ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish rights groups on Saturday held a protest in Istanbul against a headscarf ban in the Indian state of Karnataka. Organized by the Free Thought and Educational Rights Society (Ozgurder) and Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed (Mazlumder), the demonstration took place around the Indian Consul...
The Hague – AFP: Myanmar hit out Monday at a genocide case brought against it by The Gambia for alleged persecution of Rohingya Muslims, urging the UN’s highest court to drop the claim on legal grounds. Banjul dragged Myanmar before the International Court of Justice in 2019, accusing the predominantly Buddhist Myanmar of genocide ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that he believes all students, regardless of religion, should adhere to the dress code mandated by schools and colleges. “It is my personal belief that people of all religions should accept the school dress code. And the issue is now in court, and […]
Britain’s largest police force is facing accusations of racism after at least three Muslim officers made a formal complaint against their bosses. Officers with the Metropolitan Police complained they were subjected to Islamophobic abuse at their station canteen. A Muslim police officer who failed to take part in a voluntary team-building exerc...
A 51-year-old Kashmiri widow tailors a traditional long loose shirt and baggy trousers for a customer. Shaheena Akhter keeps busy with tailoring at her small home in Srinagar SRI NAGAR, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. Akhter lives alone in the congested poor neighborhood of Khwaja Bazar. She has developed many health problems since...
Muslims in the Dutch capital Amsterdam face increasing Islamophobia, according to a new study. The survey, which was conducted by the Amsterdam municipality, found that Muslims living there regularly face discrimination, reports the English-language newspaper NL Times. Researchers found respondents believe the normalization of Islamophobia i...
Two years after a far-right terror attack in the German town of Hanau, migrant communities are still living in fear and anxiety, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency. On the night of Feb. 19, 2020, Ozkan Rutbil saw extremist Tobias Rathjen shooting at people he targeted as foreign-looking. The 43-year-old assailant attacked two cafes in Hanau, kil...
Turkey has become an attractive destination for Muslims fleeing France due to Islamophobia. That’s according to a report by French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche on Wednesday. Many young French Muslims are also settling in Gulf countries or applying for Canadian citizenship. French authorities have long been accused of discriminating against...
A group of 22 Kuwaiti parliamentarians on Thursday demanded the government ban the entry of any member related to India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kuwait. Mejbel Alshrika, head of the Center for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law shared the official signed request on his Twitter handle. He said, “We can’t sit back and [&he...
A U.K.-based initiative to raise awareness about the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem has gone global. For the second year in a row, more than 50 countries are set to take part in Aqsa Week 2022, organizers said. The event, which runs from Feb. 24 to March 2, is being organized by the British-based Friends of […]
