LONDON (AA) – Wednesday’s general election in the Netherlands has produced an unpredicted win for far-right politician Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, as it won 34 seats in the 150-seat parliament with 98% of the votes counted. Wilders, who is a staunch anti-Islam populist, has doubled his party’s votes since 2021, with one...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnian police apprehended a suspect on Monday believed to be responsible for setting fire to a mosque in Gradacac near the city of Tuzla. The arson incident occurred on Sunday at the Hussein Mosque in Gradacac. While no casualties or injuries were reported, the mosque suffered extensive damage. Gradacac Mayor Edi...
By Dr. Katherine Bullock On his way to a recent caucus meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appealed for people to stop targeting Canadian Jews and Muslims in the wake of Hamas’ violent October 7th attack on Israelis and Israel’s subsequent retaliatory war on Gaza. “This is not who we are as Canadians,” he said. Unfortunately, […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A man who was attacked in broad daylight for apparently wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf while playing with his son at a New York park has warned that key pillars of American society are “failing” amid the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza. “Go away,” a woman can be heard shouting as she […]
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s Muslim community has been facing growing attacks since the start of the war against Palestine, a Berlin-based non-governmental human rights organization has reported. “In recent weeks we have seen an increase in anti-Muslim racism. We currently have three documented anti-Muslim incidents per day. This applies to t...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has expressed concern over mounting anti-Muslim racism in the country since the start of the attacks on Gaza on October 7. Any attacks on Muslims in Germany, for religious or other reasons, are “absolutely unacceptable,” government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said at a news conference in Berlin. “The nearly 5 million Mus...
BERLIN (AA) – Three mosques in Germany have received packages and letters in recent days that contained racist threats against Muslims, officials have revealed. The Turkish-Muslim group DITIB, which runs the three mosques in northwestern Germany, condemned the racist incident and called on authorities to take...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The world must “stand together against Islamophobia,” Australia’s foreign minister has said. Penny Wong’s remarks came after two mosques in Adelaide, South Australia, were hit by arson attacks last week, a development she said left her “appalled.” “All of us, including every political leader, must stand ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Joseph Czuba, the 71-year-old suspect in the killing of a Palestinian American boy, made his initial court appearance on Monday. Czuba only made limited comments in court, accepting a public defender to handle his case. He was the landlord for Hanaan Shahin, 32, and her 6-year-old son Wadea Al-Fayoume. Prosecutors said ...
Washington, United States – AFP A US landlord was charged with murder and hate crimes Sunday after allegedly stabbing a Muslim woman and her six-year-old son dozens of times in an attack that police linked to last week’s Hamas attack on Israel. The child, who was stabbed 26 times, died at hospital, but the 32-year-old […]
