Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against […]
AFP | Published — Tuesday 29 November 2016 In this Sept. 2, 2015 file photo a migrant family from Afghanistan walk along the border fence after crossing from Serbia, in Asotthalom, Hungary. (AP) BUDAPEST: One of Hungary’s main Muslim organizations decried Monday what it said were “xenophobic” steps taken […]
HILAL KAPLAN@hilal_kaplan The European Parliament (EP) overwhelmingly decided to freeze negotiations on Turkey’s EU accession. Even though the decision is not “legally binding,” the current outcome is more than that. I disagree with EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik’s statement that the decision is “null and void.” On the contrary, this […]
ROOT Nov 16, 2016 Illustration by Bill Bragg Illustration: Bill Bragg ‘Did she win?” My bleary-eyed nine-year-old had fallen asleep on our couch the previous night, as the polls closed in Florida. When she sat across the breakfast table from me, I had to break the news that, while her […]
SHERRILL SUTHERLAND The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2016 For the past month, the leader of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community has been visiting Canada and Canadian leaders […]
Aisha Dow Local council elections have traditionally revolved around the three Rs: rates, roads and rubbish. But for Casey Council, a rapidly expanding and multicultural municipality in Melbourne’s south-east, a new R appears to be taking centre stage: religion. It came to a head in April. With police officers […]
A new social media campaign is trying to fight discrimination against American Muslims. 09/27/2016 07:21 pm ET Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – New York City kicked off a social media advertising campaign on Monday to combat negative perceptions of Muslims and counteract increasing instances of threats and […]
The revision comes after claims that schools are proselytizing for the faith. 09/27/2016 Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post In a time of rising Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bias, the Tennessee State Board of Education is poised to approve new social studies standards for middle schoolers that would dramatically […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP SCHIPHOL/ Netherlands Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders sits in a courtroom of the courthouse in Schiphol, the Netherlands March 18, 2016. (REUTERS Photo) Lawyers for Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders on Friday urged judges to drop an upcoming hate speech case […]
By Neil Carlson | Posted: Mon 12:08 PM, Sep 19, 2016 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Valley News Live) A local Islamic leader is calling them lunatics, saying people who commit acts of terrorism or violence are not really part of the Islamic faith. … that today after, reports a Muslim man who […]
Photo: DPA Restaurant suffers backlash for throwing out veiled woman Published: 15 Sep 2016 17:15 GMT+02:00 A restaurant owner in western Germany has been accused on social media of racism after he threw a Muslim woman wearing a niqab out of his establishment. Last Saturday the woman went to the […]
By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter A Hungarian Archbishop has warned that European nations are making a big mistake by allowing mass Muslim immigration, and said that Islam is guided by a “will to conquer,” which is driving millions to come onto the continent. “Jihad is a principle for […]
‘We don’t want any area that is only Muslim or any area where there are no Muslims’ Samuel Osborne @SamuelOsborne93 A halal supermarket in Paris has been ordered by local […]
The two friends were escorted off the plane after one of them questioned why they had not been given water for hours on the tarmac, and were greeted by armed police officers Rachael Revesz New York @RachaelRevesz Two American Muslim women were asked to leave an American Airlines plane […]
UNVEILED IN TICINO Few problems in first month of burka ban By swissinfo.ch, with input from Gerhard Lob, Ticino AUG 4, 2016 – 15:57 The police fined Nora Illi for defying the headgear ban. (Keystone/Ti-Press) It’s been a month since a so-called burka ban took effect in Switzerland’s Italian-speaking canton, […]
Police said mental health was a ‘significant factor’ in the case Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden A private ambulance leaves Russell Square in London early on August 4, 2016, after a woman in her 60s was killed during a knife attackAFP/Getty Images The London mayor Sadiq Khan has urged the public to […]
Exclusive: Airline urged to apologise after honeymooner ‘made to feel like a culprit’ Liam O’Hare, Ted Jeor A Muslim NHS worker was detained at a UK airport and questioned under terror laws after a cabin crew member spotted her reading a Syrian culture book on board her honeymoon flight. Faizah Shaheen, who helps […]
Published July 5th, 2016 – 07:00 GMT via SyndiGate.info Men in kandooras, the traditional Emirati dress. (AFP/File) Ahmed Al Menhali , An Emirati man who was arrested by US Police over false accusations of being linked to Daesh refused to accept apology from American officials. Speaking over the phone, Ahmed […]
The Huffington Post June 29, 2016 The country has become ‘more racist in terms of its public culture’. 02/07/2016 21:11 | Updated 18 hours ago 1.4 K Louise RidleyAssistant news editor at The Huffington Post UK The UK is seeing a surge of “celebratory racism” after the vote to leave […]
Source: TOI PERTH, AUSTRALIA: Western Australia police are investigating a racist firebomb attack at a mosque in state capital Perth while hundreds were praying on Tuesday evening, officials said on Wednesday. More: