EU: Palestinian orgs against peace talks
Rome: Chinese youth try to behead Bangladeshi
Rome: Chinese youth try to behead Bangladeshi
Via AKI:
Via AKI:
Italian police on Monday arrested a 19-year-old Chinese immigrant after he allegedly attacked a Bangladeshi immigrant with a machete on the outskirts of Rome. The Chinese suspect told police a Chinese compatriot paid him 1,000 euros to behead the Bangladeshi after the man had sacked him.
The Bangladeshi was admitted to Rome's Sandro Pertini hospital with several machete gashes and is expected to be discharged in about 10 days.
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Labels:
Crime,
Location: Italy,
Other Minorities
Netherlands: 13 honor murders a year
Netherlands: 13 honor murders a year
About 13 people are killed in the Netherlands in honor murders every year, according to new figures from the police, reports De Pers.
By definition it is difficult to get data about honor murders. A murder case can look like a fight about drugs, but only after further inspection it turns out to be about insulting family honor.
When honor is the issue, for example, when the daughter acts 'licentiously' or a wife wants to leave her husband, honor has to be restored, via exclusion, forced marriage or violence if need be. Because the motive is the deciding factor in whether it's honor murder, there's always a subjective element.
About 13 people are killed in the Netherlands in honor murders every year, according to new figures from the police, reports De Pers.
By definition it is difficult to get data about honor murders. A murder case can look like a fight about drugs, but only after further inspection it turns out to be about insulting family honor.
When honor is the issue, for example, when the daughter acts 'licentiously' or a wife wants to leave her husband, honor has to be restored, via exclusion, forced marriage or violence if need be. Because the motive is the deciding factor in whether it's honor murder, there's always a subjective element.
Labels:
Honor Crimes,
Location: Netherlands
Denmark: Mark Steyn interview
Denmark: Mark Steyn interview
Mark Steyn was recently interviewed by Danish TV when he was in Denmark to receive the Sappho Award from the Free Press Society.
In this interview he brings up several points I agree with: the fact that Europeans constantly degrade their own culture and are afraid of nationalism and patriotism, but then expect immigrants to assimilate into this self-hating culture, for example.
Mark Steyn was recently interviewed by Danish TV when he was in Denmark to receive the Sappho Award from the Free Press Society.
In this interview he brings up several points I agree with: the fact that Europeans constantly degrade their own culture and are afraid of nationalism and patriotism, but then expect immigrants to assimilate into this self-hating culture, for example.
Labels:
Demographics,
Location: Europe
Brussels: Another Iranian diplomat defects
Brussels: Another Iranian diplomat defects
According to the Green Wave opposition movement, the Iranian press attache in Brussels, Farzad Farhangian, defected Friday and is seeking asylum in Norway. He is the third Iranian diplomat in Europe to defect this year, after the consul in Oslo and the deputy head of the mission in Helsinki.
According to the Green Wave opposition movement, the Iranian press attache in Brussels, Farzad Farhangian, defected Friday and is seeking asylum in Norway. He is the third Iranian diplomat in Europe to defect this year, after the consul in Oslo and the deputy head of the mission in Helsinki.
Labels:
Location: Belgium,
Muslim World
Amsterdam: Mecca pilgrims taking unnecessary health risks
Amsterdam: Mecca pilgrims taking unnecessary health risks
The Amsterdam Public Health Service (GGD) says that three quarters of the pilgrims to Mecca take unnecessary health risks.
Their travelers' department advises a thousand pilgrims every year. Just a quarter get the non-compulsory, but strongly recommended, vaccinations. Saudi-Arabia requires every pilgrim to be vaccinated for meningitis.
The GGD also advises to get vaccination against other infectious diseases: tetanus, polio, hepatitis A and typhoid fever.
The Amsterdam Public Health Service (GGD) says that three quarters of the pilgrims to Mecca take unnecessary health risks.
Their travelers' department advises a thousand pilgrims every year. Just a quarter get the non-compulsory, but strongly recommended, vaccinations. Saudi-Arabia requires every pilgrim to be vaccinated for meningitis.
The GGD also advises to get vaccination against other infectious diseases: tetanus, polio, hepatitis A and typhoid fever.
Source: Trouw (Dutch)
Labels:
Health,
Location: Netherlands
Netherlands: Wilders, the Movie
Netherlands: Wilders, the Movie
Dutch filmmakers Joost van der Valk and Mags Gavan made a movie about Geert Wilders. The trailer is available with English subtitles:
The whole movie (in Dutch) is available here.
Dutch filmmakers Joost van der Valk and Mags Gavan made a movie about Geert Wilders. The trailer is available with English subtitles:
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Location: Netherlands,
Politics
Helsinki: Iranian diplomat quits, applies for asylum
Helsinki: Iranian diplomat quits, applies for asylum
Earlier this year, the Iranian consul in Oslo resigned and requested asylum in Norway. Now his Finnish counterpart decided to follow in his footsteps, via YLE:
Earlier this year, the Iranian consul in Oslo resigned and requested asylum in Norway. Now his Finnish counterpart decided to follow in his footsteps, via YLE:
Hossein Alizadeh, an Iranian diplomat in Helsinki who resigned from his post last week, wants to remain in Finland. Speaking at a press conference on Monday he said that he will apply for political asylum in Finland.
Before leaving his post, Alizadeh was the second-highest ranking official at the Iranian Embassy. On Saturday he announced that he had resigned in protest against the anti-democratic policies.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said that Alizadeh’s term at the embassy had concluded already in August, and said that he wanted to stay in Finland because his children are in school here.(more)
'Islamophobia in Europe is deep-seated'
'Islamophobia in Europe is deep-seated'
Via Teheran Times:
Islamophobia in the United States is shallow and temporary while Islamophobia in Europe is deep-seated because of Europeans’ long history of warfare with the Muslim World, Dr. Muqtedar Khan says.
Muqtedar, an associate professor at the University of Delaware who teaches Arab and Middle Eastern politics, politics of development, globalization, and Islam in world affairs, made the remarks in an email interview with the Tehran Times on Sunday.
Labels:
anti-Islamism,
Location: Europe
Denmark: Mystery bomber reading religious literature (Update: Belgian passport stolen)
Denmark: Mystery bomber reading religious literature
Labels:
Location: Denmark,
terrorism
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