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Iceland: Progressives mock Muslims on video

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Bob Pitt

Reykjavík’s two Progressive councilpersons showed up at a student party uninvited and held forth in an incident captured on video. Vísir reports that last Friday night, political science and economics students from the University of Iceland were holding a party … Continue reading →

Posted in Hijab, Iceland, Liberal, Women

Iceland: More Progressives leave party over mosque issue

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Bob Pitt

Since alternate MP for the Progressive Party Þorsteinn Magnússon’s resignation from the party last week, several other party members have followed suit and many other people have expressed their support. As reported, Þorsteinn resigned from the party due to the inaction of … Continue reading →

Posted in Featured resistance, Iceland, Liberal, Resisting Islamophobia

Iceland: MP leaves Progressive Party over handling of mosque issue

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Bob Pitt

Þorsteinn Magnússon resigned yesterday as Alternate MP for the Progressive Party citing the party’s handling of the mosque issue. Þorsteinn said in an interview with visir.is that the reaction of the party’s leadership implies that there was nothing wrong in … Continue reading →

Posted in Iceland, Liberal, Resisting Islamophobia

Reykjavík councillor disavows Islamophobes

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Bob Pitt

Progressive city councilperson Sveinbjörg Birna Sveinbjörnsdóttir says she will not fight against a mosque in Reykjavík, and that Islamophobes who voted for her “bet on the wrong horse”. “I find this really distressing,” Sveinbjörg told Rás 2 listeners yesterday morning, … Continue reading →

Posted in Iceland, Liberal

Icelanders registering as protest Muslims

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Bob Pitt

“I have received emails from people asking how they can register to the Association. I was a bit surprised but very pleased by these enquiries,” says Salman Tamimi, the leader of the Muslim Association of Iceland, asked whether he had … Continue reading →

Posted in Iceland, Resisting Islamophobia

Muslim Association of Iceland to sue over online hate speech

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Bob Pitt

Pigs’ heads and bloodied pages of the Qur’an left on the Reykjavík mosque site last November Salman Tamimi, founder of the Muslim Association of Iceland, and his lawyer, Helga Vala Helgadóttir, say it is important to make a stand against … Continue reading →

Posted in Iceland, Liberal, Resisting Islamophobia

Reykjavík: final preparations for mosque construction underway

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Bob Pitt

Head of the Muslim Association of Iceland, Ibrahim Sverrir Agnarsson, says the final preparations are being made for the design of a mosque, scheduled to be built on a plot of land on Sogamýri, Reykjavík. “We could in reality break … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Muslim violence, Iceland, Liberal, Resisting Islamophobia

Reykjavík: Progressives could get seat on city council

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Bob Pitt

In the wake of recent remarks made by the Progressive mayoral candidate that she would revoke a plot of land Reykjavík granted for the building of a mosque, the party now has enough support to possibly win a seat on … Continue reading →

Posted in Iceland, Liberal

Iceland: Progressive Party in hot water over anti-mosque comments

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Bob Pitt

Sveinbjörg Birna Sveinbjörnsdóttir, first on the Progressive Party’s list in Reykjavík for Saturday’s municipal elections, voiced her opposition to the proposed mosque in Reykjavík on Friday. Reykjavík City Council has already allocated a lot for the mosque and construction is … Continue reading →

Posted in Iceland, Liberal, Resisting Islamophobia

Featured Posts

  • ‘Bigot’ Eric King who was spared jail for Islam hate mail says he will continue to share his views online

    ‘Bigot’ Eric King who was spared jail for Islam hate mail says he will continue to share his views online

  • Extremist who attacked George Galloway is jailed for 16 months

    Extremist who attacked George Galloway is jailed for 16 months

  • Zionist Federation cancels Mordechai Kedar lectures … but only at schools

    Zionist Federation cancels Mordechai Kedar lectures … but only at schools

  • Men fined £600 for threatening to ‘torch’ and ‘blow up’ Astley Bridge mosque on Facebook

