GENEVA (AA) – A Muslim woman who was pressured to remove her headscarf during the application process to become a kindergarten teacher and ultimately did not get the training position has been awarded €2,000 ($2,196) in damages in Austria. This decision was confirmed by the Vienna Regional Court for Civil Matters in the second instance, ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a report Tuesday covering nationwide incidents of civil rights complaints by Muslim Americans in 2022. It revealed a 23% decrease. Last year, the Muslim advocacy group received 5,156 complaints nationwide. “This is a 23 percent decrease in total complaints ...
TORONTO (AA) – A man was apprehended by Canadian police after he rammed his car into a Muslim person in Toronto, officials said Sunday. The attacker has been detained pending trial for hate crime. The incident took place in the parking lot of the Markham Islamic Society Mosque, the oldest and largest mosque in the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Muslim women wearing the headscarf in Austria face more anti-Muslim hate and discrimination than men, according to a local activist working against Islamophobia. “The most victims we have are women who wear the hijab. … Because of the hijab, because of the visibility of the hijab, a lot of women face more […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – This is the third Ramadan for Cemal Mathias as a man of faith. Converted to Islam in January 2021, currently living in Aarhus city and a truck driver by profession – this is how he introduced himself at a Turkish mosque hours before Iftar. He likes being in the mosque because […]
Canada (AA) – A new report says that while Canada’s tax department is ensnared in red tape making a comprehensive review impossible, it should provide training to end “unconscious” bias when dealing with Muslim charities. The Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson report found that bias creeps in unconsciously and training would “improve the CR...
BERLIN (AA) – The German state of Berlin will allow Muslim teachers to wear headscarves, authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Headscarves and wearing of religious symbols by teachers will be allowed in general and can only be restricted in individual cases if it poses a danger to school peace, Berlin’s education department said, in an off...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In Denmark, Muslims who are socially and economically backward, those who migrated to the country in recent years, or those seeking asylum are the ones most likely to suffer from anti-Muslim discrimination and racism, according to an expert. “My worry is that these policies (against Muslims), they often vilify Muslims in ...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – An independent report into the Metropolitan Police (the Met) commissioned after Sarah Everard’s murder has concluded that Britain’s largest law-enforcement force is “broken” and should be abolished if it cannot change. The Met is “institutionally racist and misogynistic”, the...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) — A man in Birmingham has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an 82-year-old Muslim worshipper was set on fire as he walked home from the Dudley Road Mosque. The West Midlands police said the attacker spoke to the victim briefly before spraying him with an unknown substance and before […]
