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Azerbaijan: Eurovision Terror, Assassination Plots Foiled The news reports don't mention when these arrests took place.  Via Bloomberg : Azerbaijan said its agents foiled plots by Islamic rebels to kill foreigners at the Eurovision song contest in Baku and assassinate President Ilham Aliyev. Azeri law-enforcement officials killed two members of the armed group, including its leader, and arrested 40 more, the National Security Ministry said in an e-mailed statement today. The rebels have links to insurgents in the Dagestan region of neighboring Russia, according to the ministry.  ( source )

UK: Prisoners under pressure to convert to Muslim 'gang' Via the Telegraph : Inmates at HMP Whitemoor told researchers commissioned by the Ministry of Justice that they changed their faith for protection or because they were bullied into it. Prison guards said they had a policy of �appeasement� towards the powerful and growing Islamic population, particularly convicted terrorists who were feared to be recruiting future extremists. Non-believers avoided confrontation with any Muslim in case it led to retribution from the wider group, and said they even avoided cooking pork or bacon in communal kitchens or undressing in the showers in case it caused offence.   ( source )

Sweden: Moroccan-Swede singer wins Eurovision Song Contest   Via NPR : Sweden's Loreen clinched the top spot at this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her dance hit "Euphoria," pushing aside competition from a sextet of Russian grannies and a Serbian balladeer. Juries and television viewers from across Europe awarded Loreen a total of 372 points, handing her an easy win in an event that ended in the early hours Sunday in host country Azerbaijan. Sweden will take over hosting duties next year. Softly spoken Loreen, a 28-year-old of Moroccan-Berber descent, thanked her fans for their support. ( source )

Moscow: 'Allah's enemy!' Radio host slash-attacked for anti-Islam rant on air Via RT : A radio host has been hospitalized after being cut 15 times by an unidentified criminal. Two weeks ago the journalist ventured to criticize the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed, on air. Sergey Aslanyan, 46, was brought to Moscow�s hospital with numerous non-penetrating knife wounds to the chest, neck and arm. According to the police report, on late Monday evening an unknown man called to Aslanyan�s flat over the building intercom and called him outside for a talk. When the journalist stepped out of the entranceway he was knocked over the head with a heavy object, after which the assailant brought the knife into play. Aslanyan claimed that the attacker was shouting �you don�t love Allah� while slashing at the victim. ( source )

Switzerland: Muslim women can be religious leaders Via the Local : A new Swiss study has found that some Muslim women have more say in their communities than many Christian or Jewish women. Researchers from the National Science Foundation wanted to know which women had the option of taking on leadership roles within their religious communities. The results obtained by Sunday newspaper SonntagsBlick, found that while some Islamic groups were conservative, many others were surprisingly liberal. �Particularly in the Alevi and Sufi groups, women have more opportunities to advance to positions of spiritual leadership," J�rg Stolz, professor of sociology and religion at the University of Lausanne, told SonntagsBlick.  ( source )

Serbia: Soccer player banned from national team over anthem Via RFE/RL : Serbia's football federation says new national team coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has kicked player Adem Ljajic off the team for refusing to sing Serbia's national anthem. Ljajic, a member of Serbia's Muslim minority, refused to sing ahead of the May 26 friendly with Spain, which Serbia lost 2-0. Ljajic, who plays for Italian club Fiorentina, said he would not sing the anthem in the future because of "personal reasons." ( source )

Denmark: Two Somali brothers held over terror plot Via UKPA : Two Somalian brothers have been arrested in Denmark on suspicion of plotting a terror attack, the country's security service has said. The pair, aged 18 and 23, were arrested late on Monday - one in the western city of Aarhus and the other as he arrived by plane at Copenhagen's international airport, said the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, or PET. The men were suspected of "being in the process of preparing an act of terror" after they were overheard talking about methods, targets and different weapons types, PET said in a statement, suggesting the suspects had been under surveillance.  ( source )