Multiculturalism and anti-Islamic movements in Europe

The forces opposing immigrants and Islam in Europe go hand in hand: elections and the politics of division have served such forces well. In advancing their political agenda, the elites of the continent dislike Muslim immigrants, hate Halaal meat and remain fixated on Islamic fundamentalism. Extremists such as Anders Behring Breivik killed his own people because he felt that the Labour Party was too relaxed about  Muslim immigration into Norway. It became the reason that he massacred them on July 2011 in Utoya. Moreover, the spectacular success of the French far-right party, The National Front, in 2012 French presidential election demonstrate the alarming shift of Europe’s politics from traditional liberalism to more radical extremism, cultural intolerance and more importantly, accepting Muslim integration into the European mainstream.

(Mareeg)

Sweden boosts spending on anti-terror battle

The fight against terrorism is consuming ever larger portions of the budget allocated to Swedish security service Säpo, which has seen its allocation double in the last decade, according to a new report.

(The Local)

Tunisian president asks Swiss to give back funds

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Monday urged Switzerland to accelerate the restitution of frozen assets belonging to ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to his country.

(The Local)

A Name Change for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus?

The Council of Ministers of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has decided to remove the “TRNC” designation from its passports, and replace it with “Cyprus Turkish Republic” (CTR).(Turkish Digest)

(Turkish Digest)

Four Spanish children die in Qatar nursery blaze

Qatar's interior ministry has confirmed that four Spanish children have died after fire broke out in a nursery in a major shopping mall and entertainment complex in the Qatari capital Doha.

(ThinkSpain)

Stop sending foreigners to Eurovision: politician

Norwegian politician Tove Ovesen has provoked an angry reaction after writing on Facebook that the country should stop sending ”Russians, Africans, Swedes and Iranians” to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest.

(The Local)

Scotland youth star Islam Feruz casts doubt on his international future

ISLAM FERUZ last night cast doubt on his Scotland future after a fractious weekend on tour with the Under-20s.

The Somalian-born 16-year-old was on duty with Scotland at a tournament in Den Haag.

(Daily Record)

Moroccan prisoners sent back

Five Moroccans that were serving time in Belgian prisons have been flown back to Morocco to serve the rest of their sentences there. All five were in Belgium illegally when they committed the crimes for which they were imprisoned. This is the first time that Moroccan prisoners have been returned to serve the rest of their sentences in their homeland as part of a repatriation treaty that was signed by the Belgian and Moroccan authorities in 2007.

(VRT)

Libya: Hundreds of migrants 'stopped from sailing for Europe'

Libyan authorities said they stopped 439 migrants from disembarking on boats for Europe.

(AKI)

A Muslim, northern, working-class mum hand-picked for Cameron's A-list... But is Sayeeda Warsi up to the job?

When Sayeeda Warsi stood outside 10 Downing Street in a pink-and-gold shalwar kameez before the first Coalition Cabinet meeting in May 2010, she was one of the most conspicuous members of an uncertain new Government.

(Daily Mail)

The Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War

This September, my latest book, The Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War: A History, will be published in London by C. Hurst and Co. According to its blurb: ‘The story of the Bosnian Muslims in World War II is an epic frequently alluded to in discussions of the 1990s Balkan conflicts, but almost as frequently misunderstood or falsified.

(Bosnian Institute)

Bosnia buries 66 Muslim war victims

VISEGRAD: Several thousand people gathered on Saturday in Visegrad to attend a collective funeral of 66 Muslims killed in the eastern Bosnian town at the beginning of the 1992-1995 war.

(Daily Times)

Swedish security police raid mosque in Goteborg

Security police spokeswoman Sirpa Franzen said Thursday’s raid against the Bellevue Mosque in Goteborg was prompted by prosecutor Agnetha Hilding Qvarnstrom, who heads the investigation against three men arrested on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

(Arab News)

Turks flattened by lone asylum seeker

The 27-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker had started a fight with a number of Turkish residents of the same Styrian facility. After knocking out the Turks he was enraged to such a degree that he attacked everyone – and everything – in sight yesterday evening (Thurs).

(Austrian Times)

Europe’s Dilemma: Immigration And The Arab Spring – Analysis

Much of the West voiced great support for the Arab Spring. However, the European Union in particular soon curbed its enthusiastic reaction when residents of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) began streaming into Europe after turmoil from the Arab Spring left many MENA civilians unable to remain in the region.

(Eurasia Review)

Couple to face French court over daughters' circumcision

A couple of Guinean origin is to stand trial for female circumcision in France on Tuesday. Although they were put under control of court in 2005 when their two elder daughters were found to have undergone female genital mutilation, their two younger daughters were later found to have suffered the same fate.

(RFI)

Kebab seller gets 3,333 years to pay off tax bill

A German court has given a man who cooked his kebab shop bills more than 3,000 years to pay off a huge tax bill, because he now lives on unemployment benefit.

(The Local)

Muslim extremists using Facebook, Twitter to radicalise UK students: Report

LONDON: Islamic extremists are using social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to radicalise British students and spread propaganda, according to a report.

(Times of India)

Father shoots son in the head at school, commits suicide

A man went to his son's elementary school, shot the boy in the head, and then committed suicide in the Austrian town of Sankt Poelten, police said.

The 37-year-old Turkish man had been ordered out of his home by police because of suspected domestic violence a few days earlier.

(Sowetan LIVE)

Dutch terrorist suspects to deny Belgian charges

The lawyers of three Dutch suspects will tell a court in the Belgian city of Mechelen their side of the story in a terrorism case on Wednesday. The three Dutch-Moroccans are part of a group of 14 people suspected of planning an attack in Belgium and recruiting fighters for a ‘holy war’ in Chechnya.

(RNW)