MOSCOW (AA): The Russian Investigative Committee has said that it has opened a criminal case against a 28-year-old Egyptian citizen after he published an offensive video showing the desecration of the Quran. In a statement on its website, the committee’s office in Russia’s city of Ulyanovsk said the man, who videotaped himself whil...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan/ ISTANBUL (AA): Thousands of people marched across Pakistan on Friday against the recent desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. The South Asian Muslim nation observed “Youm-e-Taqaddus-e-Quran”, or ‘Quran Sanctity Day.’ Demonstrations and rallies were organized in major cities, including Karach...
NEW DEHLHI, India – An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced 10 men for 10 years in jail for lynching a Muslim man four years ago. Tabrez Ansari, 24, was beaten to death by a Hindu mob in the eastern state of Jharkhand in 2019. The convicts, who accused Ansari of theft, had tied the 22-year-old […]
ANKARA (AA) – The 57-member bloc of Islamic countries has called for the use of art and media to combat Islamophobia. A meeting of the grouping’s broadcasting union stressed the need to improve understanding of the use of freedom of expression in the media. Wahid Ali Sindi, director of information for the Organization of Islamic [&hellip...
LONDON (AA) – The shooting of a 17-year-old by police in a Paris suburb and subsequent protests raised concerns about institutional racism in France, experts say. The teenager, Nahel, was of Algerian and Moroccan descent. Salman Sayyid, a professor at the University of Leeds, said the shooting was a sign of institutional Islamophobia and racis...
LONDON (AA): Last week’s fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old Muslim of North African descent in a Paris suburb should not be seen as an individual, isolated case, says a British social theorist and expert on colonialism. Salman Sayyid, professor of social theory and decolonial thought at the University of Leeds, says it lays bare […]...
PARIS (AA) – France’s top administrative court upheld a ban on Muslim women football players wearing hijab during matches. The court ruled that the French Football Federation (FFF) can enforce the ban, which is part of its bylaws. The court said that sports federations have an obligation to be impartial and that this includes not [&helli...
GENEVA (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz admits that racism is a reality in his country. He said there was a need to come together to fight this menace. Taking to Twitter on the death anniversary of German resident Marwa El-Sherbini, who was stabbed during a court trial, Sholz said there should be no room […]
KAMPALA, Uganda – Muslims in the East African country of Uganda strongly condemned the recent incident of Quran burning in Sweden. The Deputy Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Muhammad Ali Waiswa, expressed his outrage, calling the act “barbaric and disrespectful”. He appealed to Sweden and other European countries to cease protecting ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – An Islamic political party in Pakistan protests outside the Swedish Embassy against the burning of the holy Quran. Members of the Jamaat-e-Islami political party demanded the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador. Muslim activists have been protesting across Pakistan in recent days against Sweden for allowing an Iraqi...
