(Politico) Belgium must pay compensation of around €100,000 to convicted terrorist Nizar Trabelsi for the damage he suffered by being extradited to the U.S., a Brussels appeals court ruled Tuesday. The court also ruled that the Belgian government should ask the American […]
(BBC) Large-scale disorder broke out in Leicester on Saturday, with police and community leaders calling for calm. Officers tried to hold back crowds amid tensions involving mainly young men from sections of the Muslim and Hindu communities. Police said two arrests had […]
(IPT) The news was so disturbing it could not go without a comment from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Auburn University’s men’s basketball team was about to embark on a 10-day trip to Israel. They’d play some games and hold clinics […]
(AL.com) Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl chose to stick to sports on Friday when a reporter asked him about 24 hours after a Muslim rights group asked the Tigers to cancel their trip to Israel for the inaugural “Birthright for College […]
(AL.com) A Muslim rights group has called on Auburn University to cancel its scheduled men’s basketball trip to Israel. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, sent out a public statement on Thursday that […]
(New Arab) The US state of Maryland has passed a law that will protect the rights of hijab-wearing female athletes and others with faith-related head coverings to play sports, without concerns of exclusion. The bill, called the Inclusive Attire Act, which took […]
(NY Jewish Week) At the Brooklyn Amity School, a majority-Muslim private school in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, high school students are taking part in a new Holocaust education initiative with an unlikely ambassador: NBA center and free agent Enes Kanter Freedom. Kanter Freedom, […]
(BBC) About 20,000 participants in the Great Manchester Run held a minute’s applause for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack on its fifth anniversary. Twenty-two people died when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Ariana Grande concert on 22 […]
(Copenhagen Post) On Monday, the Copenhagen Court found two 23-year-old men guilty of attempted terrorism. A 40-year-old woman facing the same charge was acquitted, but found guilty of other lesser charges. The court placed emphasis on the discovery of numerous effects that […]
(AP) Noor Abukaram’s elation at completing one of her first varsity cross-country races quickly turned to disappointment when she failed to find her name among those of her high school teammates on the results list. To Abukaram’s shock, she learned she’d been […]
(AP) Schools and school sports regulators could no longer require advance waivers or otherwise restrict participants’ religious apparel unless it causes a “legitimate danger” for fellow competitors, under a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Mike DeWine. The measure was inspired […]
(Reuters) A draft bill that would ban the wearing of the hijab in sporting competitions will pass on to France’s National Assembly after the Senate on Wednesday declined to vote on the legislation. The broader bill is devoted to “democratising sport,” including […]
(AFP) France’s gender equality minister threw her support on Thursday behind Muslim women footballers who are seeking to overturn a ban on players wearing headscarves on the pitch. Rules set by the French Football Federation currently prevent players taking part in competitive […]
(AP) The French Senate has voted in favor of banning the wearing of headscarves in sports competitions, arguing that neutrality is a requirement on the field of play. The French upper legislative house voted late Tuesday in favor of amending a proposed […]
(Reuters) Poland accused Belarus of sending a growing number of migrants over the border in retaliation for Warsaw’s decision this week to give refuge to Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, a Belarusian athlete who refused to return home from the Tokyo Olympics. A deputy interior […]
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(AP) Robert Saleh has made history that extends far beyond any football field. The New York Jets’ new head coach has families and community leaders excited in neighborhoods all across the country, celebrating the first known Muslim American to hold that position […]
(Ahval) One of Turkey’s largest diaspora groups in the United States has been suspended from Twitter for its targeting of basketball player Enes Kanter. The Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC)’s Twitter account was suspended yesterday for allegedly coordinating a campaign of […]
(Tennessean) An addition to the TSSAA bylaws allowing religious headwear to be worn at Tennessee high school sports events was approved unanimously by the high school association’s Legislative Council on Thursday. The proposal, which was made by Valor College Prep in Nashville, […]
(Arab News) Young people of Arab origin in France are less likely to hold secular values and are more distrustful of national symbols than their elders, an Arab News en Francais survey conducted in partnership with British polling agency YouGov has found. […]
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Muslim athletes in Tennessee may soon be able to wear a hijab during competition without prior approval following votes this month at the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association regional meetings to allow student-athletes to wear religious headwear during competition. […]
(Politico) France’s finance minister on Friday accused some mayors of giving in to “political Islam” because they allow women-only hours at local swimming pools, underscoring a harsher tone in the aftermath of a schoolteacher’s beheading. “There is terrorism, yes — the crime […]
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(Tennessean) Valor College Prep officials are calling on the National Federation of State High School Associations and the TSSAA to alter a uniform rule after one of its athletes was prohibited from participating in a volleyball match because the Muslim student was wearing a […]
(Greek Reporter) A great number of police officers, along with squads from Greece’s anti-terrorist unit, have been deployed in Thessaloniki for Tuesday’s football game between PAOK and Turkey’s Besiktas team for the Champions League qualifiers. The Istanbul-based team will arrive in the […]
