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A far-right Danish-Swedish politician known for provoking Muslims by burning copies of the Quran in Sweden has been sentenced to four months in prison. A district court in Malmo charged Rasmus Paludan with two counts of hurt against an ethnic group and insult to Arabs and Africans during public gatherings in 2022. Paludan is leader […]...
ANKARA (AA) – An Australian court has ruled that Senator Pauline Hanson violated laws with her racial remarks against a Muslim lawmaker, according to local media reports. Federal Court Justice Angus Stewart rejected arguments from Hanson’s lawyer, stating that the senator’s tweet constituted an “angry personal attack...
The U.K.’s football governing body has said women playing the sport across its competitions are allowed to wear clothing that follows their religious beliefs. The statement came after former Somali captain Iqra Ismail was prevented from playing a match for not wearing shorts. Ismail revealed in an Instagram video that she was not allowed to [...
Muslims in Europe are confronting increasing levels of racism and discrimination, according to a new report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The document notes a “sharp rise” in anti-Muslim sentiment, worsened by Israel’s war on Gaza since October 2023. That has ignited a wave of hostility across several EU nations...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Nearly half of Muslims living in Europe face discrimination in their daily lives, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has said in a scathing report. The report ‘Being Muslim in the EU’, based on 2022 data, highlighted a sharp increase in anti-Muslim sentiment, with 47% of Muslim respondents reporting racial d...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Official statistics on anti-Muslim hate crimes in the UK fail to reflect the true scale of the problem, as many incidents go unreported due to lack of trust in authorities, says a British academic. Peter Hopkins, a professor of social geography at Newcastle University, says that anti-Muslim hate crimes in the UK […...
A 28-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Islamic Society of Greater Philadelphia on Sunday night. She is facing charges of institutional vandalism, trespass, desecration of objects, and harassment. Philadelphia police say she ripped apart copies of the Quran, broke the front door window with a cane, and refused to l...
Muslims in India say they have been fired from their jobs and face the closure of their businesses after two states brought in what they say is a “discriminatory” policy. The new rule in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh makes it mandatory for restaurants to publicly display the names of all […]
A memorial was held in Plainfield, Illinois on Sunday for a six-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim boy stabbed to death in a hate crime. Wadee al Fayoume was killed in the town outside of Chicago on October 14 last year. He was stabbed 26 times. His mother Hanan Shahin was also stabbed but survived. They were allegedly […]
A 24-year-old man from New Jersey has pleaded guilty to vandalizing the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University during the Eid-al-Fitr Muslim holiday. Jacob Beacher of North Plainfield admitted to the federal hate crime of damaging religious property, which included stealing a Palestinian flag and a charity box while damaging prayer ston...
