(Politico) An EU lawmaker is campaigning to ban the use of the hijab and other Islamic headscarves by people who work for the legislature, according to an email circulated among all members of the European Parliament on Tuesday. Charlie Weimers, head of […]
(Majorca Daily Bulletin) The controversial poster campaign by the far-right Vox Party which features two women, one of them wearing a burqa, could break civic ordinance rules which were approved by the Palma city council in April. The poster has been put […]
(Helsinki Times) A coalition of 40 Finnish Muslim organisations has issued a joint statement rejecting proposals to ban face-covering religious garments in schools and public spaces. The statement, dated 24 September and signed by groups including Finland’s Muslim Forum and Federation of […]
(GB News) Grooming gangs will be given “impunity” to carry out their crimes if a new definition of Islamophobia is passed, the Tories have warned. Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho warned that the definition risks enhancing the “culture of censorship” by giving […]
(Yabiladi) The former mayor of Saint-Paul (Réunion), Alain Bénard, was handed a three-month suspended prison sentence on Friday for “public incitement to discrimination based on origin, ethnicity, nationality, race, or religion.” He was also ordered to pay one symbolic euro in damages […]
(CBC) Justice Minister Sean Fraser tabled new legislation Friday introducing four Criminal Code offences, including one that would make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols. If passed, the Combatting Hate Act would target symbols used during the Holocaust, […]
(Breitbart) The Labour Party government has argued that allowing Sharia courts to operate in the United Kingdom is a fundamental “British value” and has refused to distance itself from a broad-stroke definition of so-called Islamophobia, which critics say would brand discussions around […]
(CBC) The Liberal government is introducing new legislation on Friday to make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols like swastikas, CBC News has learned. A source with knowledge of the […]
(GB News) Labour’s plans for an official definition of Islamophobia will be used to object to police investigating Muslims for criminal offences, a lawyer claimed. Prior to her resignation earlier this month, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner set up a group […]
(National-UAE) Former UK defence and international trade secretary Liam Fox warned that fear of being labelled racist or Islamophobic has left some British politicians hesitant to confront extremist groups, creating what he called a “toxic environment.” The UK has so far stopped […]
(KERA) Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Friday aimed at banning certain property developments in Texas — specifically naming a North Texas mosque’s controversial proposed multi-purpose development. Abbott hosted the ceremonial signing for House Bill 4211 — which became law in June […]
(Detroit Free Press) The mayor of Dearborn ripped into a resident who objected to the placing of two signs in the city honoring an Arab American leader, telling the resident he’s “not welcome here.” In his fiery remarks at Tuesday’s council meeting […]
(GB News) Britain should ban the burka in public because it poses a “huge impediment to assimilation,” Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf has claimed. Zia Yusuf was quizzed on his position at a fringe meeting at the NEC just four […]
(Western Standard) Cabinet’s $191,000-a-year special representative on combating Islamophobia insists she had no correspondence with the Muslim Association of Canada, despite being photographed at the group’s June 6 conference where its chair accused Israel of committing genocide. “No records exist,” Amira Elghawaby’s […]
(National-UAE) An official definition of Islamophobia would present a risk to free speech, and plans to introduce one should be ditched, the UK government’s adviser on terror laws has said. Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said a definition would […]
(Free Beacon) Harvard University, where 33 student groups signed a statement blaming Israel for Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, now says that calling someone a “terrorist sympathizer” can violate the school’s anti-discrimination policies, according to a mandatory training for all Harvard students obtained […]
(LBC) Britain’s countryside needs more halal food and is “overwhelmingly white,” a new report has claimed. Academics from the University of Leicester have penned a report on the issue of “rural racism,” which looks at the experience of ethnic minorities in the […]
(National-UAE) It has been 10 years since Sir John Jenkins’ landmark inquiry into the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK was wrapped up but he says the need to understand the movement’s role is now even more pressing. The former diplomat was commissioned […]
(European Conservative) A new annual report from Austria’s Documentation Centre for Political Islam (DPI) shows a sharp rise in Islamist activity, both online and in public spaces. According to the report, extremists are becoming increasingly visible in everyday Austrian life, often adopting […]
(National-UAE) Far-right activist Laura Loomer on Tuesday was condemned by veteran journalist Mehdi Hasan after she called for the firing of another Muslim State Department employee. Ms Loomer accused Wardah Khalid of holding views inconsistent with President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda. […]
(GB News) Britain may face social upheaval and deepening perceptions of a “two-tier society” if Labour persists with plans to create a formal definition of Islamophobia, the head of an advocacy group has warned. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has formed a […]
(Middle East Eye) A London hospital reported a former midwife to Prevent and the nursing regulator more than a year after she had left her job, following a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) over her social media posts describing Israel’s […]
(Euronews) The European Commission has countered criticism from far-right political groups for allocating EU research funds over the past years on projects focused on subject matters like Islam, the Qur’an, Sharia, and Islamophobia. The controversy began after Italian hard-right MEP Silvia Sardone […]
(European Conservative) The latest political scandal in France is just as absurd as it seems: residents of Muslim background had a free public screening of Barbie shut down for being offensive to their cultural sensibilities, and anyone who thinks this is problematic […]
(Breitbart) Top Trump administration officials are drafting plans to restrict both temporary visits and legal immigration by Muslims affiliated with the revolutionary Muslim Brotherhood and other extremist groups. “We are taking a new look at sections within the INA [Immigration and Nationality […]
