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CAIR Distributes 100,000 Korans; Overtly Proselytizes
Daniel Pipes Blog 01 July 2009
By Daniel Pipes
The Hamas-founded Council on American-Islamic Relations has long pretended to be a civil rights organization, comparing itself at times to the NAACP, but a close look at its record reveals the real CAIR agenda 
City Council resolution calls for Muslim school holidays; Mayor Bloomberg says no to recommendation
New York Daily News 01 July 2009
BY Celeste Katz AND Frank Lombardi
After a three-year lobbying effort, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution Tuesday calling for school to be closed on the two holiest Muslim holidays.
Kuwait's Moderate Islam organization could set up branch in Russia
Interfax-Religion 01 July 2009
Cherkessk. The Kuwaiti organization, Moderate Islam, is to open a branch in Russia to explain the canons of true, traditional Islam, Ismail Berdiyev, chairman of the Coordinating Center for the North Caucasus Muslims, told the press.
Many Muslims want to leave due to Wilders
DutchNews.nl 29 June 2009
The rise in support for anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders means many Dutch Muslims are considering emigrating, according to a poll for NCRV tv.
Third of Dutch Muslims contemplate emigration, poll shows
Earthtimes (press release) 29 June 2009
Amsterdam. Thirty-six per cent of Turkish and Moroccan migrants in the Netherlands are thinking about emigrating due to the increasing popularity of the controversial Freedom Party PVV, a study conducted by
Turkish and Moroccan Belgians: 50% less chance of succeeding
Expatica Belguim 29 June 2009
Second generation Turkish and Moroccan Belgians are 50% less likely to succeed in higher education according to a study by the Catholic University of Leuven.
Belgium: Who are the Belgian Moroccans?
Islam in Europe 29 June 2009
Researchers from the University of Rabat (Morocco) recently completed a study of Belgian Moroccans for the King Baudouin Foundation. The study itself is available online in French and Dutch, with an English summary
Germany Heightens Security Ahead of Election
Spiegel Online 29 June 2009
Germany's police and intelligence agencies are planning to beef up the country's security in the run-up to the September election. The heightened measures are a response to intelligence that al-Qaida
“Free Iran” Solidarity Rally in Paris
radicalislam.org 29 June 2009
While vacationing in Paris, I happened upon a solidarity rally for Iran’s Reform movement. Hundreds of people gathered to release green balloons into the sky. Green has become the symbolic color for
