World football players’ union backs hijab rule change

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FIFPro supports a proposal to allow a safe headscarf to be worn by women football players. Currently FIFA bans women who wear the Islamic headscarf (hijab) from playing in regional or international matches. They are only allowed to wear a cap that covers the players heads to the headline but does not extend below the ears to cover the neck.

His Royal Highness Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, FIFA vice president representing Asia, has recommended the executive committee of FIFA a revision of the laws of the game, to allow a “Velcro-opening” headscarf to be worn by women. He will be presenting the case to the international Football Association Board (IFAB) on March 3rd.

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has asked Brendan Schwab, the president of FIFPro Division Asia and Board member of FIFPro, to support his proposal. “The primary objective is to ensure that all women are able to play football at all levels without any barriers or discrimination.”

On behalf of FIFPro, Schwab gave his support to the proposal. “FIFPro has always been a strong supporter of the rights of all women to play football and for Islamic women to play football wearing headscarves”, Schwab explains. “We believe, as His Royal Highness does, that the participation of women is extremely beneficial, not just for the individual involved but for our game generally.”

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Suburbs are becoming ‘land of Islam’, says French historian

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Alexandre AdlerThe French suburbs are in the process of becoming “lands of Islam” and many French Muslims aspire to this, according to historian Alexandre Adler, who is worried about “Muslim self-government against the state” in susceptible neighbourhoods.

According to Alexandre Adler, violence in the suburbs can not be explained only by social problems, but because in his opinion there exists “a conception of the land that belongs to Islam”: “There is within the most traditional interpretation of Muslim doctrine the idea that there exists a land of Islam. Wherever Islam has spread, the people there have accepted that this land henceforth Islamic”, he explained in an interview with France Info.

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Pickles ‘signals an end to multiculturalism’

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Eric PicklesThe English language and Christian faith will be restored to the centre of public life, ministers are to pledge today. Eric Pickles will praise the traditions and heritage of “the majority” and describe multiculturalism as the politics of division.

Public bodies should no longer “bend over backwards” to translate documents into dozens of languages and migrants must be asked to learn English and understand the British way of life, the Communities Secretary will say.

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Pig’s mask hung on gate of Belgian mosque with slogan ‘go back home’

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CHARLEROI — Someone hung a carnival mask representing a pig on the gate of the mosque at Marchienne-au-Pont on Saturday night, provoking the indignation of the local Muslim community, Le Soir reported on Monday. The act was carried out between 8pm and 11.45pm.

The mask was of a pig on which the words “go back home” were written in black marker. Alerted during Saturday-Sunday night by the president of the ASCL Turkish committee of Marchienne-au-Pont, the local police from Charleroi went to investigate. When the officers arrived some twenty worshippers, outraged by this provocative act, were at the scene. Film from a surveillance camera was taken. Officials of the mosque have filed a complaint with Charleroi police.

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Greater Manchester Police may seek EDL march ban

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EDL denying your race is treasonGreater Manchester Police’s chief constable says he may seek to ban a march by the English Defence League (EDL) over fears it could spark unrest.

Peter Fahy is to meet Tameside councillors to discuss whether to apply for a Home Office ban for Saturday’s proposed march in Hyde.

The protest follows an attack on Daniel Stringer-Prince who suffered a broken eye socket and fractured skull. The EDL said the march was a national protest against extremism.

Mr Fahy said: “We are concerned that there could be a threat to peace and order. The attack was an awful crime but I’m not sure we need outsiders coming in and clearly the fear is that they are just exploiting the situation.”

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Marine Le Pen reverts to type with halal claims

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Marine Le Pen (4)French far-right leader Marine Le Pen switched her presidential campaign back to immigration on Sunday, accusing Nicolas Sarkozy of bowing to Muslim pressure over how animals are killed for meat, to try to head off his attempts to poach her supporters.

Le Pen had sought to attract voters by shifting from a traditional emphasis on immigration and French identity to leaving the euro and imposing protectionist barriers, to exploit discontent over the debt crisis in Europe and globalization.

But at a congress of her National Front party in Lille, Le Pen returned to familiar anti-immigration territory, saying she had proof that all meat in Paris was halal. “This situation is deception and the government has been fully aware of it for months,” Le Pen said. “All the abattoirs of the Paris region have succumbed to the rules of a minority. We have reason to be disgusted.”

Le Pen’s aides said she would file a legal complaint on the matter. During her closing speech she said the government was bowing down to “Islamic radicals.”

Reuters, 19 February 2012

Update:  See “Halal slaughter becomes political issue in France”, Reuters, 21 February 2012

CAIR asks FBI to probe anti-Muslim Facebook death threat

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Edward VealThe Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the FBI to investigate a death threat posted on its Facebook page by a person claiming to be in the U.S. military.

A man who says he is an “M1 Abrams Armor Crewman” who lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., threatened to kill others who commented on an article posted Saturday on CAIR’s Facebook page.

In a series of comments on CAIR’s page, “Edward Veal” wrote: “no more islam! i will kill any who try to make my country muslim!. . .especially repliers to this post. . .all muslims are terrorists, they should have no rights at all. . .if i find out who you are, i will find you. . .and remove you!” [Grammatical errors maintained.]

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British Freedom Party links up with Brigitte Gabriel

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On Thursday night, the Chairman of the newly formed British Freedom Party, Paul Weston, spoke to a group of New Yorkers at a meeting sponsored by Brigitte Gabriel’s Act For America organization. Weston also said he came to warn America that what is happening in Britain today could happen in America in the not too distant future.

The American Thinker reports. See also Urban Infidel.