Another chapter in the jihad against Vitamin D, and an update on this story. “Belgium analyses video threat over Muslim veil ban,” by Antonia Van de Velde for Reuters, May 6: (Reuters) – Belgian authorities are analysing a video containing threats to attack the country and other European states if they enforce a ban on […]
Belgian burqa ban means business: Jail time for second offense
More on this story. “Belgium bans burkas: Women who refuse to show faces to be jailed for a week under draft law,” from the Daily Mail, April 30: Belgium became the first European country to impose a full ban on wearing a burka last night. Its parliament approved a draft law which states women can […]
Belgium’s lower house of parliament votes to ban face veils
Provided the law is allowed to stand and is enforced, it is a victory for human rights, non-Islamic law, and… Vitamin D. “Belgian lawmakers vote to ban full Islamic veil in public,” from Agence France-Presse, April 29: AFP – Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public, paving […]
Belgian parliament bans burqas
Not “compatible with an open, liberal, tolerant society.” Indeed. “Belgian parliament bans burquas [sic] in public,” from AP, March 31: BRUSSELS– A vote against wearing face-covering veils in puclic was unanimously established on Wednesday. This legislation represents a major legislative step, which could make Belguim the first European country to impose such a religious prohibition. […]
Palestinian Gunmen Kidnap Foreign Teachers
Welcome to the new, peaceful Palestinian Gaza, where the Israelis have left and so now there is no reason for anyone to be anything but loving. From AP, : GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip “” Palestinian gunmen abducted two foreign teachers from an American school as they were driving north of Gaza City on Wednesday, witnesses […]
Belgium: Woman defies law banning the burqa
What Belgian authorities do about this will be more revealing than the defiance itself. From the Telegraph, with thanks to all who sent this in: A Moroccan woman living in a small town in Belgium has single-handedly triggered a national debate on multiculturalism after refusing to obey a municipal injunction to stop wearing a burqa. […]
Belgium: Moroccan man jailed for anti-Semitic knife threat
Sentenced in absentia? And where is Chbaba B. now? From Expatica, : BRUSSELS “” Antwerp Court sentenced in absentia on Friday a 22-year-old Moroccan man to six months jail and a EUR 550 fine for accosting and threatening a Jewish man last year. It is the first time that such a case of anti-Semitism has […]
Belgium: “Where once stood a shrine to Our Blessed Lady, now stands a mosque”
I have no idea which Cardinal would be a good Pope, but I am beginning to think that Belgium’s Cardinal Danneels might not be the best choice. “Muslim group transforms chapel in Brussels as Cardinal Danneels departs for Rome,” from the Catholic Church Conservation Blogspot, with thanks to Paolo: In the centre of Brussels, there […]
Belgian non-profit groups ‘finance terror’
Eurabia alert from Expatica, : BRUSSELS – Belgian anti-terrorism experts are investigating possible links between some of the country’s not-for-profit groups and known terrorist organisations, it was confirmed on Wednesday. Several newspapers from the Sud Presse publishing group reported that Justice Minister Laurette Onkelinkx had received 86 separate files on groups thought to be helping […]
Imams, Rabbis call for synergies between religion and politics
The dhimmi forum we discussed here in January has become a “permanent committee. A broken-English article from Arabic News, with thanks to Skeetstreet: The Judeo-Muslim Permanent Committee, convened Tuesday in Marrakech, called for associating the political action to the efforts of the clergy to promote relations between Islam and Judaism. This meeting, meant to assess […]