(CBC) Shawn Ahmed is a gay Muslim who wishes Western University had been able to withstand a thunderstorm of criticism about a post on their Instagram account that featured an illustration of two women, both wearing hijabs, about to kiss. “I can […]
(London Free Press) A Western University social media post supporting the fight against homophobia included an illustration of two women in hijabs about to kiss — sparking a backlash from London’s Muslim community that forced school officials to delete it. The image, […]
(New Arab) As many have expected since billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk was approved to buy Twitter last month, he has finally indicated that he will approve of the return of banned former president Donald Trump. This could leave Muslims and other marginalised […]
(NL Times) Dutch-Turkish writer Lale Gül, 24, won the Pim Fortuyn Prize on Friday at a symposium in Rotterdam on the 20th anniversary of the politician’s murder. The same day, several protesters were arrested for interrupting a commemoration of Fortuyn’s assassination, also […]
(NL Times) On Friday, several places in the country will commemorate the murder of Pim Fortuyn 20 years ago. The Beeld van Pim Foundation and political party Leefbaar Rotterdam, among others, are organizing a memorial march, and Rotterdam is commemorating the former […]
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(Religion News) Muslim and Jewish organizations are expressing concern about billionaire Elon Musk’s impending ownership of Twitter, warning that the aerospace tycoon could roll back moderation policies and unleash a new wave of harassment against religious minorities often targeted on the platform. […]
(Local) The riots that rocked Swedish cities over the Easter holidays were nothing to do with religion or ethnicity, but instead come down to class, the joint leader of Sweden’s Green Party has told the Local in an interview. Ahead of a […]
(Local) Police in western Sweden have rejected an appeal by the Danish extremist Rasmus Paludan against a decision to deny him permission for a Koran-burning protest in Borås. “Rasmus Paludan has a rhetoric which is intended to create disorder and chaos,” Emelie […]
(Euronews) Twitter says it suspended Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders “in error” after reports that he had violated the platform’s rules on hate speech. The social network admitted it had “temporarily restricted” Wilders’ access to his account on Monday. The move came […]
(Local) Norwegian police used tear gas against several people during a Koran-burning demonstration on Saturday afternoon, after hundreds of counter-demonstrators clashed with police in the town of Sandefjord. The anti-Muslim organisation “Sian” held the demonstration in Sandefjord, which is about 90 kilometres […]
(AP) Sweden’s government suspects that actors from abroad incited violent riots in several Swedish cities last week, according to the country’s justice minister. Crowds threw rocks and burned cars and trash cans after a Danish far-right provocateur announced plans to hold meetings […]
(AFP) Riots across Sweden sparked by a notorious anti-immigrant provocateur threatening to tour the country burning the Koran has challenged the country’s limits to free speech. Police clashed with groups of mostly masked young men in several towns and cities after the […]
(AP) Swedish police said Monday that the riots that have shaken several cities and towns in the Nordic country are extremely serious crimes against society and suspect some protesters are linked to criminal gangs that intentionally target police. Sweden, a nation of […]
(AP) Swedish police said they fired warning shots during a riot in an eastern city to disperse protesters angry about demonstrations over the past several days by a Danish anti-Islam group in Sweden. Three people were slightly injured during the clashes. A […]
(NL Times) Lale Gül, author of Ik ga leven (I am going to live), may leave the country temporarily due to fresh threats after the German translation of her book was released on Sunday, according to NU.nl. The 24-year-old explained to the […]
(AP) Unrest broke out in southern Sweden late Saturday despite police moving a rally by an anti-Islam far-right group, which was planning to burn a Quran among other things, to a new location as a preventive measure. Scuffles and unrest were reported […]
(AFP) Counter-protesters demonstrating against a far-right group’s intention to burn a Koran in Orebro in central Sweden clashed with police on Friday, leaving nine police officers injured, authorities said. Police said in a statement that nine officers were injured in all. Their […]
(AFP) Three police officers had to be taken to hospital after a riot broke out in a Swedish town where a demonstration that included a Koran burning was planned, police said Thursday. While two of the officers had minor injuries, the state […]
(Connexion) The family of Samuel Paty, the French school teacher murdered by a jihadist in October 2020, is suing the ministries of education and interior for “non-assistance of a person in danger” and “non-prevention of a crime.” They accuse the intelligence services […]
(BBC) A teacher has been suspended from a top state grammar school after allegedly using a mug with a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on it. The teacher at Colchester Royal Grammar School (CRGS) in Essex is thought to have taken the […]
(Swiss Info) A district court in Switzerland has acquitted four defendants accused of inciting violence against the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The judge ruled that a controversial banner shown by protesters at a 2017 demonstration in the Swiss capital, Bern, had […]
(Radio France) France’s National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday opened an inquiry into the violent attack in a southern jail which left Corsican militant Yvan Colonna in a coma. Meanwhile, tension has mounted after his supporters blocked a ferry in the port of […]
(Euro Weekly) National Police officers have arrested five Pakistani citizens in Barcelona, Girona, the Jaen municipality of Ubeda, and Granada. They were detained in an operation coordinated by the National High Court against followers of a Pakistani movement considered to be a […]
(Breitbart) A French teen who was subjected to a torrent of death threats in 2020 for her criticism of Islam on social media was allegedly sexually assaulted by an illegal migrant in Lyon over the weekend. French teen Mila, who was subjected […]
