Tag: sharia

EU’s Top Court: Employers May Ban Islamic Headscarves
By July 21, 2021 Read More →

EU’s Top Court: Employers May Ban Islamic Headscarves

The Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU’s highest court, has ruled that private sector employers within the 27-member bloc are legally entitled to prohibit their employees from wearing Islamic headscarves at the workplace.

Posted in: Germany, Islam in Europe
German Court Rejects Attempt to Enshrine Sharia Law
By February 29, 2020 Read More →

German Court Rejects Attempt to Enshrine Sharia Law

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the constitutionally guaranteed religious freedoms of Muslims can be curtailed if public displays of religiosity endanger the ideological and religious neutrality of the state.

Posted in: Germany
UK Court: Sharia Marriages Not Valid Under English Law
By February 19, 2020 Read More →

UK Court: Sharia Marriages Not Valid Under English Law

The Court of Appeal, the second highest court in England and Wales after the Supreme Court, has ruled that the Islamic marriage contract, known as nikah in Arabic, is not valid under English law.

Posted in: Britain, Islam in Europe
Germany: Chechen Morality Police Terrorize Berlin
By July 8, 2017 Read More →

Germany: Chechen Morality Police Terrorize Berlin

Islamists are using threats of violence to discourage Chechen migrants from integrating into German society.

Posted in: Germany, Islam in Europe
Europe: Sharia-Compliant Fashion Goes Mainstream
By April 13, 2016 Read More →

Europe: Sharia-Compliant Fashion Goes Mainstream

European fashion brands are seeking to profit from the rising demand for Islamic clothing.

Posted in: Britain, Islam in Europe
The Islamization of Britain in 2015
By December 31, 2015 Read More →

The Islamization of Britain in 2015

A chronological review of some of the main stories about the rise of Islam in Britain in 2015.

Posted in: Britain, Islam in Europe
A Month of Islam in Britain: September 2014
By October 12, 2014 Read More →

A Month of Islam in Britain: September 2014

A review of some of the main stories involving the rise of Islam in Britain in September 2014.

Posted in: Britain, Islam in Europe
Germany’s “Sharia Police”
By September 8, 2014 Read More →

Germany’s “Sharia Police”

Muslim radicals have begun enforcing Islamic Sharia law on the streets of Wuppertal, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state with the largest Muslim population in Germany.

Posted in: Germany, Islam in Europe
UK: Sharia-Compliant Student Loans?
By April 28, 2014 Read More →

UK: Sharia-Compliant Student Loans?

The British government has launched a public consultation on whether or not to introduce student loans that are compliant with Islamic Sharia law, which forbids loans that involve the payment of interest.

OIC Blames Free Speech for “Islamophobia” in West
By December 11, 2013 Read More →

OIC Blames Free Speech for “Islamophobia” in West

The primary objective of the OIC—headquartered in Saudi Arabia and funded by dozens of Muslim countries that systematically persecute Christians and Jews—has long been to pressure Western countries into passing laws that would ban “negative stereotyping of Islam.”

Britain: “A World Capital for Islamic Finance”
By October 31, 2013 Read More →

Britain: “A World Capital for Islamic Finance”

The London Stock Exchange will be launching a new Islamic bond index in an effort to establish the City of London as one of the world’s leading centers of Islamic finance.

Sharia Law Gains Foothold in German Legal System
By June 7, 2013 Read More →

Sharia Law Gains Foothold in German Legal System

German judges are increasingly referring or deferring to Islamic law because either the plaintiffs or the defendants are Muslim.