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BERLIN (AA): A mosque in the central German city of Duisburg has received a threatening racist letter, according to a religious official. The Duisburg Central Mosque, which is affiliated with Turkish-Muslim umbrella group DITIB, got a letter, which included both a swastika and the word “NSU 2.0,” referring to a neo-Nazi group responsible for a...
WASHINGTON (AA): A coalition of dozens of advocacy groups called on the White House Friday to apologize to a Muslim American mayor who was disinvited from an Eid ceremony just moments before it was to begin. Mohamed Khairullah, the longtime Muslim mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, was informed that despite being invited to the […]
WASHINGTON (AA): Discrimination cases against Muslims in the US state of New Jersey saw a 46% increase in 2022 from the previous year, according to a report released recently by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR-NJ said in its 52-page report, titled “Beyond the Courts,” that they received 152 calls for help in ...
VIENNA (AA): Austria saw 1,324 incidents of anti-Muslim racism and Islamophobia last year, according to a recently released report. According to the 2022 Report on Anti-Muslim Racism released on May 22 by the Austrian Documentation and Counseling Center for Muslims, a majority of the attacks took place on digital platforms. The report said 15....
ANKARA (AA): The inclusion of the term “Islamophobia” in a UNESCO draft resolution on discrimination and racism is a positive step for all Muslim communities and for humanity at large, the Turkish first lady has said. Emine Erdogan in a tweet said the development, which was made possible on the initiative of Türkiye, is “prom...
LONDON (AA): The media plays a central role when it comes to Islamophobia because it shapes the public discourse concerning specific minorities, says Yasser Louati, a French political analyst and human rights advocate. “In the case of France, the UK or the US, we see that every single time when governments start targeting minorities, the [&hel...
LONDON (AA) — Murhaf Hamid, an 11-year-old child of asylum seekers, had to file an asylum request in Sweden despite having been born in the country. However, Hamid broke a fundraising record as hundreds of thousands of dollars flowed in to help the boy. The boy has raised more than 3.2 million Swedish kroner ($223,000) […]
AMSTERDAM (AA) — Victims in most cases of discrimination in the Netherlands last year were Muslims, according to an annual report. Prepared with the help of several institutions, the comprehensive report said discrimination complaints made to the police and the children’s ombudsman in the country had increased compared to 2021. The numbe...
ATHENS (AA) – A well-known investigative journalism center has claimed that the Netherlands has been using a racist algorithm to process visa applications since 2015. “Unknown to the public, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been using a profiling system to calculate the risk score of short-stay visa applicants applying to enter the Netherla...
BERLIN (AA) – Interim results of a study on attitudes of police officers in Germany show that a significant number of police officers are prejudiced against Muslims. According to the interim results recently released, 18% of German police officers said they feel as if Germany is being “overrun” by foreigners. A total of 13% agreed [&hell...
