ANKARA (AA) – Harvard University is facing a government investigation for possible discrimination following a civil rights complaint filed by Arab and Muslim students, according to media reports. Since the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza last October, more than 60 investigations by the US Department of Education have been launche...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s Muslim community has been facing growing attacks since the start of the war against Palestine, a Berlin-based non-governmental human rights organization has reported. “In recent weeks we have seen an increase in anti-Muslim racism. We currently have three documented anti-Muslim incidents per day. This applies to t...
ROTTERDAM (AA) – Muslims in the Netherlands have strongly reacted to the state’s secret investigation of Muslims and Islamic institutions. Muhsin Koktas, head of the Contact Body for Muslims and Government (CMO) in the Netherlands, said that he was not surprised by the secret investigations after the increase in Islamophobia and ra...
GENEVA (AA) – People of African descent are still facing “immense challenges” in participating meaningfully in public affairs in many countries due to “systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion often rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism,” says a report released by the UN Human Rights Office. ...