WORLD
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Islamophobia
Germany's Bundestag approves partial burqa ban
Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament agreed to a draft law on Thursday that will prevent civil servants, judges, and soldiers in Germany from wearing full-face veils... More
Islamophobia
European far-right targets Muslims as new scapegoats
Experts claim that European far-right groups have picked Muslims as the new scapegoat, in addition to their anti-Semitic sentiments, violently targeting Muslim communities across European cities. Reports also suggest that hate crimes against Muslims across European states have significantly increased More
Europe
Mosque vandalized with anti-Turkish slogans in Germany
Unknown assailants vandalized a mosque in Germany's eastern city of Leipzig on Thursday morning, spray-painting the walls with anti-Turkish slogans.
Ismail Ozgan, the head... More
Islamophobia
US teacher assigns anti-Muslim reading to students
A social studies teacher at a Catholic school in Ocala, Florida has received criticism after assigning students a reading that degrades Islam as a faith and insults Prophet... More
Islamophobia
The woman of the hour: Saffiyah Khan
In the wake of terror attacks in Brussels, Westminster and Stockholm, far-right parties and organizations across Europe are taking advantage of the rising Islamophobic and... More
Islamophobia
Seven charged over suspected hate crime in London
Authorities in London charged seven people Monday over an unprovoked attack on a 17-year-old Iranian-Kurdish asylum-seeker as police sought to piece together an act of mob... More
Islamophobia
Turkish woman in Germany targeted in racist attack
A Turkish woman was physically and verbally attacked by a racist man for wearing a headscarf in the German city of Mannheim last week.
The 33-year-old woman, who wanted... More
Islamophobia
Colorado mosque targeted in Islamophobic attack
Investigators in Colorado searched on Monday for a man suspected of hurling a "biblical text" inside a mosque after smashing windows and a glass door of the Islamic center... More
Islamophobia
French restaurateur fined over Islamophobic attack on Muslim women
A French restaurateur was ordered to pay 7,000 Euros compensation on Thursday for insulting two veiled Muslim women and forcing them to leave his restaurant in August 2016.
The... More
Americas
US man gets 1 year for threatening to blow up Islamic Center
A man has been sentenced to one year in prison for threatening to blow up the prayer room of a mosque in Minnesota.
57-year-old George Fisher, who had previously sent a... More
Islamophobia
Muslims in Canadian universities receive bomb threats
A bomb threat targeting Muslim students forced an evacuation Wednesday of nearly 4,000 students from the downtown campus of Concordia University in Montreal.
In an email... More
Islamophobia
Manchester mosque targeted in arson attack hours after terror bombing
The door of a mosque in Greater Manchester has been set on fire in a suspected Islamophobic 'retaliatory' arson attack following Monday night's bombing outside a concert venue...
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Islamophobia
Man who attacked pregnant Muslim woman, caused miscarriage jailed for 4 years
A racist man who assaulted a pregnant Muslim woman and caused her to have a miscarriage was given a jail sentence of four years on Monday.
In August, David Gallacher, 37,...
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Politics
Austria slammed for bans on the Quran, face veils
Austria banned the distribution of Quran and also wearing any garment that covers the face such as the burqa, signifying that lives of the Muslims living there may get harder in the upcoming days.
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Turkey
Anti-Muslim content in games removed as Turkey's bid pays off
A campaign by the Turkish Ministry of Youth and Sports to fight against anti-Muslim content in computer and mobile games proved fruitful as some game developers agreed to...
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Islamophobia
Austria bans use of face veils, distribution of Qur'an
The Austrian government passed legislation on Tuesday, outlawing the use of garments that fully cover the face of women, such as the burqa, as well as the distribution of...
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Turkey
Diyanet launches strategy to fight Islamophobia
Turkey's top religious affairs body has formed a two-pronged common strategy to fight against Islamophobia in Europe, head of the body said on Saturday.
In an interview...
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Islamophobia
NYC teacher gets fired after ripping hijab off Muslim student's head
A substitute teacher in New York's Bronx district was fired on Tuesday for ripping a hijab off of an 8-year-old student's head, Safa Alzockary, at Public School 76.
The...
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Europe
Norway accused of antisemitism, Islamophobia as circumcision, hijabs banned
Norway's anti-immigrant and libertarian Progress Party (FrP) voted on Tuesday to ban circumcision for boys under 16 and bar hijabs in public schools.
The decisions were...
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Americas
US anti-Muslim bias incidents increased in 2016: report
When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a "vile and filthy people," its members were frightened...
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Islamophobia
Sweden mosque damaged in suspected arson attack
Swedish police said Monday they suspected arson in connection with an overnight fire that damaged a Shiite mosque near the capital, Stockholm.
The Imam Ali Islamic Centre...
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Turkey
Molotov attack targets Turkish-run mosque in Germany
Five suspects hurled Molotov cocktails at a mosque in Germany's Weil am Rhein late Thursday in the latest attack to target a Turkish Islamic place of worship in the European...
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Dutch lawmakers oppose allowing police wear headscarf
Dutch lawmakers have voiced opposition to a proposal by Amsterdam's top police official to consider allowing female Muslim agents to wear headscarfs, Dutch media reported... more
European far-right targets Muslims as new scapegoats
Experts claim that European far-right groups have picked Muslims as the new scapegoat, in addition to their anti-Semitic sentiments, violently targeting Muslim communities across European cities. Reports also suggest that hate crimes against Muslims across European states have significantly increased More
The woman of the hour: Saffiyah Khan
In the wake of terror attacks in Brussels, Westminster and Stockholm, far-right parties and organizations across Europe are taking advantage of the rising Islamophobic and... More
Colorado mosque targeted in Islamophobic attack
Investigators in Colorado searched on Monday for a man suspected of hurling a "biblical text" inside a mosque after smashing windows and a glass door of the Islamic center... More
Austria slammed for bans on the Quran, face veils
Austria banned the distribution of Quran and also wearing any garment that covers the face such as the burqa, signifying that lives of the Muslims living there may get harder in the upcoming days.
More
Austria bans use of face veils, distribution of Qur'an
The Austrian government passed legislation on Tuesday, outlawing the use of garments that fully cover the face of women, such as the burqa, as well as the distribution of...
More
Diyanet launches strategy to fight Islamophobia
Turkey's top religious affairs body has formed a two-pronged common strategy to fight against Islamophobia in Europe, head of the body said on Saturday.
In an interview...
More
NYC teacher gets fired after ripping hijab off Muslim student's head
A substitute teacher in New York's Bronx district was fired on Tuesday for ripping a hijab off of an 8-year-old student's head, Safa Alzockary, at Public School 76.
The...
More
Norway accused of antisemitism, Islamophobia as circumcision, hijabs banned
Norway's anti-immigrant and libertarian Progress Party (FrP) voted on Tuesday to ban circumcision for boys under 16 and bar hijabs in public schools.
The decisions were...
More
US anti-Muslim bias incidents increased in 2016: report
When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a "vile and filthy people," its members were frightened...
More
Sweden mosque damaged in suspected arson attack
Swedish police said Monday they suspected arson in connection with an overnight fire that damaged a Shiite mosque near the capital, Stockholm.
The Imam Ali Islamic Centre...
More
Molotov attack targets Turkish-run mosque in Germany
Five suspects hurled Molotov cocktails at a mosque in Germany's Weil am Rhein late Thursday in the latest attack to target a Turkish Islamic place of worship in the European...
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