The German government has accused U.S. business magnate Elon Musk of attempting to influence the country’s elections by reaffirming his support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Deputy government spokesperson Christiane Hoffmann said while Musk is free to express his opinion, elections are decided by the voters and are a G...
GENEVA (AA) – The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) on Monday said it is “deeply alarmed” by a sharp rise in Islamophobic hate crimes over the past year, with offenses doubling in some areas, and urged stronger legislation and unified action against it. In a statement, the council cited the spike reported by the Greater [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Asma Assad, the British-born wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, has been effectively barred from returning to the UK after her British passport expired, according to local media. Without a valid passport, Asma Assad cannot return to her hometown London, according to the Sunday Times. Moscow confirmed earlier this mon...
ISTANBUL (AA) — A populous western German state will open the country’s first anti-Muslim racism reporting center in spring 2025, local media reported. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia, home to more than 1.7 million Muslims, will establish the center, called MEDAR, to document and report attacks and crimes targeting Muslims. The center, whi...
LONDON (AA) – Palestine supporters staged a rally in central London on Thursday against Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, calling for an immediate cease-fire and an end to arms shipments to Israel. Carrying Palestinian flags, a group of people held a march toward Piccadilly Circus against Israeli attacks on Gaza that have killed...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has approved arms exports to Israel worth more than €30 million ($31.2 million) over the past few weeks, German newsweekly Der Spiegel reports. Overall, Germany gave the green light to weapons exports to Israel worth more than €160 million over the course of the year, despite growing international criticism of genoc...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – Greenland’s prime minister stated Monday that the Arctic territory “will never be for sale” following comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump expressing interest in owning the island. “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and we will never be for sale,” Mute Egede told Danish newswire Ritzau. Trump said on [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip are leading to a rise in Islamophobia across Europe, according to a new report. The “European Islamophobia Report 2023,” which examined anti-Muslim sentiment in 28 European countries, revealed that Israel’s current attacks on Gaza have led to a notable increase in Islam...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has appointed British television producer Mark Burnett, best known for creating The Apprentice, as special envoy to the UK. The announcement was made on Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, where he praised Burnett’s “distinguished career in television production and ...
ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA) – The suspect who drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing five people and injuring more than 200 others, is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor described as anti-Islam, and a supporter of Zionism. German media named the person as Talib A, who knocked over dozens […]
