HOUSTON, United States (AA) – Muslims continue to be the target of hate, bullying and discrimination as a result of the stereotypes that were perpetuated by Islamophobes and the media in the years following the 9/11 attacks, said Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (C...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Swedish far-right politicians participating in this year’s elections have been exposed for wanting to eradicate Muslims and “blackheads,” a derogatory term for Black people. Anti-racist magazine ‘Expo’, alongwith news outlet ‘Expressen’, has revealed right-wing candidates who also open...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A local court in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh will hear a petition filed by right-wing Hindu organizations, claiming that the existing Jamia Masjid Shamsi in Badaun city was built after demolishing a Hindu temple. Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, a local Hindu organization, along with some local residents file...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations has released a bombshell report about serious human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes against humanity. The long-awaited report detailed a string of rights violations against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A top Indian court has closed all proceedings related to the 2002 riots targeting Muslims in the western state of Gujarat, which killed over a thousand Muslims, as well as the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid. Hearing the 2002 Gujarat riots case, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of […]
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (AA) – Protests continued in Hyderabad city in India’s Telangana state against a lawmaker belonging to the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), who was arrested for making derogatory remarks about Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) on Tuesday and was released on bail. Thakur Raja Singh, the BJP member of the sta...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker was arrested for making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him). The offensive content has sparked large scale protests in Hyderabad city in India’s southern Telangana state. Thakur Raja Singh, the BJP member of the state Legisla...
TORONTO (AA) – A Muslim mother and her daughters wearing ‘burkinis’ were not allowed to swim at a water park in Canada. A burkini is a swimming costume worn by Muslim women, which fully covers the body according to religious requirements, leaving only the hands, face and feet exposed. Mother Halima Jelloul, her husband and [&...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – Hadi Matar, the man accused of stabbing award-winning author Salman Rushdie in the US state of New York, pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple offenses. Matar, 24, was indicted by a grand jury on second-degree attempted murder and assault. The judge in the case ordered him held without bail. If convicted, [&hellip...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Rohingya refugees have urged visiting UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to create a conducive environment in Myanmar for the sustainable repatriation of the persecuted minority to their home country. Bachelet’s visit marked the first time a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has visited Bangladesh ...
