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German Court Bans Male Circumcision

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A German court ruled that circumcision for non-medical reasons is bodily harm – a criminal assault – a decision that is bound to create uproar among Jewish and Muslim communities. Is it a reasonable ruling? Have your say. Doctors called upon to perform circumcisions for religious reasons have long been in a legal grey area – but when challenged, could plea that there was no clear ruling... 

Greek nationalists threaten hospital raids against immigrants

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The Greek extreme right party Golden Dawn has stepped up assaults on immigrants by threatening to remove them and their children from hospitals and kindergartens. The neo-Nazi rhetoric comes as Greece prepares for its crucial elections scheduled for Sunday, June 17 If Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) gets into parliament as polls predict, the party says it will carry out raids on hospitals and kindergartens... 

EU eyes emergency Schengen border closures

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EU countries have agreed that border control in the Schengen zone can be restored temporarily under “exceptional circumstances.” The measure is moved by the uncontrolled flow of migrants into the EU in the wake of the economic crisis. Under the proposal, which was approved at a meeting of EU home affairs ministers in Luxembourg, the control of national borders the Schengen Area would be... 

Couple arrested in France for mutilating their own daughters

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A young victims: The four victims of the genital mutilation wept in court as their parents were sent down An Islamic holy man and his wife have been jailed for the genital mutilation of their four daughters. The case has shocked France and was branded by a female government minister as a ‘grave crime’ and an ‘intolerable affront to women’s dignity.’ All four of the victims,... 

Bosnian family arrested after using German girl as slave for 8 years

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Several days ago, the world was shocked with the news from Europe. A family couple from Bosnia and Herzegovina had been keeping a young German woman as their slave for eight years. The victim of family violence is now 19 years of age. The Bosnian couple – Milenko Marinkovic, 52, and his wife Slavojka Marinkovic, 45, – were torturing and starving an underage girl, whose name was Karla.... 

UK braces for immigration boom if euro collapses

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Britain’s Home Office is drawing up contingency plans to restrict the number of economic migrants from Greece and other European Union nations in case the euro collapses. ­EU rules allow citizens to work anywhere in any country in the single market, including the UK, with the exception of new members Romania and Bulgaria. People looking for work abroad may see Britain as an attractive option as... 

New French cabinet includes three Muslims

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Junior Minister for French Living Abroad and Francophony, Yamina Benguigui, Top row, second from left, Minister for Women's Rights and Government Spokesperson, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Middle row, fifth from left. France’s first left-wing President in nearly 20 years, Francois Hollande has unveiled a government that includes three Muslim ministers. Of the 34 ministers in Hollande’s government,... 

Koran handouts in Germany: Freedom of religion vs. fears of Muslim extremism

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Koran handouts in Germany: Freedom of religion vs. fears of Muslim extremism One of the most radical Muslim confessions is on an aggressive campaign of preaching ultra-conservative Islam in Germany. Protected by the freedom of religion act, they spread a message that raises concerns within German society. The Salafist community in Germany organized a campaign with long-term goal to put no fewer than... 

Scandal evolves as lawyer suggests legalizing Sharia courts in Russia

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Lawyer Dagir Hasavov The Yabloko party has addressed prosecutors after a Chechen lawyer said in a televised interview that Russian authorities should legalize Sharia courts – or face violence and bloodshed. Yabloko chairman Sergey Mitrokhin has said that his party suspected the lawyer, Dagir Khasavov (sometimes also spelled as Khasabov) of extremism after the native of predominantly Muslim Chechnya... 

Nationalism growth in Russia causes alarm

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Moscow has the largest Muslim population in Europe, with four mosques in the city serving more than two million people. The country has become a multi-confessional state in which Muslims and Christians have had to learn to live together. But according to experts, every day the problems connected with international and religious issues come up. On April 10, murder of the representative of the Azerbaijani... 

German MP: Islam not part of Germany

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The parliamentary faction leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU), Volker Kauder A leading member of the German parliament’s conservative bloc and an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel says Islam is not part of the German society. “Islam is not part of our tradition and identity in Germany and so does not belong in Germany,” Volker Kauder, who heads Merkel’s conservative bloc at... 

Islam Growing Significantly in Austria

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“When I stepped to Islam I had the personal impression that it isn’t something like a big change to me but more like a step forward,” Baghajati said. Official figures is showing a dramatic growth in conversions from Christianity to Islam in Austria, contradicting with an increasing discrimination against the religious minority in different European countries. “We see that people have spiritual... 

Real Madrid removes Cross from Emblem to please Muslims

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Real’s old (L) and new logo (R) Spanish football giants, Real Madrid, have decided to make changes to the club’s logo, getting rid of the cross, which was present on the emblem for nearly a century. ­The rebranding was needed in order to strengthen Real’s popularity among Muslim football lovers in Europe and the Middle East. The Spanish Marca newspaper is citing a source in the club’s... 

French commandos arrest dozens as crackdown in aftermath of Toulouse

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Heavily armed and dressed in black from head to toe, an elite squad of balaclava-clad police commandos storm the homes of suspected Islamic extremists. Officers arrested ten terror suspects in a series of dawn raids across France this morning in a nationwide crackdown a month after seven people were killed by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman. The DCRI domestic intelligence service, supported by police... 

French leader likens Toulouse shootings to 9/11, vowing crackdown

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to continue cracking down on the so-called suspected Islamists, comparing the recent Toulouse shootings to the September 11, 2001 incidents in the US. “The trauma… is profound for our country, a little, I don’t want to compare the horrors, a little like the trauma that followed in the United States and in... 
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