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(Brussels Times) On Wednesday, the Antwerp Court of Appeal ruled that a banner reading “Stop Islamisation” is not racist, as the court could not establish that it was motivated by “racism and xenophobia.” The judgement was in line with a decision of […]
(AFP) French prosecutors said Monday they have opened an investigation after death threats were issued against a journalist after she fronted a report over the rise of radical Islam in France. Ophelie Meunier has been under police protection since the M6 channel […]
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(Times of Israel) A French imam known for his involvement in interfaith initiatives said he and his family have been living under threat from Islamists for years, emotionally recalling the toll the assaults and harassment have taken. In an interview with France […]
(BBC) A British “hitman” has been found guilty of conspiring to kill a Pakistani dissident in the Netherlands. A court in London heard Muhammad Gohir Khan was offered £100,000 (about $134,000) to carry out the murder in Rotterdam last year. However, he […]
(Reuters) The French government said this week it was closing down an activist-run media outlet and a Muslim website deemed at odds with “national values,” the latest in a series of steps that rights groups and lawyers say infringe on democratic freedoms. […]
(Canadian Press) Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is calling on Twitter to remove a tweet from an Ontario politician who labelled federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra a “terrorist.” Mendicino said Tuesday the tweet from Independent MPP Randy Hillier is “Islamophobic” and amounts […]
(AP) Four people went on trial in the Swiss capital Tuesday over a protest against Turkey’s government four years ago where some demonstrators hoisted a banner showing a gun pointed at an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to the […]
(AFP) A French court on Monday found far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour guilty of racist hate speech for a televised tirade against unaccompanied child migrants. Zemmour drew widespread [outrage] in September 2020 when he told the CNews channel that child migrants were […]
(Euronews) French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, and Ile-de-France Region President Valérie Pécresse attended a wreath-laying ceremony in Paris, to mark the anniversary of the terror attack against the offices of Charlie Hebdo. Seven years ago on Thursday, a […]
(CBC) The interim editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Thursday said the publication is formally retracting a letter it ran about hijabs that many have slammed as Islamophobic. Kirsten Patrick’s announcement comes days after she posted on Twitter, apologizing for the letter, which called the religious […]
(CTV) A recent letter published in a leading Canadian medical journal has stirred up debate — and controversy — around the hijab and prompted calls for a full retraction. On Dec. 20, the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published a letter, with […]
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(Euronews) Denmark says it will take measures to protect teachers’ freedom of expression and prevent the risks of “self-censorship.” The Danish government has stated that teachers should be able to speak about certain subjects, including cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the Holocaust, […]
(Daily Caller) The anti-Islamophobia bill passed in the House Tuesday was introduced by a representative with a history of anti-Semitic comments and has the potential to chill free speech, critics told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “This legislation is a nightmare for […]
(Hill) D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine (D) is urging the D.C. Superior Court against dismissing a lawsuit that alleges Facebook fueled anti-Muslim hate. Racine filed an amicus brief Monday in favor of Muslim Advocates’ push to overturn Facebook’s motion to dismiss the case. He argued […]
(Toronto Sun) When the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) initially cancelled an event with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad, the reason given was that such an event could foster Islamophobia. Murad was invited to speak at a book club founded by […]
(AFP) French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour, who is widely expected to run for the presidency next year, went on trial Wednesday charged with racist hate speech over a televised tirade against unaccompanied child migrants. He told the CNews channel in September last […]
(National Post) Walied Soliman, a Muslim lawyer who chaired Erin O’Toole’s leadership campaign and the recent Conservative Party election campaign, has won a $500,000 defamation award against a self-styled “news commentator” who used YouTube and other internet platforms to accuse Soliman of […]
(Breitbart) An 11-year-old pupil yelled “Allahu Akbar” during a school tribute to murdered teacher Samuel Paty, while the child’s father was later arrested for threatening to burn the school down. The initial incident took place on Friday at the Jean-Zay middle school in […]
(AP) A judge has refused to reduce the 30-year prison sentence for an Arizona man convicted of helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas, even though one of his convictions was dismissed after it […]
(Chicago Sun-Times) A federal jury on Monday convicted a onetime student at DePaul University of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State in the form of a computer script that helped disseminate the terrorist group’s propaganda. Jurors at the Dirksen […]
(AFP) France paid tribute to schoolteacher Samuel Paty on Saturday, one year after he was beheaded by an extremist after showing his class cartoons of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Paty, 47, was stabbed and then decapitated after leaving the middle school where he […]
(AFP) Pupils in schools across France on Friday paid tribute to Samuel Paty, a year after the teacher was beheaded by an extremist for showing his class cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Paty’s violent death sent shockwaves through France and beyond, […]
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