PARIS (AA) – The Perspectives Musulmanes Movement presented a panel discussion Friday in Paris that included Turkish-German University Faculty Member Enes Bayrakl and CAGE UK member Shezana Hafiz. Bayrakli used instances from the Europe 2021 Islamophobia Report by the group to explain Islamophobia across Europe, particularly in France. H...
ANKARA (AA) – A student in Australia was the victim of Islamophobia when her teacher forced students in her class to look at an offensive cartoon of Prophet Muhammad. “My media teacher put this cartoon on television and then said it is the Prophet Mohammed. It just shook me to the core. I was really […]
BERLIN (AA) – Islamophobia has been on the rise in eastern Germany, shows a survey done by the Leipzig University. A shocking 46.6% of people in eastern Germany demanded a ban on Muslim immigrants, up from 40.2% polled in 2020, according to a survey published on Wednesday. Also, 42.7% of respondents said they felt like […]
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Thousands of demonstrators thronged Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday to protest the publication of a video on social media deemed blasphemous against Islam. Six people were held on Thursday accused of complicity in circulating a “blasphemous” video showing a man making “derogatory comments” and ...
More than 10,000 Muslims met Saturday for a one-day conference in Minneapolis. It was one of the largest Muslim gatherings in the state since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Minnesota mosques organized the event, led by Dar al-Faruq Center and the Muslim American Society. It marked the 18th consecutive annual convention aimed at [...
U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday called for a moratorium on forced returns of refugees and migrants to Burma. His comments follow news that Malaysia deported two Burmese nationals who sought protection through the U.N. refugee agency on Oct. 6. More than 100 other nationals from Burma, some of whom had serious protection [&hel...
TORONTO (AA) – A study conducted in Canada has revealed the networks that funded Islamophobia, as it “has become a transnational sector.” Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Jasmin Zine, a professor of Sociology, Religion and Culture, and the Muslim Studies Option at Wilfrid Laurier University, said the Islamophobia industry has a ma...
Community leaders say Fargo, North Dakota’s Islamic Cemetery has been the target of a vandalism spree. Last Friday, an employee at the cemetery entered the building housing concrete vaults used in burials. Heidi Soliman, a spokesperson with the Islamic Society of The Islamic Society of Fargo, said the employee found all the vaults had been [&h...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – Dutch police on Saturday arrested a leader of far-right Islamophobic group Pegida, which ended the planned Quran burning rally of the group in Rotterdam before it started. Anti-Islam movement Pegida earlier announced that they would gather in the city center of Rotterdam on Saturday to burn a copy of Quran, Muslim...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A Canadian man who perpetrated a “racially motivated” attack on a Black Muslim woman and her daughter was sentenced Friday to 16 months in prison and probation for two years. Richard Bradley Stevens, 43, accosted the pair Dec. 8, 2020, while they were sitting in their car outside a shopping mall [&helli...
