VIENNA (AA) — At least 1,479 racist incidents were reported across Austria last year, according to a report released on Tuesday. More than half of racist incidents, 68%, took place on online forums, social media, and video platforms, according to the annual report by the Vienna-based rights group Civil Courage and Anti-Racism Work (ZARA). A [&...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany recorded 23,083 far-right crimes last year, according to preliminary figures released by the Interior Ministry. The figures represent more than a 5% rise from 2021, when 21,964 crimes by right-wing extremists were registered. These included propaganda offences, insults on social media, threats, arson, and physical a...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh has expressed deep concern about the rise of Islamophobia around the world, calling for peace, prosperity, and development based on Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) principles. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen expressed dismay over the lack of tolerance and surge of right-wing terrorism in the ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken marked the first International Day to Combat Islamophobia on Wednesday, saying each person has the freedom to manifest their beliefs. “Every person, everywhere has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and belief, including the freedom to change their beliefs o...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s Muslim community has called for a more determined stance against Islamophobia, saying Muslims continue to experience prejudice, hate crimes and discrimination in their daily lives. “The anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks painfully reminds us that stirring up prejudices and hatred against Muslims do not...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – Muslim leaders in the United States on Wednesday called for global efforts to combat Islamophobia. “It says to me that we really have a problem, a big problem, in order for the UN to come out and recognize that Islamophobia is a worldwide issue and to talk against it,” said […]
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AA) – Families and survivors of the 2019 terrorist attack on the Christchurch mosque in New Zealand recalled the shooting and honored their loved ones on the 4th anniversary of the assault. On March 15, 2019, Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian white supremacist terrorist killed 51 people and injured 40 m...
LONDON (AA) – France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim population. However, religious and ethnic discrimination in the country is pushing many highly skilled Muslim professionals to seek better job opportunities in societies that are more accepting of their religious beliefs, experts said. A new study by the University of Lille led by P...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A Toronto-area school board has become the first in Canada to introduce an anti-Islamophobia program. The Peel District School Board did its homework and found that about one-quarter of its 153,000 students – Kindergarten through Grade 12 in 244 schools – were Muslim. “The launch of the strategy demonstrates the Peel [&h...
HANAU, Germany (AA) – Families of the victims of the 2020 Hanau terror attack are still awaiting justice, asking the German government to keep its promises. Hayrettin Saracoglu, the brother of Fatih Saracoglu, who was among those killed during the Islamophobic terror attack in Hanau, shared that the case has yet to be resolved although [...
