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Vol. XLV No. 19, 2007-11-25 |
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| FOUR MUSLIMS ENTER DANISH PARLIAMENT |
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Four Danish Muslims of immigrant roots, including two women, won seats in the new Danish parliament, one seat more than what Muslims had in the outgoing legislature.
Naser Khader, the leader of the nascent New Alliance party, kept his seat in the 179-member parliament. Khader, 44, came to Denmark when he was 11 and enjoys a pop star status and political charisma. His party won five seats in the closely-fought elections held on November 12.
Kamal Qureshi also kept his seat in the single-ch...  |
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| EU WARNS KOSOVO OVER INDEPENDENCE |
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EU ministers meeting in the Belgian capital Brussels on November 19 warned Kosovo against any unilateral declaration of independence following weekend elections that revived local hopes of seceding from Belgrade. “Kosovo should have her independence (but) it shouldn’t be an unmanaged unilateral declaration,” Britain’s European Affairs Minister Jim Murphy reportedly said.
The European Union wants Hashim Thaci, the former Kosovo fighter commander who seems to be set to lea... |
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| BANGLADESHIS CRAVE FOR CYCLONE RELIEF |
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After losing thousands of loved ones to a devastating cyclone that smashed through impoverished Bangladesh, thousands of traumatised, stranded and hungry survivors are craving for much-need help. “I lost six of my family members in the cyclone,” Sattar Gazi, 55, was reported as saying on November 18. “I am afraid that the rest of us will die of hunger. We are without food and water for the last few days.”
Gazi, whose village was smashed by a six-metre tidal wave, doesn&r... |
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| CANADA HIJAB PHOBIA SPREADS TO JUDO |
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After several Muslim girls were banned from playing with their football teams for donning hijab, the controversy was spreading to a new sport after 11-year-old girl was thrown out from a national judo tournament, reports said on November 18.
“He said that I can’t fight. If I want to fight I have to take it off or I have to leave,” Hagar Outbih said while bursting into tears after the tournament’s judge refused to allow her to play in the city of Winnipeg.
Dave Minuk, al... |
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