London, United Kingdom — AFP A UK minister has slammed American tech billionaire Elon Musk for his “unacceptable” comments on social media about far-right riots gripping England and Northern Ireland. The owner of X drew criticism for writing on the site that a British “civil war” was inevitable. He sparked further...
ANKARA (AA) – Three suspects have been arrested in Belfast following acts of racist and Islamophobic violence that took over Northern Ireland’s capital city, the police said. “A car was hijacked by a group of masked men” on Tuesday evening, according to a statement, and was “deliberately driven at the front of a business … [&hellip...
Washington, United States — AFP A Virginia school board has voted to restore the names of Civil War Southern generals to two schools, four years after they were removed following a wave of protests for racial justice. The move by the Shenandoah County school board, in a five to one vote, bucks a nationwide trend […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – A Palestinian-American professor who was injured while being held to the ground by police officers during his arrest at a student-led Free Palestine Movement campus protest says action against him was racially motivated. “There were three faculty that were detained, and violently a little bit, and three of us were...
BERLIN (AA) – The number of Islamophobic crimes in Germany more than doubled over the last year, media reports have said. In 2023, some 1,464 crimes nationwide were classified as Islamophobic, compared to 610 anti-Muslim hate crimes in the previous year, German Press Agency reported, citing a government reply to an inquiry by Christian D...
Social media platform X has suspended the account of the Harvard Islamic Studies program. The company is claiming that the account was involved in spam and manipulation, which prompted the February 22 suspension. But program executive director Harry Bastermajian has expressed concern that the move was potentially influenced by Islamophobia or...
IZMIR, Türkiye (AA) – A mosque in Stockholm has been the target of Islamophobic attacks for over a year, with the latest incident occurring on Wednesday when Muslim faithful read graffiti on the mosque wall with a Swastika sign and a message threatening violence. The Stockholm Mosque in the capital’s Sodermalm district has been subjected...
BERLIN (AA) The number of attacks targeting asylum seekers and refugee centers almost doubled in 2023, according to figures recently made public. German police registered 2,378 attacks targeting refugees last year, up from 1,248 attacks recorded in 2022, according to the official figures by the Interior Ministry. At least 219 people were injur...
LONDON (AA) – Marching in support of Palestine, a seasoned actress of the British stage and screen said she could not remain silent about the thousands of deaths and months of carnage in the Gaza Strip. In a silent march in London, organized by health care workers, Juliet Stevenson, known for her roles in movies […]
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s former President Christian Wulff has warned of growing anti-Muslim and Ialamophobic sentiments in the country, calling for a stronger stance against the xenophobic and racist propaganda of right-wing extremists. “Some still blame Muslims for completely different problems that have nothing to do with Muslims,” Wulf...