(Anadolu) The Spanish government has formally requested the Jumilla City Council in Murcia to revoke an agreement between the main opposition conservative People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox party that prohibits religious events in municipal sports centers, arguing that it violates […]
(NL Times) Fourteen Islamic organizations in the Netherlands have filed a criminal complaint against far-right politician Geert Wilders, accusing him of inciting hatred, discrimination or violence, and of group insult and sedition over a social media post comparing images of women labeled […]
(AP) Spain’s government on Friday criticized a ban enacted in a southeastern town that prohibits religious gatherings in public sports centers, a measure that will mainly affect members of the town’s Muslim community who in recent years have used the spaces to […]
(NL Times) PVV leader Geert Wilders has sparked more than 2,500 discrimination complaints in just days over a controversial social media post, AD reports. The post, shared earlier this week, shows a split image: on the left, a blonde woman labeled “PVV,” […]
(Olive Press) Spain’s government has increased monitoring to track “hate speech” on social media after a Murcia region council banned Islamic festivals from using municipal property and land. The Partido Popular-led authority in Jumilla voted in the controversial measure which was initially […]
(Olive Press) There’s fresh controversy over racism in the Murcia region after Jumilla council voted for the right to ban Islamic religious celebrations from municipal sports halls and football fields. Such commemorations at public venues have gone on for years without any […]
(CBC) A new report from the Islamophobia Research Hub at York University calls on governments across Canada to increase oversight on how universities, schools, police forces and Parliament deal with the recent spike in instances of anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism. The report […]
(European Conservative) On the night of June 2nd, Lionel M., aged 27, stole a Quran and burned it in front of the Errahma mosque in Villeurbanne, in the suburbs of Lyon. He has now been sentenced to twelve months in prison and […]
(Canadian Press) Ottawa’s special representative on combating Islamophobia says she’s alarmed by a recent revival of decades-old tropes about Muslims supporting terrorist violence. Amira Elghawaby also said Canadians should not be reluctant to speak out for the rights of one group because […]
(Canadian Press) Ottawa’s approach to the war in Gaza is eroding many Muslim-Canadians’ “sense of belonging” in this country, says the federal special representative on combating Islamophobia. “This ongoing, horrifying situation is deeply, deeply damaging the sense of belonging that people feel,” […]
(Euronews) Since demonstrations in Berlin and Düsseldorf turned violent when supporters of Syria’s new government clashed with pro-Kurdish demonstrators, discussions surrounding radical Islamism in Germany have been on the rise. At the protests last weekend, people celebrated the wave of attacks on […]
(GB News) More than half of Britons think Islam is not compatible with British values, and four in 10 feel Muslim immigrants have a negative impact on the UK, according to a recent survey. The YouGov survey, commissioned by the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
(GB News) Whitehall mandarins have been receiving anti-Islamophobia training from an organisation which once claimed the word “Islamist” was discriminatory. Civil servants at Ed Miliband’s Energy Security & Net Zero Department (DESNZ) sat through an hour-long course in November, costing £350. The […]
(GB News) Supporters of a highly-controversial plan to set “appropriate limits to free speech” about Muslims have been given up to £2.6million by the government to police and monitor “Islamophobia.” The British Muslim Trust has been awarded a £1million-a-year contract by ministers […]
(Catalan News) Ripoll, in northern Catalonia, has banned the use of the burkini in the town’s public swimming pool. The announcement was made on Monday by the mayor, Sílvia Orriols, leader of the far-right pro-independence party Aliança Catalana. In a post on […]
(Jewish News) A UK-based Islamic radio station that aired a hate-filled sermon accusing Jews of “killing prophets” and being the “biggest enemies of humanity” just days after the Hamas massacres has launched a blistering attack on Ofcom — branding the regulator a […]
(Brussels Times) A subsidy granted for years to an organisation suspected of links to the Muslim Brotherhood is now under scrutiny in the FWB legislature, with Mouvement Réformateur (MR) parliamentarian Denis Ducarme calling for a commission of inquiry into the issue. According […]
(Middle East Eye) The British government blocked a working group it set up to advise on a possible definition of Islamophobia from consulting the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), while the group consulted prominent figures and organisations themselves accused of Islamophobia, Middle […]
(Brussels Times) A Belgian intelligence report from late April describes the Collective for Inclusion and Against Islamophobia in Belgium (CIIB) as a “Muslim Brotherhood-leaning pressure group,” La Dernière Heure reported on Wednesday. The confidential document was written by the PFCECT, the integrated […]
(CNN) Top House Democratic leaders condemned GOP Rep. Randy Fine and demanded that he apologize after the Florida lawmaker suggested in a post on X that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is a terrorist. Fine was replying to an X post […]
(GB News) The Muslim Council of Britain’s media monitoring unit “acted in bad faith” by trying to suppress accurate reporting about terrorism and risks curtailing press freedom, a bombshell report has claimed. Policy Exchange tonight released its 94-page report, titled “Bad Faith […]
(National-UAE) The French government on Monday said it would take new measures to tackle the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence in France, including the disbanding of endowment funds and a new asset-freeze mechanism. An official 74-page report on the Muslim Brotherhood “required more ambitious […]
(European Conservative) A disturbing report from a Hamburg elementary school has revealed growing Islamist pressure on children in German classrooms, with one young girl allegedly assaulted and humiliated for refusing to wear a headscarf. In the BR podcast Kaffee extra Schwarz, journalist […]
(Oregonian) Three Muslim men are suing Oregon prison officials, alleging they’ve been refused meals that adhere to Islamic dietary laws in violation of their constitutional rights. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pendleton, also alleges the Oregon Department of Corrections […]
(Canadian Press) Prayer rooms, political student groups and controversial course content are fuelling a climate of tension and mistrust at two of Quebec’s junior colleges, according to a new government report. The report, published Friday by Quebec’s Education Department, says prayer rooms […]
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