May 1, 2011Playboy’s Muslim Cover Girl: Is Sila Sahin Good for Women?Actress Sila Sahin has sparked outrage as the first Turkish woman to pose for Playboy, but perhaps her […]
March 7, 2011‘Virginity surgery’ is on the rise across EuropeFacing cultural and religious pressure, Muslim women in Europe are turning to hymenoplasty surgery to give the illusion […]
February 8, 2011Turkish man kills wife and cuts off her headPresumably out of a violated sense of “honor”, a Turkish-born man has killed and dismembered his wife in […]
February 2, 2011Hesse bans burkas for state workersThe German state of Hesse has banned the wearing of the burka – the Muslim dress that covers […]
January 28, 2011Feo Aladag focuses her camera on honor killingsThough rarely documented in the U.S., the tradition of “honor killings”: putting a woman to death for having […]
January 26, 2011A German film that the Oscars missedReferring to the new German film “Die Fremde”, or “When we Leave”, Francine Kiefer writes: “It had not […]
January 6, 2011Taboos and Fear among Muslim GirlsYoung Muslim women are often forced to lead double lives in Europe: they have sex in public restrooms […]
December 2, 2010Muslim imam who lectures on non-violence in Germany is arrested for beating up his wifeA Muslim imam who lectures on non-violence and advises the German government on interfaith issues has been arrested […]
November 26, 2010Germany’s Family Minister slams ‘macho’ Muslim cultureGermany’s Family Minister Kristina Schroder slammed on Friday what she sees as a growing tendency to violence stemming […]
October 27, 2010German government to criminalise forced marriagesThe German government agreed Wednesday to make forced marriages a specific, punishable criminal offence, punishable by up to […]
October 13, 2010German university launches training for imamsA pilot program at the University of Osnabrueck (Germany) started in early October to train imams–not only in […]
September 8, 2010Merkel honours Danish Muhammad cartoonist WestergaardGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad caused anger […]
August 7, 2010German authorities close down mosque linked to 9/11Authorities in Hamburg, Germany, said that they had shut down the mosque where several of the hijackers involved […]
June 11, 2010German teachers to get guidelines on forced marriageGerman teachers are to get guidelines on handling with pupils the issue of forced marriages, the government said […]
June 6, 2010Study finds young, devout Muslims in Germany more prone to violenceThe willingness to commit violent crimes grows among young Muslim immigrants in Germany the more religious they become, […]
May 21, 2010Family strife blamed for high suicide rate among Turkish womenWhile a nationwide study has yet to be undertaken, regional data from Cologne and Frankfurt shows that young […]
April 30, 2010Police save 15-year-old girl from forced marriageGerman police saved a 15-year-old Hamburg girl from a forced marriage this week, freeing her from the family […]
April 21, 2010Outspoken German professor of Islam is no longer a MuslimMuhammad Kalish, an outspoken German professor of Islam, whose initial appointment angered Muslim groups, has renounced Islam, the […]
April 2, 2010An Enthusiastic Defender of FreedomNecla Kelek’s new book “Himmelsreise” (“Journey to Heaven”) casts a critical look at Islam and condemns the oppression […]
February 8, 2010Weinthal: German Cultural AppeasementBenjamin Weinthal argues: “Just when the murderous lessons of political Islam–from the numerous terror attacks to “honor killings” […]