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...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Stuart Seldowitz, a former Obama administration adviser, who was captured on video making threats and Islamophobic comments against a Muslim food vendor in New York City, has been arrested and faces hate crimes charges, local media reported. Seldowitz, 64, faces charges including aggravated harassment and several counts o...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A man who was attacked in broad daylight for apparently wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf while playing with his son at a New York park has warned that key pillars of American society are “failing” amid the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza. “Go away,” a woman can be heard shouting as she […]
CALIFORNIA (AA) – A group of students at California’s Stanford University has staged a 19-day sit-in protest, calling on the university to condemn Israel’s siege of Gaza and vowing to continue until their demands are met. “For our Palestinian brothers and sisters, we want to keep the conversation going in regards to the...
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...
BERLIN (AA) – More than 100 German Jewish intellectuals have criticized the ban on pro-Palestine demonstrations in many German cities including Berlin, local media reports. “In recent weeks, state and city governments across Germany have banned public gatherings with suspected pro-Palestinian sympathies. These repressions also punish dem...
GENEVA (AA) – The Berlin police have banned rallies in support of Palestine, in order to prevent “incitement of anti-Semitic exclamations” and “glorification of violence”. In Berlin, two solidarity rallies with Palestinians were planned for Wednesday under the banners “Solidarity with All Political Prisoners on Pa...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The UN human rights chief on Wednesday slammed recent “despicable incidents” of desecration of Muslims’ religious scripture in Europe. They are “deliberate provocations… intended to drive wedges between countries and communities,” Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said at a high-level conf...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa’s anti-apartheid stalwart Aziz Pahad has died, his family and the ruling African National Congress Party (ANC) have announced. He was 82. Pahad passed away on Wednesday evening at his home in Johannesburg. His brother Essop Pahad, also a veteran of the struggle against white minority rule, died in J...
