Too Radical for France, a Muslim Clergyman Faces Deportation
Source: The New York Times By ADAM NOSSITER El Hadi Doudi, an imam who preaches a fundamentalist form of Islam, at a courthouse in Marseille, France, in February. The French government […]
‘Punish a Muslim day’ generates anger, fear and solidarity in Britain
Source: The Washington Post By Jennifer Hassan April 3 at 12:34 PM Email the author The letters arrived in March. Sent anonymously to multiple communities, the letters with words in bold at the top declared that […]
Muslims in Baltimore protest fatal shooting of Stephon Clark by police in Sacramento
Source: Baltimore Sun BY Colin Campbell Safa Daftani stood in a crowd Sunday at the Inner Harbor holding a sign with a flow chart on it. “Are you Black? Muslim? Human?” it […]
Turkish president recites Muslim prayer at the Hagia Sophia
Source: Associated Press By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president recited an Islamic prayer Saturday in the Hagia Sophia, a historic Istanbul landmark that has become a symbol of […]
Nazis destroyed this Berlin synagogue. A Muslim politician and a Jewish leader want to rebuild it.
Source: The Washington Post By Luisa Beck April 1 at 4:37 PM Email the author A memorial marks the vacant lot in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighborhood where the Fraenkelufer synagogue once stood. There are […]
Modi ally says India’s ruling party suffers from perception it is anti-Muslim
Source: Reuters BY Mayank Bhardwaj, Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party is struggling to change a “perception” that it is against minority Muslims […]
German Muslim leader proposes sending imams and rabbis together into schools to combat anti-Semitism
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) — After a public outcry over the bullying of a Jewish schoolgirl in Berlin by Muslim classmates, the head of Germany’s main Muslim association has […]
Coroner who refuses to let Jewish or Muslim burials skip the queue accused of breaching human rights
Source: Telegraph BY Olivia Rudgard, religious affairs correspondent A coroner who refuses to allow Jews or Muslims to skip the burial queue has been accused of breaching human rights laws at the High […]
Trouble at Hindu festival in India triggers clashes with Muslims; three dead
Source: Reuters By Subrata Nagchoudhury KOLKATA (Reuters) – Clashes in India between supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party and those of an opposition party snowballed into Hindu-Muslim rioting, with […]
Indian ‘cow protectors’ jailed for life over murder of Muslim man
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi in Delhi Eleven men were part of mob that attacked Alimuddin Ansari, who was transporting beef The cow is considered sacred by many Hindus. Photograph: Sanjeev […]
Muslims place greater importance on national identity, finds UK study
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent More than half see being British as important, compared with 44% of general population Muslims pray for Eid al-Fitr at a park in London. […]
Lawsuit: Police forced Muslim women to remove head coverings
Source: Associated Press By LARRY NEUMEISTER Mar. 16, 2018 NEW YORK (AP) — Two arrested Muslim women who said the police department forced them to remove their religious head coverings […]
Anti-Muslim letters to MPs bear hallmarks of earlier hate campaign
Source: The Guardian BY Nick Dowson The ‘Punish a Muslim’ letters, which threaten extreme violence, were received by four MPs. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Anti-Muslim letters and suspicious packages received by MPs […]
‘Love A Muslim’ Day Letter Is A Poignant Answer To Hate Threats
Source: Huffington Post A letter campaign is encouraging violence against British Muslims. An activist wants to counter that hate with love, coffee and cake. By Carol Kuruvilla View image on […]
Rwanda bans Kigali mosques from using loudspeakers
Source: BBC News Rwanda has banned mosques in the capital, Kigali, from using loudspeakers during the call to prayer. They say the calls, made five times a day, have been […]
Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick to replace Tillerson, has long worried Muslim advocates
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein March 13 at 11:53 AM Email the author Mike Pompeo (left) at a confirmation hearing to be CIA director. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) Rex Tillerson during […]
India’s Hindu right intensifies a religious battle over a demolished mosque
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen AYODHYA, India — The mob of Hindu fundamentalists brought down the mosque in just a few hours, using pickaxes, rope and their bloody, bare hands. […]
Sri Lanka arrests 10 for anti-Muslim violence as towns smolder
Source: Reuters BY Ranga Sirilal 4 MIN READ KANDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Police in Sri Lanka said on Thursday it had arrested the suspected leader and nine others suspects behind […]
Sri Lanka declares emergency amid anti-Muslim violence
Source: Associated Press By KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency Tuesday amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in several central hill towns […]