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(BBC) Sonny Bill Williams will be allowed to cover up the logo of Super League sponsors Betfred on his Toronto Wolfpack jersey for religious reasons. The cross-code star, who converted to Islam in 2009, previously covered up the logos of banking sponsors […]
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(CNN) Nike’s Victory Swim Collection will include a full-coverage swimsuit and a swim hijab. The line, announced Tuesday, will be available globally at select retailers and online February 1. “The design of the Nike Victory Swim Collection serves a variety of needs […]
(HuffPost) Emgage, a group dedicated to increasing Muslim American involvement in politics, called on the U.S. Olympic National Committee to boycott the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing over the Chinese government’s mass detention and repression of Uighur Muslims. “The Olympic Games are […]
(Anadolu) Greek sports club AEK Athens penalized their Turkish goalkeeper Yunus Ozmusul on Wednesday for performing a military salute after [the] Turkish national handball team won against Belgium. AEK said on [its] website that Ozmusul, 30, was fined by his club and […]
(Hill) Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter tore into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday night for not voting in favor of a bill to place economic sanctions on Turkey for its military campaign against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. Kanter, who is Turkish and has […]
(NZ Herald) The Crusaders have made the first change in its re-brand after calls for the franchise to change its name following the Christchurch shootings. The Crusaders announced earlier this year that they would be considering a change to their name and […]
(Deutsche Welle) It didn’t take the copycats very long. Less than 48 hours after members of the Turkish national team raised their right hands in a salute to their country’s armed forces during last Friday’s international, the military greeting found its way […]
(Deutsche Welle) Germany players Ilkay Gündogan and Emre Can have found themselves mixed up in the contentious debate over a military salute celebration performed by Turkish international footballers, after the pair both liked an Instagram post showing the celebrations. The two German-born […]
(Canberra Times) Canberra Olympic Pool has begun a trial of women’s and men’s only sessions in response to demand from migrant communities. During October, there will be a female-only session between 5.30pm to 7pm every Saturday and a male-only session between 5.30pm […]
(Boston Globe) The people who allegedly hectored Celtics center Enes Kanter outside a mosque over his political opposition to Turkey’s president didn’t commit a crime, Cambridge police have determined. In a statement Tuesday, police announced their findings in their review of the […]
(Boston Globe) New Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter said he was harassed outside of a Cambridge mosque Friday afternoon because of his political opposition to Turkey’s president. Kanter, a 6-11 Turkish basketball player signed by Boston this summer, posted a video to […]
(AFP) Berlin boxer Zeina Nassar’s fighting spirit has won her plenty of titles, but her battle to wear the hijab in the ring has also made her an equal opportunity champion. Today, the 21-year-old, who discovered female boxing by watching online videos […]
(Yle) Several public as well as private swimming pools in Finland are taking measures to encourage immigrants, particularly women, to learn how to swim. The Finnish Swimming Teaching and Lifesaving Federation, an organisation dedicated to improving swimming skills and reducing drowning deaths […]
(Toronto Star) When Shireen Ahmed saw the sleek, silver Raptors’ logo on a hijab for the first time, she got chills. After learning of the release of the Toronto Raptors’ Nike Pro Hijab — announced Friday morning through a video on the […]
(Norwich Bulletin) Connecticut Tigers owner E. Miles Prentice III, who on Thursday refused to meet with a Muslim group he said was tied to terrorism, on Friday released a statement saying he would meet with leaders of faith communities. “For many baseball […]
(Norwich Bulletin) The owner of two minor league baseball teams is refusing to meet with a Muslim civil rights group, accusing it of supporting terrorists. The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations sought a meeting with E. Miles Prentice, owner […]
(Norwich Bulletin) Leaders of the state branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations want to meet with E. Miles Prentice, the owner of the Connecticut Tigers. Prentice is chairman of the board of the Center for Security Policy, a Washington think tank […]
(Breitbart) A swimming pool in the German town of Kehl had to be shut down early by police after a group of 50 North African French-speaking youths caused havoc among the bathers. The town, which is located on the German-French border next […]
(Bothell-Kenmore Reporter) The Northshore School District (NSD) has officially withdrawn its Ramadan policy in response to a “cease and desist” letter filed by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF). The FCDF is a pro bono legal team that focuses on First […]
(AFP) Retailer Decathlon Tuesday cancelled plans to sell a sports version of the hijab Muslim headscarf in France, following an outcry. “We are effectively taking the decision to not sell this product in France for now,” Decathlon official Xavier Rivoire told the […]
(Chicago Sun-Times) Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts apologized Monday for the “pain” caused by Joe Ricketts’ racist emails and promised the Cubs will make an effort to mend their relationship with the Muslim community. That healing process will, he said, include steps outlined […]
(Anadolu) The Swedish Athletic Federation dismissed its swimming federation president due to anti-headscarf criticisms Thursday. The federation decided Ulla Gustavsson will be removed from office after a meeting. The federation said it would not discriminate against athletes, nor allow anyone to do […]
(BBC) Brunel University in London is hoping to encourage more Muslim women to play sport by launching a sports hijab. A 2017 study by Sports England found just 18% of Muslim women participate in regular sport, against 30% of the UK’s female […]
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