(USA Today) Muslims have a long history in the United States that dates back to the time of slavery, with adherents of Islam believed to have served in every war since the Revolutionary War. And while the religion is often associated with […]
(Brussels Times) State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor announced on Monday that she has asked for the refugee status of a man from Afghanistan to be re-examined due to cases of hate speech. The man — identified by Belga […]
(Detroit News) Residents and nonresidents packed council chambers as well as the hallway at Hamtramck City Council Tuesday night as city officials approved a proposed neutrality flag resolution that would effectively ban LGBTQ+, religious, ethnic, racial and political flags from being flown […]
(AFP) Some 200 migrants cast shadows in the faint early sunshine across the dunes of Gravelines beach in northern France, anticipating a police chase as they attempt to cross the waters before them to England. At least 7,610 people have been detected […]
(Brussels Times) Around 2,000 representatives from 600 cities around the world flocked to Brussels today to attend the Brussels Urban Summit 2023. But one participant garnered particular attention. Alireza Zakani, the ultra-conservative mayor of the Iranian capital of Tehran, was spotted among […]
(Oregonian) A man who immigrated to Oregon from Iraq in 2014 on Tuesday pleaded guilty to advocating for violent jihad through an online Arabic newspaper in support of the Islamic State terrorist group. Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, 33, who lives in Troutdale, was […]
(NY Post) A Jewish man who was beaten by a mob in a hate attack in Midtown told a courtroom Tuesday he couldn’t “fathom” why his attacker got a plea deal from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office — as the assailant was […]
(Local) The French education minister says it is, but France’s Muslim Council says it isn’t. France’s latest clothing dispute has settled on the abaya — a long, loose robe or dress — and whether it is or is not an item of […]
(Canadian Press) Quebec’s ban on prayer rooms in public schools is harmful to Muslim students and should be suspended immediately, lawyers for a civil liberties group and a Muslim advocacy organization told a Montreal court Tuesday. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and […]
(Detroit Free Press) Hamtramck may ban the display of LGBTQ Pride flags on government buildings and city property such as sidewalks. A resolution on the agenda for Tuesday night’s city council meeting, introduced by Hamtramck Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Mohammed Hassan, […]
(Anadolu) A far-right Danish Islamophobic politician known for his controversial Quran-burning protests in Denmark has been banned from participating in the Folkemodet political festival on the island of Bornholm. The local police authorities on Tuesday imposed the ban on the presence of […]
(AFP) French investigators on Tuesday searched the homes of a journalist and a former senior official over allegations of embezzlement from a fund set up in memory of a teacher beheaded by an Islamist radical. The controversy is casting a shadow over […]
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