(NY Daily News) Three humiliated Muslim moms and their eight kids were barred from boarding an NYC Ferry for two hours over a vague “security issue” that turned a fun family outing into a tear-filled disaster, the families charged in a complaint […]
(Morocco World News) Deputy editor of French newspaper Le Figaro Yves Threard is at the center of controversy after making statements against Muslims and Islam. During debate show “Le Grand Soir” (the Big Evening) broadcast on LCI on Monday, October 14, the […]
(Morocco World News) French newspaper Le Monde will publish, October 16, an open letter to the president of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, calling for an end to Islamophobia. Ninety French public figures have called on Macron to condemn verbal attacks on […]
(CBC) Microphones and lecterns were being set up in the Ottawa Mosque in Westboro Saturday as people gathered for the afternoon prayer. That’s because the house of worship was preparing to host its first federal election debate of the 2019 campaign, with […]
(Reuters) French police have re-opened an internal investigation into the suspected Islamist sympathies of a senior police officer, three sources close to the police said, as part of a security review after a police IT worker killed four colleagues in a knife […]
(Star Tribune) Customers inside Lavazza Coffee & Cocktails at Karmel Mall, a hub for Somali-owned businesses in south Minneapolis, roared with rage while watching President Donald Trump on TV as he spoke at a campaign rally Thursday in their town. They reacted […]
(NZ Herald) The government has scrapped the controversial family-link policy for African and Middle Eastern refugees. The rules have been described as “racist and discriminatory” by new Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon. The government has also increased the overall number of African […]
(Morocco World News) The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into Eric Zemmour’s remarks at the “Convention of the Right” on Saturday, September 28. Zemmour’s speech attacking immigrants, whom he qualified as “colonizers,” and “Islamization in the streets” has led to the opening […]
(Anadolu) Turkish migrants increasingly face discriminatory policies and systemic racism in Western Europe, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. “We are worried over growing discrimination faced by Turkish communities in Western Europe,” Cavusoglu said during a meeting in the western German […]
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(AP) The American Civil Liberties Union urged the Trump administration Friday to drop its investigation into a Middle East studies program the agency says has focused too much on the “positive aspects of Islam” and misused grant money to promote “ideological priorities.” […]
(Dutch News) In the two months since the burqa ban was introduced in the Netherlands, no-one has been fined but there has been an increase in aggression targeting Muslim women, broadcaster RTL said on Thursday. So far, public transport workers have made […]
(AP) A northern Virginia woman is suing a company that she says refused to hire her after she requested two five-minute breaks to pray during her work shift. Shahin Indorewala, 26, of Woodbridge says her job interview with Falls Church-based Fast Trak […]
(Columbia Missourian) A Missouri lawmaker had proposed legislation that would make it illegal for judges to consider Sharia law in their judicial decisions. Some, including representatives from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the 2016 legislation was Islamophobic. At the time, Faizan […]
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(Daily Sabah) French-Jewish author, TV personality and far-right figure Eric Zemmour has been fined 3,000 euros ($3,300) for provoking religious hatred after making anti-immigrant and Islamophobic remarks in 2016. During a show broadcast on September 6, 2016, on the France 5 television […]
(AP) A Virginia jail has ended a program which inmates dubbed the “God Pod” after a lawsuit alleged the program provided favorable treatment to Christians and discriminated against Muslims. Court documents show the Riverside Regional Jail south of Richmond ended the program […]
(SF Chronicle) The Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations alleges Air Canada employees discriminated against a 12-year-old national squash player by forcing her to remove her hijab in the middle of a bustling tunnel at San Francisco International Airport […]
(Religion News) When San Diego’s city council voted to install 14,000 LED streetlights in 2016, the move was touted as a major step toward reducing the city’s carbon footprint and transforming the city into a hub for innovation. But since the vote, […]
(BBC) A number of Conservative Party members have been suspended for posting or endorsing Islamophobic material online. The BBC highlighted over 20 new cases to the party, who said all those found to be members who shared or supported anti-Muslim posts on […]
(Detroit News) The U.S. government is suing the city of Troy, claiming the Oakland County community violated federal law for religious land use when it denied zoning approval for a mosque last year, officials said. “Zoning laws that treat mosques, churches, synagogues, […]
(Dallas Morning News) Two Dallas-area Muslim men say their American Airlines flight was canceled because the crew “didn’t feel comfortable” after they waved to one another boarding a flight from Birmingham, Ala., to DFW International Airport. When they got off, they said […]
(Free Beacon) Zahra Billoo, who has been outspoken about her hatred of Israel and Memorial Day, was voted off the board of the Women’s March Wednesday night after serving only two days. Billoo, the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area […]
(Ottawa Citizen) The Ottawa Public Library was within its rights to cancel a private screening of the anti-immigration film Killing Europe in 2017, an Ontario court has ruled. The Ontario Court of Justice ruling, released this week, said the library wasn’t acting […]
