Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The United Nations has warned that the escalating fighting in Burma’s Rakhine State has forced around 45,000 minority Muslim Rohingya to flee, amid allegations of killings and burnings of property. “Tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent days by the fighting in Buthidaung and Ma...
Muslim non-profit The Emerald Project worked with the Natural History Museum of Utah to host an event last Saturday to challenge Islamophobia and bring the community together. The museum hosted the fourth annual “Slam the Islamophobia” event. This featured poetry, prose, and art performances by local Muslims, with a focus on youth, aiming to...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has called out the complicity of university leaders in enabling recent Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism. A report by the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group exposes how universities have suppressed advocacy for Palestinian human rights. It documents incidents from October 2023, revealing uni...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Maryland chapter has lodged a civil rights complaint on behalf of a 12-year-old Muslim student. The student faced harassment, assaults, and forcible removal of her hijab at Mace’s Lane Middle School in Cambridge. The child’s mother Latoya Gibbs says her daughter was harassed by peers on the bus ride...
Arizona State University professor Jonathan Yudelman has been banned from teaching after a video surfaced of him verbally assaulting a woman wearing hijab. The altercation took place during a pro-Israel rally near campus. ASU President Michael Crow announced that Yudelman, a postdoctoral research scholar, will never teach at the university aga...
Muslims in Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Philadelphia organized an event this week to support a 12-year-old student who had her hijab ripped off by classmates. The community BBQ and educational event in Cambridge, Maryland, aimed to show support for Tori Gibbs and raise positive awareness of Islam. It was hosted by representatives from vari...
In New York City’s Upper East Side, a pro-Israel driver intentionally rammed into free-Palestine demonstrators, hospitalizing one protester. The incident occurred during ongoing protests against Israel’s war on Gaza and calls for Columbia University’s divestment from companies linked to Israel. Witnesses say the driver initially engaged with p...
Mothin Ali, a Green Party councilor in Leeds, has dismissed criticism of his shouting “Allahu Akbar” after getting elected. Ali’s victory in the Gipton and Harehills ward prompted backlash over his remarks, which he claims were misrepresented. Accusations intensified as footage circulated of Ali’s support for Palestine, including...
Police in India have opened a case against senior leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over a social media post that “demonizes Muslims.” The video, which has garnered over 9 million views, portrays opposition Congress leaders prioritizing Muslims over other Hindu marginalized groups. The Election Commission has requested the r...
ANKARA (AA) – The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) says that the police authorities fail to apply the same standards in cases of attacks. An April 13 knife attack in a mall in Sydney killed six people before police killed the attacker. Days later, Australian police said the attacker had mental health problems that led […]
