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...
ANKARA (AA) – Millions of visitors are awestruck every year by the beauty of the iconic Taj Mahal, a 17th-century marble mausoleum in northern India built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife — a monument to love. The Taj Mahal is considered the jewel of Muslim art in India, and […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Discrimination against Muslims in France stems from colonialism, according to a French political scientist. Francois Burgat, the research head at the French National Center for Scientific Research, described how the orientalist discourse in recent years in France impacted the way Arabs are perceived, leading to the discri...
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...
