EU, Israel Reach “Compromise” on Science and Settlements
By November 27, 2013 Read More →

EU, Israel Reach “Compromise” on Science and Settlements

Israel and the European Union have reached a tentative agreement on a compromise formula that will make it possible for Israel to participate in a prestigious and financially lucrative European scientific research program.

Spain: Islamic Radicals Infiltrate the Military
By November 22, 2013 Read More →

Spain: Islamic Radicals Infiltrate the Military

The Spanish military is quietly monitoring its Muslim soldiers in an effort to prevent the spread of Islamic radicalism within its ranks, according to a classified Defense Ministry document that has been leaked to the Spanish media.

Greece: Taxpayer-Funded Mosque Planned in Athens
By November 20, 2013 Read More →

Greece: Taxpayer-Funded Mosque Planned in Athens

The Greek government has awarded a tender to build the first taxpayer-funded mosque in Athens, one of the few remaining capitals in the European Union that lacks a state-funded mosque.

Posted in: Greece, Islam in Europe
Germany: The Greatest Double Robbery in the History of Art?
By November 8, 2013 Read More →

Germany: The Greatest Double Robbery in the History of Art?

Jewish groups in Germany and elsewhere, as well as the families of Holocaust survivors seeking to recover looted art, are asking why German authorities allowed two years to pass before disclosing the find.

Posted in: Europe, Special Interest
EU Regulations: “Dictatorship of the Bureaucrats”?
By November 1, 2013 Read More →

EU Regulations: “Dictatorship of the Bureaucrats”?

Critics say the seemingly endless number of bans, prohibitions, restrictions, regulations and edicts being enacted by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels—many of which are being justified by eco-related concerns—smacks of paternalism. They claim it is over-regulation, and an unacceptable intrusion into the private lives of 500 million EU citizens, who should be allowed to make their […]

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.

EU Proposal to Monitor “Intolerant” Citizens
By October 28, 2013 Read More →

EU Proposal to Monitor “Intolerant” Citizens

The European Parliament is quietly considering an audacious proposal that calls for the direct surveillance of any EU citizen suspected of being “intolerant.”

Britain: Scandal-Plagued Muslim School “Dysfunctional”
By October 21, 2013 Read More →

Britain: Scandal-Plagued Muslim School “Dysfunctional”

The revelations about the un-British goings-on at the Al-Madinah School—the working conditions at the school have been compared to “being in Pakistan”—have fueled outrage over what some are calling underhanded attempts to establish a parallel Islamic education system in Britain.

Posted in: Britain, Islam in Europe
Britain’s Underage Muslim Marriage Epidemic
By October 15, 2013 Read More →

Britain’s Underage Muslim Marriage Epidemic

Campaigners against forced marriage—which is not yet a crime in Britain—say thousands of underage girls—including some under the age of five—are being forced to marry against their will in Muslim nikahs every year.

Posted in: Britain, Islam in Europe
Spain’s Escalating Mosque Wars
By October 11, 2013 Read More →

Spain’s Escalating Mosque Wars

Police in Spain have forcibly removed Muslim activists from an illegal mosque in a small town in Catalonia, an autonomous region in northeastern Spain that is home to the largest Muslim population in the country.

Posted in: Islam in Europe, Spain, Spain
A Survey of Islam in Europe: September 2013
By October 9, 2013 Read More →

A Survey of Islam in Europe: September 2013

From Britain to Greece, and Spain to Slovenia, Muslim immigration and the accompanying rise of Islam are transforming the European way of life in ways unimaginable only a few years ago. What follows is a brief survey of 20 noteworthy stories involving Islam in Europe during just the month of September 2013.

British Education: Creeping Sharia
By October 3, 2013 Read More →

British Education: Creeping Sharia

A taxpayer-funded Muslim school in England has inflamed public anger after it emerged that the institution is operating according to Islamic Sharia law.

Posted in: Britain, Islam in Europe