    Men fined £600 for threatening to ‘torch’ and ‘blow up’ Astley Bridge mosque on Facebook

  • Pubs crisis: ‘Teetotal Muslims to blame’ says Tory peer

    Pubs crisis: ‘Teetotal Muslims to blame’ says Tory peer

  • Answering the attacks on Lutfur Rahman’s administration

    Answering the attacks on Lutfur Rahman’s administration

  • Soldier Ryan McGee jailed for making nail bomb

    Soldier Ryan McGee jailed for making nail bomb

  • EDL whips up hatred and violence against Muslim taxi drivers in Weston‑super‑Mare

    EDL whips up hatred and violence against Muslim taxi drivers in Weston‑super‑Mare

Around the world

  • Islamophobia on the rise in Czech Republic

    Islamophobia on the rise in Czech Republic

  • Pig’s head hung on mosque door in Vienna

    Pig’s head hung on mosque door in Vienna

  • Arson attack on Swedish mosque injures five

    Arson attack on Swedish mosque injures five

  • German mosque vandalized with swastikas and racist graffiti

    German mosque vandalized with swastikas and racist graffiti

  • Queensland bar & grill puts up ‘no Muslims’ sign

    Queensland bar & grill puts up ‘no Muslims’ sign

  • French journalist envisages possible deportation of 5 million Muslims

    French journalist envisages possible deportation of 5 million Muslims

  • Turkish mosque attacked with fireworks in Netherlands

    Turkish mosque attacked with fireworks in Netherlands

  • Muslim woman attacked at Vienna bank

    Muslim woman attacked at Vienna bank

Resisting Islamophobia

  • Henry Jackson Society funded by the Islamophobia industry must be stripped of its charitable status

    Henry Jackson Society funded by the Islamophobia industry must be stripped of its charitable status

  • Luton Islamic Centre exposes EDL lies

    Luton Islamic Centre exposes EDL lies

  • Thousands sign online petition against German anti-Islam PEGIDA movement

    Thousands sign online petition against German anti-Islam PEGIDA movement

  • Swedish marchers denounce Christmas Day arson attack on mosque

    Swedish marchers denounce Christmas Day arson attack on mosque

  • Jewish students’ organisation sues French magazine for inciting anti-Muslim hatred

    Jewish students’ organisation sues French magazine for inciting anti-Muslim hatred

  • As Pickles’ commissioners arrive, Tower Hamlets hits back at bungling Tories

    As Pickles’ commissioners arrive, Tower Hamlets hits back at bungling Tories

  • ‘Shame on you for hosting racist speaker!’ PSC protest against Sussex Friends of Israel

    ‘Shame on you for hosting racist speaker!’ PSC protest against Sussex Friends of Israel

  • Tackling Islamophobia – Roundtable event at Parliament

    Tackling Islamophobia – Roundtable event at Parliament

From the archives

  • Anti-Muslim backlash after Woolwich (updated)

    Anti-Muslim backlash after Woolwich (updated)

  • John Ware – a record of tabloid-style smears and witch-hunts

    John Ware – a record of tabloid-style smears and witch-hunts

  • How Quilliam used former EDL leaders to appeal for money

    How Quilliam used former EDL leaders to appeal for money

  • Times discovers non-existent ‘rise in Muslim birthrate’

    Times discovers non-existent ‘rise in Muslim birthrate’

  • Lies and hysteria over ‘gender segregation’

    Lies and hysteria over ‘gender segregation’

  • Muslim demographics, rabid Islamophobia and The Commentator

    Muslim demographics, rabid Islamophobia and The Commentator

  • Dawkins defends Enlightenment values

    Dawkins defends Enlightenment values

  • Maryam Namazie and her allies

    Maryam Namazie and her allies

  • Pat Condell claims all rapists in Oslo are ‘Muslim immigrants’

    Pat Condell claims all rapists in Oslo are ‘Muslim immigrants’

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