The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned the alleged harassment of two Muslim women in downtown Alpharetta. The women, wearing hijabs, were peacefully protesting with a Palestinian flag when a middle-aged man began verbally abusing them with Islamophobic and racist remarks. A video shows the man mak...
ANKARA (AA) – French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday wearing a cap to cover her hair after being barred from attending because of her hijab. Sylla, who will compete in the 4×400 meters relay, announced Sunday on her Instagram account […]
A New Jersey high school assistant principal is under investigation for intimidating members of the Muslim Students’ Association (MSA). Edison High School’s Nicole Himmelstein has been accused of threatening MSA members for seeking to organize a Ramadan celebration with nearby schools. The Edison Board of Education is investigating the...
Police are investigating multiple break-ins and vandalism at a Muslim community center in Minnesota. Over the past two months, the site of the planned Tibyan Center mosque, which is housed in a former bank, has been repeatedly attacked by a group of young people. It has resulted in approximately $20,000 in damage. Executive Director of [&hell...
Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, JD Vance, has drawn criticism for describing the UK as a potential “Islamist country” that has nuclear weapons under a Labour government. Vance, who is a junior senator from Ohio, made the remarks at a National Conservatism conference. He has suggested that with Labour’s recent...
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on France to overturn its hijab ban on its Olympic athletes. France is hosting the Olympics starting next week in its capital Paris. A new briefing issued on Tuesday by Amnesty focuses on violations of Muslim women’s and girls’ human rights through France’s hijab bans in sports. It [&hel...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The Quebec Human Rights Commission is seeking a $13,000 settlement on behalf of a 12-year-old Muslim girl who was kicked out of her karate class for wearing a hijab, Canadian media reported Friday. “For their part, the plaintiffs felt a feeling of injustice and exclusion,” according to the Commission, CTV News [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – The leaders of both the UN and the Council of Europe on Thursday commemorated the Srebrenica genocide of Bosniak Muslims, which took place 29 years ago, in 1995, in eastern Bosnia. “May the memory of Srebrenica strengthen our collective resolve to build a world free from the scourge of genocide, where justice […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced an expansion of its hate speech policy in order to remove posts that target “Zionists” in a derogatory manner. The new policy is designed to prevent the use of “Zionist” as a way to express “antisemitic views” towards Jews and Israel...
Among those elected include 15 are from Labour, four as independents and two from Conservative tickets Muslim Network TV Desk LONDON (MNTV) – Despite an increase in Islamophobic sentiment, a record-breaking 25 Muslims have been elected to the House of Commons in the recent U.K. election. Several Muslim free-Palestine candidates claimed f...
