Agency, Iran 12 February 2010
Turkish Premier says European Parliament's report is unilateral Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "recent report of the European Parliament on Turkey is unilateral. It also
Cyprus FM - 'Turkey will have to think seriously about its EU course'
Famagusta Gazette 8 February 2010
Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou has said that Turkey will have to start thinking seriously about its EU accession course, since by the end of this year, this course will not be able to move forward
Belgium: Iraqi smuggling network arrested
Islam in Europe 3 February 2010
Belgian police arrested nine people of Iraqi origin Tuesday in raids on an international people smuggling network, mainly around the port city of Antwerp, policing agency Europol said
Flanders: Three girls convert every day
Islam in Europe 28 January 2010
The first episode of "In Godsnaam" (In God's Name) on Eén, the new show by journalist Annemie Struyf, has already caused much agitation. The episode focused on an organization which helps Flemish
Luxembourg aims to become hub for Islamic finance
Zawya 25 January 2010
Luxembourg took an important first step toward developing the Duchy into the latest European hub for Islamic finance, especially Islamic capital markets, when it published last week a new tax circular on the
Opinion: Why is the fear of a coming Eurabia so strong in certain quarters?
Islam in Europe 25 January 2010
Khaled Diab, a Brussels based journalist, recently wrote an opinion piece in the Guardian debunking the Eurabian invasion theory. I've discussed the issue of demographics on this blog
Flanders: In Solidarity with Geert Wilders
Islam in Europe 20 January 2010
By Baron Bodissey
Our Flemish correspondent VH has translated some material about expressions of solidarity for Geert Wilders from the Flemish independence party Vlaams Belang.
Belgium: Mosque withdraws request for loudspeakers
Islam in Europe 20 January 2010
There will be no loudspeakers on the minarets of the mosque in Beringen. The mosque association decided to withdraw their request for calls to prayer. The reason is the 'great opposition'
The Rotten Heart of the Union
Henrik R Clausen 20 January 2010
Book essay: Brussels laid bare
There's a lot invested in the European Union. Not only money (to the tune of €100 billion a year), also massive amounts of confidence from Europeans towards the Union, assuming that it will protect citizens / consumers from the evils of dangerous products, exploitative business and the dangers of the independent nation-state, all while protecting democracy and citizens' rights. Former Chief Accountant Marta Andreasen has a discouraging tale to tell.
Governments vs The People: Replacing The Population By Another One
Brussels Journal 22 December 2009
By Paul Belien
There are conspiracy theories that hold that Europe’s political establishment is deliberately attempting to replace the continent’s population by an entirely different one. Though conspiracy theories are rarely true, Europe’s political establishment is making it extremely hard for the sceptics to refute them. Take, for instance, the recent Belgian amnesty for illegal aliens.
The nativist response to the Swiss minaret ban
Independent.co.uk 21 December 2009
By Deborah Garel
The response to the Swiss ban on minarets has triggered extensive criticisms from most other European governments.
Nonetheless, it has inspired European nativist parties to take similar measures, revealing a fear of Islam felt by some European communities and the desire of extremist parties to exploit this.
Angered Turkey demands visa-free travel to EU's Schengen area
Deutsche Welle 21 December 2009
Turkey says it wants the European Union to drop visa restrictions on its citizens seeking to travel to the bloc after restrictions for three other non-EU countries were lifted Saturday. Turkish
European Human Rights Court Rules in Favor of Turkish Church
Christian Post 21 December 2009
By Will Morris
ISTANBUL– In a decision many hope will lead to greater religious freedom in Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that a Turkish court ruling barring a church
Ankara worried over Turkish-language referendum in Bulgaria
Hurriyet Daily News 17 December 2009
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry is following "closely and very carefully” the developments around an intended referendum in Bulgaria over 10-minute news transmissions in Turkish on national TV, said the
Minaret ban goes to court of human rights
World Radio Switzerland 16 December 2009
Switzerland’s vote against the construction of minarets will be heard by the European Court of Human Rights. The former spokesman of the Geneva mosque, Hafid Ouardiri, has lodged a formal
