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France, UK Cooperate on Wall to Counter Migrant Tactics
September 13, 2016
UK immigration minister Robert Goodwill has announced the cooperation of France and Britain on the construction of a roadside wall in Calais through which the countries will seek to prevent migrants from interfering with traffic in the French city and attempting jump aboard trucks bound for the UK.
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UN Rights Chief Compares Tactics of IS, Trump
September 13, 2016
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has asserted that tactics used by US presidential candidate Donald Trump and other politicians he identified as populists, relying on "half-truths and oversimplification" that lead to an atmosphere "thick with hate," resemble those of the Islamic State.
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Debate over Burkini Bans Roils French Politics
September 09, 2016
Soeren Kern of the Gatestone Institute documents the high-profile controversy over the ban by several French towns on publicly wearing a full-body swimsuit for Muslim women called the "burkini," marked by the recent ruling of the French Conseil d'État that cities do not have the authority to implement these bans.
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Algeria Imprisons Man for "Insulting Islam" on Facebook
September 09, 2016
Human Rights Watch asserts that an Algerian appeals court that sentenced a Christian man to three years in prison for posting material it deemed insulting to Islam on Facebook violated the man's rights to due process and to free expression.
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US University Hires Convicted Jihadi as Research Fellow
September 07, 2016
The George Washington University has hired an American convert to Islam who was convicted for al-Qaeda recruiting and conspiring to commit terrorist violence in the US as a research fellow on de-radicalization.
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