LONDON (AA) – A major UK cinema on Wednesday canceled all screenings of a controversial movie following protests by the British Muslim community. Cineworld canceled all screenings of the highly controversial movie The Lady of Heaven after demonstrations against the film grew in a number of cities across the UK, including Birmingham, Bolton, an...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reportedly asked its top officials to be “extremely cautious” when speaking about religion on public platforms. The ruling party instructed its officials after an international outcry over remarks against Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) by two of its offici...
LONDON (AA) – Seven in 10 British Muslims have experienced some form of Islamophobia in the workplace, according to a new poll released on Tuesday. The survey showed some 69% of Muslims currently employed in the UK faced some sort of Islamophobic behavior during work-related engagements. These included interactions with customers, client...
VIENNA (AA) – A mosque in Austria was subjected to an Islamophobic and racist attack on Monday. The words “Go back home” were written on the walls of the Yesil Mosque in Lower Austria by an unidentified individual who entered the area without permission, according to mosque officials. Türkiye’s Ambassador to Austria, Ozan Cey...
Kuwait City, Kuwait – (AFP): Anger in the Middle East spread Monday over comments made by an official of India’s ruling party about the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), with various countries summoning New Delhi’s envoy and a Kuwaiti supermarket removing Indian products. The United Arab Emirates became the latest country...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India on Monday said recent remarks by officials from the country’s ruling party that insulted Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) do not reflect the views of the government, with the “relevant bodies” taking strong action against these individuals. Nupur Sharma, the spokeswoman of the Bharatiya Janata...
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Israeli settlers forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem to mark the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees holy sites in Jerusalem, said more than 450 settlers entered the site through the compound’s Al-Mugharbah Gate under ...
ANKARA – Qatar, Kuwait and Iran have summoned Indian envoys over insulting remarks on Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) by a spokesperson of India’s ruling party. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said it summoned the Indian envoy to voice “disappointment of Qatar and its total rejection and condemnation to the...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that it had suspended the party’s spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to insulting remarks she made against the Prophet Muhammad. “The BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personalities of any religion. The Bharatiya Janata Party is also against any id...
BELGRADE, Serbia – Bosnia and Herzegovina marked White Ribbon Day in honor of thousands of innocent civilians killed in the western town of Prijedor in 1992. On May 31, 1992, the Serbian administration in Prijedor ordered the non-Serb population to wear white stripes on their arms when they left their houses- an order followed by […]
