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Letters of support pour in for Muslim girl sent death threats at school A Muslim girl in Massachusetts has received hundreds of letters of support after receiving threatening notes at her elementary school. The Massachusetts chapter of the... more

Europe Turkish association targeted in arson attack in Berlin A Turkish educational association was targeted early Thursday in an arson attack in the Neukölln district of German capital Berlin. Unknown perpetrators threw stones at the... More
Islamophobia Car targets pedestrians outside London mosque: police British police have launched an investigation after three people were injured in a collision near a Muslim community center in northwest London, a statement said Wednesday... More
Islamophobia Indian police suspended over lynching of Muslim man Four Indian policemen were suspended after a video on social media showed them failing to provide the victim of a mob lynching with medical assistance, authorities said Monday. The... More
Islamophobia Mosque in NW Germany attacked with racist slurs, pork A mosque in northwestern Germany's Lower Saxony state was attacked early Monday by unidentified assailants who defaced the building with racist slogans and left pork products... More
Turkey Turkish tourist fined for wearing burqa in Denmark A Turkish tourist in Denmark has been fined for breaching a controversial law that bans Islamic veils, including the niqab and burqa, in public places. According to West... More
Islamophobia Dutch lawmaker Wilders cancels Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest Far-right Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders on Thursday canceled a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest that sparked protests in Pakistan. In a written statement Thursday... More
Europe Far-right AfD, anti-Islam Pegida to rally after violent protests in western Germany The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and the anti-Islam Pegida movement have announced a joint rally to protest crimes perpetrated by migrants after two similar... More
Islamophobia Pakistan condemns Wilders' planned anti-Islam cartoon contest Pakistan's new foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi complained to his Dutch counterpart on Tuesday over a planned anti-Islam cartoon contest, saying "such acts spread hate... More
Islamophobia Swedish Muslim woman wins discrimination case, gets threatened A Muslim woman in Sweden on Saturday said she has received hundreds of threats and sexually explicit abusive messages after a local court ruled in her favor in a discrimination... More
Islamophobia Muslim couple denied Swiss citizenship over handshake beliefs The Swiss city of Lausanne has blocked a Muslim couple's bid to become Swiss nationals over their faith-based choice not to shake hands with members of the opposite sex. The... More
Europe Two Birmingham mosques attacked with catapults after car crash near UK parliament Two mosques in Birmingham were attacked with catapults Thursday in the wake of a car crash outside the U.K. parliament that injured three people. No one at the Al-Hijrah... More
Americas Hyatt Virginia to host annual conference of anti-Muslim group despite huge criticism The U.S.-based Hyatt Hotels Corp. will host an anti-Muslim group's conference on September 4 and 5 at its facility in Virginia's Crystal City despite backlash from Muslim... More
Tech Why Facebook is failing to curb hate speech against Rohingya In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told U.S. senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The... More
Europe Boris Johnson's father defends his son's burqa remarks Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's father, a former Conservative member of European Parliament, Stanley Johnson, defended his son's controversial burqa remarks... More
Islamophobia Denmark mulls adding jail terms to face veil ban Denmark has been discussing adding jail terms to a controversial ban on the wearing of face veils in public that came into force on Aug. 1. Rachid Nekkaz, a French business... More

Islamophobia 608 Islamophobic attacks reported in UK in 6 months: study A total of 685 reports of racially aggravated incidences, with 608 being anti-Muslim in nature were recorded between January and June 2018, a report revealed. The report... More
Europe Austria prepares to ban headscarves, but not kippas in primary schools Austria's right-wing government has introduced a draft law to Parliament to ban headscarves for girls under the age of 10 in primary schools, planning to implement it without... More
Africa Banning headscarf-wearing Nigerian girls from school unacceptable, Muslim body says Shutting out Muslim girls from school for wearing headscarves amounts to unacceptable religious bigotry and a violation of the Constitution, Nigeria's apex Muslim body said... More
Europe Austria's far-right targets Muslims, Turks in video A video shared by Austria's anti-migration far-right Freedom Party (FPO) that explicitly portrayed Muslims and Turks as scammers has triggered widespread reaction from Austrian... More
Europe Swedish official under probe over remarks associating Muslim call to prayer with terrorism Prosecutors are investigating a top city official in southern Sweden over Islamophobic remarks he made on social media. Christopher Larsson, vice mayor of the southern... More
Europe Austrian policeman accused of making racist remark at Muslim girls A police officer in Austria is being accused of making a racist remark towards a group of young Austrian Muslim girls. The officer allegedly made the remark when a 20-member... More
Islamophobia Far-right terrorists say encouraged by Trump rhetoric in Islamophobic attack plot Three far-right terrorists in US state of Kansas, who were convicted of plotting to bomb the mosque and homes of Somali immigrants should be granted leniency in their sentencing... More
Americas US midterm elections see rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric Anti-Muslim rhetoric has surged in U.S. midterm election campaigns, a new study found, echoing the brash talk of President Donald Trump that apparently landed him his spot... More
Turkey Protests in Germany condemn mosque attack A series of attacks on mosques and businesses run by Germans of Turkish origin were condemned in a protest rally held in the northern town of Nordenham over the weekend. Last... More
Europe German far-right AfD's Jewish group sparks outcry Germany's far-right party AfD on Sunday launched a "Jewish" group within its ranks which it says will battle against mass immigration of Muslim men with anti-Semitic views,... More
Islamophobia Italy’s League calls for burqa ban on moms at school Deputies from the far-right League party in northern Italy have announced plans to ban mothers from wearing Islamic veils, such as the burqa and niqab, when picking up their... More
Islamophobia Mosque in Germany vandalized with slurs, swastikas A mosque located in northwestern Germany's Gladbeck was vandalized by suspected Neo-Nazis, according to mosque officials. The attackers wrote racist slogans and drew swastikas... More
Islamophobia Second Swiss canton votes to adopt 'burqa ban' A second Swiss canton will introduce a regional "burqa ban," after voters in St. Gallen on Sunday emphatically backed prohibiting all face-covering garments in public spaces. In... More
Islamophobia UK party proposes anti-Islam "interim manifesto" Britains UK Independence Party (UKIP) presented plans Friday to establish all-Muslim prisons, enhanced screening for migrants coming from abroad and to abolish some equality... More

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