(ABC-Australia) An Adelaide butcher at the centre of a complaint over window signage which said the business was “non halal certified” has now made a concession to the advertising watchdog. Valley Butchers in Adelaide’s north-east was the subject of complaints to Ad […]
(CBC) Sameer Zuberi, a Montreal activist who has been outspoken against Islamophobia in the province, has been nominated as the Liberal [candidate] for Pierrefonds-Dollard. Until July, Zuberi was the diversity and engagement officer for McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine, according to LinkedIn. […]
(Deutsche Welle) Although the site is remote, it has plenty of symbolism: Beginning this Sunday, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from some 15 countries will meet in the southern Italian city of Matera, one of Europe’s 2019 cultural capitals, to take part […]
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(Bergen Record) Muslim Americans say they’ve been singled out, detained and interrogated at airports — and elected officials are no exception. Mohamed Khairullah, the longtime mayor of Prospect Park, said he was held for three hours at JFK International Airport last month, […]
(CBC) The Green Party has turfed one of its Ontario candidates over an old social media post in which he spoke about sending a pig carcass to Muslims. Erik Schomann, who was the party’s candidate in Simcoe North, posted a photo of himself […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib sent a tweet thread Wednesday about her memories of the September 11th, 2001, attacks by talking about Islamophobic phone calls she received while working at an Arab-American group. “I will #neverforget 9/11. I was working […]
(JTA) The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it was “appalled” that Charles Kupperman, who served on the board of a group that peddled conspiracy theories about Muslims, is serving as interim national security adviser. “While we welcome the resignation of John Bolton, […]
(Detroit Free Press) A Bloomfield church is canceling an anti-Muslim event scheduled for Wednesday’s 9/11 anniversary after facing condemnation from Michigan representatives and organizations. Bloomfield Hills Baptist Church announced in a one-sentence email that it will cancel the two-day “9/11 forgotten? Is Michigan surrendering […]
(Smart Company) A South Australian butcher has been pulled up for breaching advertising discrimination rules over a sticker in its window which said “non-halal certified.” Adelaide-based Valley Butchers found itself in hot water with the Advertising Standards Board in an August ruling […]
(ABC-Australia) Tayeba Quddus was shocked when she saw a lecture slide from a subject on diversity suggesting that while “most Muslims are peaceful,” up to 300 million Muslims were “radicals who want to destroy and murder.” The quote — sourced from a […]
(IPT) The lead author of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) 2019 Islamophobia report has repeatedly endorsed a terror-tied Turkish charity. CAIR research director Abbas Barzegar, the lead author of “Hijacked By Hate: American Philanthropy and the Islamophobia Network,” has supported the […]
(WJBK) “Islam is a growing threat in the United States of America,” said Pastor Dr. Donald McKay. It’s on the flier and straight from the head minister at Bloomfield Hills Baptist Church, planning to host an event stirring controversy. “We don’t hate […]
(CBC) Climate change and Islamophobia were key topics Tuesday night for a crowd in downtown Toronto who attended a town hall with federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. The town hall, which was hosted by the National Canadian Council of Muslims, touched on a […]
(Religion News) A new study of how the media covers minorities in the United States finds that depictions of Muslims in the news remain by far the most frequent and the most negative. “Muslims are just way down there in comparison to […]
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(Yle) Kirsi Pimiä, the non-discrimination ombudsman, has recommended that Finland’s public swimming pools should permit the use of burkinis, the body-covering bathing suits sometimes used by Muslim women. Pimiä said she became aware of cases of burkini-wearing women having been turned away […]
(Connexion) A public pool in Paris closed this weekend after pro-burkini activists mounted a protest against the ban on the body-covering swimsuit, and demanding “access for all to leisure facilities.” Protesters gathered at the pool in the 11th arrondissement on Sunday, September […]
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(Religion News) The Islamic Society of North America attracted some major names to its annual convention in Houston this year, including comedian Trevor Noah, activist Linda Sarsour, Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad and (by video) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. But the figure […]
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(Politico) Many Muslim activists and operatives already felt all but neglected by the Democratic presidential candidates. Now, as most 2020 contenders are set to skip what is billed as the largest annual gathering of Muslims in the country this weekend, they’re growing […]
(Anadolu) An Islamophobic politician was expelled from [the] Left Party in Sweden as the politician’s views on religion contradicted with party policy, said the secretary-general in a press conference on Wednesday. Secretary-General of [the] Left Party Aron Etzler said the politician Amineh […]
(LA Times) Three Muslim men are suing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging they were denied access to an observant diet and proper religious garments and texts, while the same accommodations were made for inmates of other faiths. The lawsuit, filed […]
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(CBC) Kitchener councillors have voted unanimously to denounce the Quebec government’s secularism bill. Ward 8 Coun. Margaret Johnston introduced the motion at a council meeting Monday night. Quebec’s Bill 21 bans public workers in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols such as […]
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