Footage showing French police assaulting two Muslim women wearing Hijab has triggered anger on social media. In the April 14 video, French police use disproportionate force against two Muslim in headscarves in the city of Asnieres-sur-Seine. Police can be seen beating one of the women and trying to push the other to the ground. As […]
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden’s charge d’affaires over an incident involving the burning of a copy of the Quran by far-right extremists last week. On Thursday, Rasmus Paludan, the Danish leader of the Stram Kurs Party, burned a copy of the holy book in the city of Linkoping, according to media reports. Swedish Prime Minis...
Five Muslim men were injured when someone opened fire on the group, which had just finished midnight prayers in the suburb of Scarborough, police said. The men range in age from 28 to 35 years old. Acting staff Supt. David Rydzik RIJIK said the men, who were observing nightly prayers for Ramadan, gathered around 1 […]
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – Islamophobia in US public schools is an ongoing problem, according to a recent report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Interviews with 700 Muslim students in schools in California found high levels of Islamophobic bullying, harassment, and discrimination by peers and adults, including teachers. “...
TORONTO, Canada (AA) – Five people were injured in a mosque shooting Saturday in Toronto, according to police sources. A group of men, who had finished midnight prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, was randomly attacked in a drive-by shooting in the Scarborough district, said Toronto Police Department spokesperson David Rydzik. At l...
PARIS – The Islamic headscarf has emerged as a major polarizing issue during the presidential election for allegedly being antithetical to France’s fundamental value of secularism. The veil, or headscarf, has always been a highly charged issue for the French political class and a compulsive phobia for the French right. It has been called...
PARIS – A man will stand trial in France for assaulting two Muslim women who were wearing headscarves, according to the women’s attorney. Lawyer Nabil Boudi said that the suspect will face charges at the Montpellier Criminal Court on September 14. The alleged assailant will face charges in court for temporarily preventing the two w...
PARIS- France’s Council of State has postponed until next week the verdict in the case of the Pessac Mosque in the Gironde department of southwestern France, which is threatened with closure for allegedly conveying a “Salafist ideology.” More than 100 faithful Muslims gathered to show their support to the mosque. Defense lawyer Sefen Guez Guez...
On Friday, an Indian Central Bureau of Investigation court directed former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel not to leave the country without its permission. The Indian government has sanctioned the CBI’s prosecution of Amnesty International. Under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, an association cannot be prosecuted withou...
On Thursday, the Danish leader of a far-right party burned a copy of the Quran in a heavily-populated Muslim area in Sweden. According to media reports, Rasmus Paludan, head of the Stram Kurs party, placed the Muslim holy book down in a public square in the city of Linkoping and burned it. He was accompanied […]
