(BBC) A Leicester police officer who sparked international headlines over religious tensions has been cleared of misconduct by an independent investigation. Thousands of people signed a petition calling for Sgt Adam Ahmed to be suspended after he stopped a Hindu procession and […]
(WLS) A jarring Christmas greeting straight from an ISIS workshop, according to terrorism investigators, is urging radical followers in the U.S. and other western nations to “make it miserable” for Christian faithful. In the graphic, an ornament hanging from a tree is […]
(AP) Bowls of labneh and platters of za’atar bread covered the tables in a Lebanese restaurant near Detroit, yet no one seemed to have much of an appetite. On one side were Kamala Harris’ top emissaries to the Arab American community. On […]
(National-UAE) Labour’s support among Britain’s Muslims fell by nearly a third at this year’s general election over its stance on the war in Gaza, figures show. Despite Labour’s landslide victory, securing a 174-seat majority, four independent pro-Palestinian candidates had shock wins in […]
(Jewish News) A notorious Islamist activist, who was at the centre of one of the recently elected pro-Palestine [MPs’] election campaigns, has been jailed for attempts to spark “immediate unlawful violence.” Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, was sentenced to 22 […]
(CNN) A group representing Indian American Muslims has withdrawn its float from New York City’s annual India Day Parade on Sunday following controversy over the inclusion of a float they say shows anti-Muslim bias. Imtiaz Siamwalla, the president of Indian Muslims of […]
(NY Times) A float slated to appear in New York City’s India Day Parade this weekend is causing an uproar, with community groups calling it a symbol of anti-Muslim hate, parade organizers defending its inclusion and elected officials scrambling to respond. The […]
(CBC) A new poll suggests Muslim and Jewish voters are leaning away from the federal Liberals in voting intentions — a possible sign that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s efforts to straddle gaps in public opinion over the Israel-Hamas war are falling short. The […]
(NCA NewsWire) The Hindu Council of Australia wants prayer rooms removed from public schools due to fears they could be used to promote “radical ideologies.” A 16-year-old boy was shot dead by police last Saturday night after he stabbed a man in […]
(Breitbart) The number of so-called “honour-based” crimes, associated with some Islamic cultures, has risen by over 60 per cent in England over the past two years, according to an analysis of police data. A report from the left-wing Guardian newspaper, based on […]
(Jerusalem Post) UCLA law professor Dr. Khaled Abou el-Fadl said on a YouTube live stream on the Usuli Institute channel earlier this month that “some of the worst massacres committed against Palestinians in Gaza are by Indian soldiers serving in the Israeli […]
(Asbury Park Press) Schools Superintendent J. Scott Cascone apologized to staff and the community after what he described as “biased and antisemitic” material was distributed to teachers as a resource for Muslim Heritage Month. In a staff email on Jan. 4, links […]
(Middle East Eye) A copy of the Quran was burnt in Illinois by a 16-year-old high school student, and rights organisations say it raises concerns about the India-based Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) paramilitary organisation’s influence in the US. While the […]
(BBC) Rishi Sunak has repeatedly declined to say if he agrees with his home secretary’s view that multiculturalism has “failed” in the UK. In a speech on Tuesday, Suella Braverman said multiculturalism was a “misguided dogma” which had allowed people to “live […]
(GB News) An Islamist cleric who said critics of the Prophet Mohammed should have their heads “chopped off” has been allowed into the UK to speak at an event. Sick Enayet Ullah Abbasi previously slammed the late Queen Elizabeth II for endorsing […]
(Hill) Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the two Muslim women in Congress, on Tuesday said they would boycott Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming joint address to Congress. Tlaib wrote on Twitter that Modi’s “long history of human rights abuses, anti-democratic […]
(SBS) Labor’s plan to ban the flag of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) includes “highly offensive” language and risks unintentionally leading to false police reports, says a Muslim advocacy group it consulted. But the Australian Muslim Advocacy Network (AMAN) has welcomed the […]
(SBS) The government’s efforts to ban Nazi symbols in public have quietly extended to include the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group’s flag. Last week, the government announced it would move to ban displaying Nazi symbols in public or profiteering from their sale, […]
(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, […]
(BBC) The Muslim Council of Britain has criticised the choice of a new chairman to lead an investigation into the disorder in Leicester last year. Dozens were arrested after days of vandalism, assaults, and attacks on property followed tensions involving mainly young […]
(Dutch News) Eindhoven cinema LAB-1 has stopped selling tickets for a controversial Indian film because its staff are being harassed. The cinema has been showing The Kerala Story, about radical Muslim women, for the past two weeks but, a spokesman told broadcaster NOS, cinema […]
(BBC) An independent review into unrest in East Leicester in August and September last year has been announced. Several days of vandalism, assaults, and attacks on property followed tensions involving mainly young men from Hindu and Muslim communities. City mayor Sir Peter […]
(LBC) This is the moment Muslim activists in Birmingham stormed the screening of an “extremist” film about the Islamic State in an attempt to shut it down. Protesters led by Shakeel Afsar, who also campaigned to block a school in Birmingham from […]
(Religion News) Loud chants carried through the main plaza at Baruch College in the early afternoon on Thursday (April 20) as a group of around 40 students protested near the Office of Student Life. The students, a majority of them Muslim, were […]
(Breitbart) Hindu children in the UK have reportedly been threatened by Muslim classmates that they must convert to Islam or they will not “survive long” in school. Research undertaken by an Anglo-America[n] think tank has found that Hindu children in the UK […]
