French police officers have cleared hundreds of African migrants from a camp below elevated metro tracks in northern Paris. Health Minister Marisol Touraine stated sanitary reasons for the evacuation.
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Muslim Frenchwomen Struggle With Discrimination as Bans on Veils Expand – NYTimes.com
So far, France has passed two laws, one in 2004 banning veils in public elementary and secondary schools, and another, enacted in 2011, banning full face veils, which are worn by only a tiny portion of the population.
But observant Muslim women in France, whose head coverings can vary from head scarves tied loosely under the chin to tightly fitted caps and wimple-like scarves that hide every strand of hair, say the constant talk of new laws has made them targets of abuse, from being spat at to having their veils pulled or being pushed when they walk on the streets.
In some towns, mothers wearing head scarves have been prevented from picking up their children from school or from chaperoning class outings. One major discount store has been accused of routinely searching veiled customers.
Some women have even been violently attacked. In Toulouse recently, a pregnant mother wearing a head scarf had to be hospitalized after being beaten on the street by a young man who called her a “dirty Muslim.”
Statistics collected by the National Observatory Against Islamophobia, a watchdog group, show that in the last two years 80 percent of the anti-Muslim acts involving violence and assault were directed at women, most of them veiled.
via Muslim Frenchwomen Struggle With Discrimination as Bans on Veils Expand – NYTimes.com.
Al-Aqsa mosque faces collective settler attacks for Revelation of the Torah
His Eminence Sheikh Ikrima Sabri told PNN that the settler groups exploit their religious occasions to break into Al-Aqsa mosque, adding that the situation was becoming more nervous and intense day by day.
Israeli occupation forces this morning imposed curfew on Al-Aqsa mosque and restrictions on the worshipers, preventing them from entering, in addition to closing down the markets around the mosque while the Israeli settlers were allowed into the mosque.
The settlers were escorted by the Israeli police and private units, physically attacking the Palestinians, of whom one woman and one youngster were arrested.
via Al-Aqsa mosque faces collective settler attacks for Revelation of the Torah.
Controversial (fascist) population control bill becomes law in Myanmar
Myanmar’s president has signed off on a law that says couples must space their children 36 months apart. This is the first of four “race and religious protection” laws proposed by Buddhist nationalists.
“Takes lots of gall for these folks to claim to be Buddhists.”
via Controversial population control bill becomes law in Myanmar.
Settlers burn down 90 olive trees near Salfit – sickening
PNN/ Salfit/

Israeli settlers Wednesday morning have burned down 90 olive trees in Sarta town near Salfit, southern West Bank.
Palestinians Banned from Riding the Same Buses as Israelis | Egyptian Streets
Israel has defended the move as a necessary step to “control Palestinians” entering and leaving Israel and reduce security risks.
“2015” Israel, not 1955 Alabama?
via Palestinians Banned from Riding the Same Buses as Israelis | Egyptian Streets.
League of the South Chieftain Talks ‘Race War’ | Hatewatch
“We Southern nationalists do not want a race war (or any sort of war). But if one is forced on us, we’ll participate,” wrote Hill on the LOS website. “Southern whites are geared up and armed to the teeth.”
Such statements may come as a shock, given the fact that the LOS has spent much of the last two years attempting to promote its message to “regular” southerners through the use of mainstream, conservative messaging on issues such as “traditional marriage” and the “demographic displacement of southerners.” Of course, that was never a very honest presentation. After all, Hill is the same man who at a Georgia LOS meeting in 2011 urged his constituents to begin stocking up on AK-47s, hollow-point bullets, and, most remarkably, tools to derail trains.
via League of the South Chieftain Talks ‘Race War’ | Hatewatch.
Ukip candidate suspended for threatening to ‘put a bullet in’ Tory rival | Politics | The Guardian
In the footage, Blay is heard to express his frustration with suggestions that Jayawardena has a bright political career ahead of him and especially at the possibility that he could rise to be Britain’s first prime minister of Asian descent.
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“If he is, I will personally put a bullet between his eyes,” says Blay. “If this lad turns up to be our prime minister, I will personally put a bullet in him. That’s how strong I feel about it.
via Ukip candidate suspended for threatening to ‘put a bullet in’ Tory rival | Politics | The Guardian.
Katie Hopkins calling migrants vermin recalls the darkest events of history | Zoe Williams | Comment is free | The Guardian
It is no joke when people start talking like this. We are not “giving her what she wants” when we make manifest our disgust. It is not a free speech issue. I’m not saying gag her: I’m saying fight her. Articulate the fellowship, the human empathy, that makes these deaths important. Stop talking about how many children were among the dead, as though only children matter. Start talking about everybody’s life as cherishable, irrespective of anything they might produce.
Karma and fear – not a good mix – Chinese-owned businesses in South Africa close amid xenophobic violence: Shanghaiist
President Zuma condemned the violence, in which six people have already died, calling it “shocking and unacceptable,” however he also recognized that South Africans had concerns over illegal and undocumented immigrants in the country.
While the violence has mainly targeted Africans from neighboring countries, the Chinese Embassy and Consulates in South Africa are calling for immediate and effective measures to protect the personal safety and property of Chinese nationals.
The timing could not be worse from a diplomatic standpoint, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visiting the country as the violence flared up.
South Africa has a large Chinese immigrant population, with estimates ranging from 200,000 to over 300,000.
via Chinese-owned businesses in South Africa close amid xenophobic violence: Shanghaiist.


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