SACRAMENTO, California – A sex offender in California has been arrested and charged with a hate crime for threatening Muslims. He allegedly shouted racial slurs in a park and threatened to “shoot and bomb” Muslims. The man, Robert Avery, also allegedly tried to run people over in the park with his car. No one was […]
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – Mosques across Germany are facing an increase in vandalism, harassment and threats, Muslim community leaders told Anadolu on Wednesday. Kemal Ergun, president of the Turkish-Muslim group IGMG, said more mosques have received threatening letters in recent weeks, signed with the neo-Nazi alias “NSU 2.0.” “We will not get ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are detained unlawfully by the US government which denies them the right to fair trial, and fails to protect them from sexual, physical and psychological abuse, a lawyer said. Lawyer Anas Mustapha, who is in charge of the Guantanamo project of CAGE, a London-based non-governmental organization (NGO) ...
COPENHAGEN (AA): A Danish anti-Islamic and ultranationalist group burned the holy Quran on Wednesday. Members of the Danske Patrioter, or Danish Patriots, burned copies of the Muslim holy book in front of the Turkish, Pakistani, Algerian, Indonesian and Iranian embassies in Copenhagen. The provocations, in which anti-Islamic slogans were shout...
STOCKHOLM, Sweeden – In response to burning of Quran the Muslim community in Sweden have tried to shift the focus away from the abusers. Instead, they have tried to focus on friendly dialog with the media, onlookers, and police. One of those community members, Husam El Gomati, was seen handing out expensive chocolates and laughing [&hell...
BRUSSELS (AA): The European Union will continue talks with the OIC to “promote tolerance and mutual respect” after a series of acts of desecration of the holy Quran in northern countries of the bloc, an official has said. Speaking to reporters at a news briefing on Tuesday, spokesperson for foreign affairs Peter Stano confirmed that […]...
NEW DELHI, India – In the outskirts of the Indian capital, New Delhi, the latest wave of communal clashes has led to the demolition of Muslim homes and businesses. Although the High Court has halted the demolition, 350 families have been left homeless until then. Last week, tensions escalated in the Nuh area of Haryana […]
ANKARA (AA) – A court in France suspended a controversial ban on burkini swimsuits in a seaside town, local media reported. The country’s Human Rights League (LDH) had to court the Frejus administration’s decision to ban burkini swimwear on public beaches. The Toulon administrative court suspended the decision, which was take...
WASHINGTON (AA): The recent wave of Islamophobic hate-driven actions in Sweden and Denmark is “an assertion of a broader anti-immigrant, anti-non-European right-wing bias that has grown to be quite politically strong,” according to a former UN special rapporteur. “There’s no legitimate purpose by allowing groups to burn the holy scriptures of ...
BERLIN, Germany – Threatening letters to mosques from right-wing groups in Germany have worried the Muslim community in the European country. The latest incident concerns the Eyup Sultan mosque in Bramsche, Lower Saxony, which received a threatening letter on Friday. The letter threatened the Muslim community that it would suffer the sam...
