Turkey’s religious affairs body lashes out at Daesh for ’twisted’ portrayal of Islam Turkey’s head of religious affairs has spoken to Anadolu Agency about a new report his directorate has issued on the Daesh militant group. Mehmet Gormez, speaking on Saturday, said the new research was aimed at informing the public about Daesh’s tactics, slogans, operations […]

Senior official from World Uyghur Congress accusing Beijing of ‘unnamed war against Muslims and Islam’ The World Uyghur Congress has used a reported ban on Muslims fasting to ratchet up the rhetoric on China, this time accusing Beijing of “an unnamed war against Muslims and Islam.” “Unfortunately the world is still keeping silent,” the Vice President of the Congress Seyit […]

In december 2014 bleek dat advocaten van het Amsterdamse advocatenkantoor Prakken d’Oliveira door de Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) werden afgeluisterd. Minister Plasterk van Binnenlandse Zaken heeft na een klacht daarover van de betrokken advocaten erkend dat de AIVD over de schreef is gegaan. Met die erkenning is er overigens niets veranderd en gaat het […]