A 14-year-old girl, identified as Samara, is in coma following an attack by three teenagers outside her school in Montpellier, France. The perpetrators, aged 14 and 15, including a fellow female student of the victim’s school, have been detained on suspicion of attempted murder. The attack comes amid heightened tensions in French school...
A court ruling in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state has sparked protests among Muslim educators. The decision could lead to the closure of thousands of Islamic schools, directly affecting more than 16,000 institutions, about 2 million students and about 100,000 teachers. The Allahabad High Court invalidated the Uttar Pradesh Board of ...
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi Christian notorious for burning copies of the Quran in Sweden, has been arrested in Norway. Momika, facing deportation from Sweden, sought asylum in Norway. But upon arrival in the country on March 28, he was detained by Norwegian police. Authorities plan to deport him to Sweden under the Dublin Agreement. Momika [&hell...
A wild pig’s head was discovered near a mosque in the French municipality of Contrexeville on the third Friday of Ramadan last week, sparking a probe into incitement to racial hatred. Worshippers found the pig head, raising concerns over religious tolerance and discrimination. France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin condemned th...
Sweden’s Migration Appeals Court has confirmed deportation rulings against Salwan Momika. Following the court’s decision, Momika told the country’s Express newspaper he has left Sweden and relocated to Norway, where he plans to seek asylum. Momika made headlines for burning the Quran on several occasions in Sweden. On June 28, 2023, dur...
Despite criticism and threats, a school in northern Italy is standing behind its decision to close for a day so its many Muslim students can mark the religious holiday Eid al-Fitr. Earlier, the Iqbal Masih School in Pioltello, near Milan, drew criticism and even far-right threats. This was after it decided to close to mark […]
Over 100 civil society organizations have signed a declaration expressing concern over the rising Hindutva activism in the United States. The declaration was issued by Savera, a coalition of Indian-American and partner civil rights groups. They are highlighting the alignment of Hindu supremacist movements with the American far-right. They s...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Washington chapter has urged the University of Washington to condemn a recent case involving hate mail. A letter targeting the Seattle Somali Student Association (SSA) sent during Ramadan contained derogatory language and called on members of the organization to “go back to their country.” The...
Muslim prisoners in England face disproportionate targeting with pepper spray, reveals data obtained by advocacy group Maslaha. Despite constituting 18% of the prison population, Muslims made up 34% of those targeted with Pava spray in 2022. The synthetic spray poses risks of injury, disability, or death. Christians, comprising 46% of inmate...
Social media platform X has suspended the account of the Harvard Islamic Studies program. The company is claiming that the account was involved in spam and manipulation, which prompted the February 22 suspension. But program executive director Harry Bastermajian has expressed concern that the move was potentially influenced by Islamophobia or...