(BBC) Tory peer Baroness Warsi has warned that what she describes as Suella Braverman’s “racist rhetoric” is putting British Asian families at risk. The peer, the UK’s first South Asian cabinet minister, claimed the home secretary’s comments on small boats and grooming […]
(JNS) Accusations of Islamophobia came almost immediately after the U.S. House of Representatives voted earlier this month to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from its Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote followed repeated promises from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to remove the […]
(BBC) A man has been given a conditional discharge after he was arrested as police tried to prevent violence between groups in a Leicester street. Arslan Ibrahim was detained during a confrontation in Harrison Road, Belgrave, on 7 September. The 28-year-old, of […]
(BBC) Recent disorder in Leicester showed why “robust strategies that support integration” were needed, the city’s bishop has said in the House of Lords. Making his maiden speech on Friday during a debate on immigration, Bishop Martyn Snow said more support was […]
(NY Times) In late 2016, Abdullah el-Faisal, a Jamaican preacher who was an outspoken supporter of the Islamic State, began communicating on WhatsApp with a woman in New York who claimed to be an aspiring jihadist with medical training. He offered to […]
(BBC) A hate crime expert set to lead a review into the cause of recent violent disorder in East Leicester has stepped down. Dr Chris Allen said he felt he would not be able to carry out the review in a way […]
(BBC) A review of recent unrest in Leicester is set to be boycotted by one part of the city’s religious community. Large-scale disorder broke out in September following tensions involving mainly young men from Muslim and Hindu communities. On Wednesday, the review […]
(BBC) A review into the recent unrest in part of Leicester has been announced by the city council. It comes after large-scale disorder broke out on 17 September following tensions involving mainly young men from Muslim and Hindu communities. City mayor Sir […]
(AP) In Edison, New Jersey, a bulldozer, which has become a symbol of oppression of India’s Muslim minority, rolled down the street during a parade marking that country’s Independence Day. At an event in Anaheim, California, a shouting match erupted between people […]
(Anadolu) Hate crimes in the UK are on the rise because the government “tends to try to appease the far right by adopting some of their positions,” according to a prominent Muslim scholar. Anas Altikriti, CEO of Cordoba Foundation, told Anadolu Agency […]
(Middle East Eye) Muslim civil society organisations have raised the alarm about a rising tide of state-sponsored Islamophobia in Europe at a major security and human rights conference in Poland. France, Denmark and Austria were among countries singled out over policies which […]
(BBC) The recent disorder in Leicester did not only involve Hindus and Muslims, the city’s head of police has said. Temporary Chief Constable Rob Nixon warned against “broad, sweeping comments” about the unrest. Tensions involving mainly young men from sections of the […]
(ANI) A famous UK YouTuber named Mohammed Hijab has come across as instigator-in-chief in violent incidents in the UK city of Leicester that saw targeted attacks on Hindu community members, Global Order reported. The cycle of violence was triggered last month after […]
(BBC) Police have charged a further five men in relation to disorder in Leicester. They were all arrested in the days and weeks before 17 September, when major disorder broke out involving hundreds of people. A total of 47 people have been […]
(BBC) An independent review is to take place into recent unrest in Leicester, the BBC has learned. Officers have arrested 47 people since 28 August amid tensions involving mainly young men from sections of the Muslim and Hindu communities. Major disorder broke […]
(BBC) A man sentenced for carrying a knife at a protest in Leicester at the weekend said he was influenced by social media. Adam Yusuf, 21, received a suspended jail sentence after admitting possessing a knife at a march on Sunday. The […]
(BBC) Fifteen people have been arrested in an operation to “deter further disorder” in Leicester. There was large-scale unrest on Saturday amid tensions involving mainly young men from sections of the Muslim and Hindu communities. Police said it had been sparked by […]
(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 […]
(Swiss Info) A court in the Swiss town of Biel/Bienne on Tuesday convicted Muslim preacher Abu Ramadan of welfare fraud and inciting racial hatred. Ramadan, a Libyan national, was given a 14-month suspended jail sentence and is to be expelled from Switzerland […]
(IPT) Deadly riots broke out in several Indian cities June 10 over perceived blasphemous remarks by a spokeswoman for India’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Enraged Islamist mobs burned posters and hanged effigies of Nupur Sharma after Jummah prayers over her controversial […]
(VOA) After a six-year hiatus, U.S. President Joe Biden last week resumed the 22-year-old tradition of hosting an Eid celebration at the White House. “Muslims make our nation stronger every single day, even as they still face real challenges and threats in […]
(Politico) Selaedin Maksut didn’t expect anything specific to come out of his meeting late last year with then-state Sen.-elect Ed Durr after an anti-Muslim tweet of Durr’s surfaced. But what was initially planned as a meeting to explain Islam to Durr — […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss justice authorities have indicted a Muslim preacher accused of racial discrimination and welfare fraud. Abu Ramadan will have to stand trial in a district court, the Bern cantonal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The controversial imam of a […]
(ANSA) A Muslim girl was held captive by her family to stop her seeing a Hindu boy, Italian police reported Thursday. The incident happened in the Tuscan city of Arezzo last weekend, they said. The girl managed to get an email to […]
(Des Moines Register) When the Iowa Senate gaveled in Feb. 8, Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, D-Windsor Heights, stood to offer an opening prayer asking God for inspiration, guidance and peace. The prayer was written by one of her constituents, a young Muslim woman. A few […]
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