R. Steiner (via spiritualityisrealit)
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Kenza Drider, a 32-year-old mother of three, was famously bold enough to appear on French television to oppose the law before it came into force. She refuses to take off her niqab – “My husband doesn’t dictate what I do, much less the government” – but she says she now lives in fear of attack. “I still go out in my car, on foot, to the shops, to collect my kids. I’m insulted about three to four times a day,” she says. Most say, “Go home”; some say, “We’ll kill you.” One said: “We’ll do to you what we did to the Jews.” In the worst attack, before the law came in, a man tried to run her down in his car.
Since France introduced its burqa ban in April there have been violent attacks on women wearing the niqab and, this week, the first fines could be handed down. But a legal challenge to this hard line may yet expose the French state as a laughing stock.(source)
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US students tried for anti-Israel protest 
A group of Muslim students are being tried in the US for protesting during a speech by Israel’s ambassador to the United States in 2010, Press TV reports.
State of California prosecutors argued on Wednesday that the 10 Muslim university students broke the law when they repeatedly interrupted a speech by the Israeli envoy, Michael Oren, during a public meeting in the University of California, Irvine, in February 2010.
The Orange County District attorney alleged that the Muslim students, known as “Irvine 11”, violated Oren’s right to free speech by delaying his remarks for 20 minutes.
However, supporters of the students insist that they were practicing their constitutional rights based on the First Amendment to the US Constitution and should not be criminalized for protesting.
“A foreign ambassador is coming to our home and talking to us about these issues and we can’t have a voice at the table nor can even voice it out in a protest,” said Kifah Shah of the ‘Stand with the Eleven’ group, in a Press TV interview.
Since the incident, the students and the school’s Muslim Student Union chapter have been disciplined by university officials.
A group of peace organizations believe the prosecutors pursued criminal charges due to political consideration in favor of the Israeli regime, the prime US foreign ally.
The group says the case is a prime example of selective prosecution and that the students are being punished because the Israeli ambassador was involved.
“Because they were protesting the activities of his country and also because the young men were all Muslim, and because perhaps those behind the prosecution thought that they could get away with it because of the rampant Islamophobia in this country,” said Ameena Qazi from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) of Los Angeles.
CAIR says this case has dealt a significant blow to Muslim-American students on college campuses across the country.
The Muslim organization says the prosecution would prevent Muslim students to feel that they are equally accepted in society and allowed to participate in public events.
The Irvine 11 trial is scheduled to last several weeks with closing arguments expected by September 23. If convicted, the Muslim students face up to six months in jail.
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- Muslim students stand trial for speech disruption(seattletimes.nwsource.com)
- PressTV: US students tried for anti-Israel protest [This is chilling!](jhaines6.wordpress.com)
- Action Alert: Prosecute Muslim Student Union for Free Speech Attack(atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com)
- Muslim students stand trial for speech disruption (sfgate.com)
(Source: presstv.ir)
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A protester from the UAF in London today (3rd September)
The English Defence League (EDL) attempted to stage a demonstration in the London borough of Tower Hamlets on the 3rd September 2011.
The EDL, who describe themselves as a human rights organisation were demonstrating against what they see as a rise in radical islamic views and practices in the UK.
A counter demonstration was organised by the anti fascist group, Unite Against Fascism(UAF). The UAF which according to their website ‘opposes the threat of fascism’, describes the EDL as ‘an organisation of racist thugs’. Other groups were out in support of the UAF counter demonstration and a large number of people turned up in support.
The UAF and EDL have clashed in the past during street demonstrations, and in light of the recent London riots, last month the Home Secretary, Theresa May banned protest marches in Tower Hamlets and the surrounding boroughs meaning the EDL and UAF were restricted to static demonstrations.
The UAF demonstration was near the East London Mosque, and the EDL demonstration was at a few London train stations before being allowed to the border of Tower Hamlets.
Police presence at the event was substantial and when the EDL demo arrived at Tower Hamlets there were hundreds of Police officers on ground, coming from as far as Scotland. Horses and dogs were also on hand for crowd control.
The EDL were stopped a few hundred metres short of protesting in Tower Hamlets.
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Dr. Hassan Al-Turabi - Islamic scholar. (via mehreenkasana)
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For the people who say that we’re bashing Jews on Twitter because of the fake Israeli Revolution.
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