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Dutch politician's trial for Anti-Islamic statements suspended soon after it begins
The Amsterdam District Court adjourned the trial of right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders [personal website; JURIST news archive] Monday after a lawyer for Wilders accused a judge of bias. After Wilders, on trial for making inflammatory stateme (More) |
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Dutch lawmaker announces plans to ban burqa
Dutch politician Geert Wilders said Thursday that the Netherlands will ban the burqa and other full Islamic veils as part of the government's plan to form a minority coalition. The Liberals and Christian Democrats (CDA) must make concessions to W (More) |
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FRANCE: The Burqa Ban as Part of Growing Western Islamophobia
Saleh Al Amer, Pitt Law '11, recently interned with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in Washington, DC. Saleh is the President of the Muslim Law Students Association at the University of Pittsburgh and writes on discrimination ag (More) |
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Iran court sentences journalist charged with 'warring against God' to 6 years
A judge from Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran on Saturday sentenced Shiva Nazar Ahari, a journalist arrested following the 2009 presidential election , to six years in prison. Ahari was sentenced to three-and-half-years for warring aga (More) |
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UN SG urges abolishment of anti-gay laws
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for countries around the world to abolish laws discriminating against gay and lesbian individuals . The message, read on his behalf by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay during a pa (More) |
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France senate approves burqa ban
The French Senate on Tuesday voted 246 to 1 to approve a bill that would make it illegal to wear the Islamic burqa or other full face veils in public. Under the legislation, women who wear the veil can be required by police to show their face, a (More) |
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Norway suspect pleads not guilty in country's first terror financing trial
A Somalia native pleaded not guilty [Aftenposten report, in Norwegian] Tuesday in an Oslo District Court at Norway's first trial under its 2002 terror financing law. The unidentified Somali-born Norwegian citizen has been accused of sending at lea (More) |
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France protesters rally against Sarkozy security measures
Over 100,000 people in 130 cities across France protested Saturday against the security policies of President Nicolas Sarkozy . The protesters called the expulsion of illegal Roma and a recent bid to ban the burqa , xenophobic [Le Monde report, in (More) |
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Conservative Austria party calls for vote to ban minarets, face veils
Austria's conservative Freedom Party on Monday called for a special vote on whether to ban face veils and the construction of minarets, two of the most visible symbols of the Islamic faith. Specifically, the referendum would ask Viennese citizens (More) |
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Bangladesh court rules against mandatory religious clothing
The Bangladeshi Supreme Court ruled Sunday that workplaces and schools cannot force individuals to wear religious clothing such as veils and skull caps. The court found that wearing religious clothing is an individual choice and cannot be made mand (More) |
US Supreme Court said FCC could reprimand radio station for broadcasting comedian Carlin's "Filthy Words"
On July 3, 1978, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Federal Communications Commission had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's Filthy Words sketch.
Read FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.
