Europe

UK community Bans Easter Parade

Are Easter observances a threat to public safety? The Council for the London Borough of Brent apparently thinks so, and has refused permission...

James Heiser April 18, 2011

Free Speech, State Censorship, and the Prosecution of Dutch Politician Wilders

Bruce Walker April 14, 2011

Most Americans — blessed with an inimitable Constitution written by men of great character and wisdom who understood the profound importance of human...

FBI: Nazi ID in War-crimes Case Likely Soviet Fake

Alex Newman April 13, 2011

A recently declassified FBI report obtained by the Associated Press claims evidence against John Demjanjuk purporting to show that he was a National...

Europe Importing American Tea (Party)?

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 13, 2011

America has no monopoly on bailouts. The New American has chronicled the forced public financing of the otherwise unsustainable social welfare schemes of...

Iceland Voters Reject Bank Bailout Again

Alex Newman April 12, 2011

Voters in Iceland infuriated bankers and European governments yet again by rejecting for a second time a proposal to force taxpayers to cover...

French Ban on Islamic Face Veils Now in Effect

R. Cort Kirkwood April 12, 2011

The ban on burqas and other Islamic face coverings went into effect in France yesterday. Police hauled off a few face-covered Muslim women,...

U.K. to Allow Homosexual Men to Donate Blood

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 12, 2011

Homosexual men in the U.K. will soon be allowed to donate blood. It’s a policy shift that likely will increase the fear of...

Will Holland Outlaw Kosher Killing?

Bruce Walker April 11, 2011

The Netherlands has long been a welcome home to Jews who suffered persecution elsewhere in Europe. During the Holocaust, Dutch Christians were exemplary...

Sweden Plans Deportation of Christian-Convert Imam

James Heiser April 8, 2011

A former imam who converted to Christianity is facing extradition from Sweden to his native Iraq, where he may face imprisonment or death...

Imam Choudary: Royals May Be Attacked at Wedding

R. Cort Kirkwood April 7, 2011

Anjem Choudary, the British Muslim imam who advocates Sharia law for Britain and calls British soldiers murderers, says the royal wedding in London...

EU Targets Tax Exemptions For Non-Profits

Alex Newman April 6, 2011

The European Union announced that national governments may not provide tax-exempt status to charities and non-profit organizations, prompting a backlash from some national...