A veiled woman was shot dead in Pantin, France. The victim of this hate crime reportedly sitting in her car when the shooting occurred. The woman was hit by five bullets. Two bullets to the head were fired at close range. The shots were reportedly fired by a person on a scooter. The assailant has …
Category: Islamophobia
French PM Valls slams New York Times report on burkini ban
France’s prime minister Manuel Valls has reacted strongly to an article published by the New York Times on September 2nd, in which French Muslim women complained of discrimination. The article “paints an intolerable picture, because it is false, of France, the country of the Enlightenment and liberties,” Mr Valls retorted in an opinion piece published …
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Racist poster appears on wall of Turkish mosque in Montreal
An unknown Italian group has pasted a racist poster on the wall of the Turkish Dorval Mosque in the Canadian city of Montreal. The imam and president of the mosque, Mehmet Değer, spoke about the poster, which appeared on Friday night. “This is the eighth racist attack against this mosque”, he said. “No one has …
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Arson attack on Scotland mosque points to increasing Islamophobia
An arson attack at the Edinburgh Central Mosque over the weekend is being considered a hate crime according to Scotland police and a description of the man suspected of setting fire to the front entrance of the mosque has been released. Muslims make up 1.4 percent of the total population in Scotland and 15,000 of …
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Orlando mosque fire: Police arrest suspected arsonist
A fire at the Florida mosque where Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen had prayed was deliberately set. The fire broke out early Monday morning at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce. Mateen, who killed 49 people at the Orlando nightclub in June, had attended the mosque. The Islamic Center of Fort Pierce was heavily damaged …
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Muslim woman attacked and bitten in Vienna ‘for wearing hijab’
A Muslim woman wearing a headscarf was beaten and bitten in Vienna in what her family suspect was an Islamophobic attack. The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Mrs D, was on her way to work at 6am in the south of the Austrian capital when she was attacked from behind. The woman said she heard …
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Minnesota restaurant in US posts “Muslims get out” sign
Restaurant owner sparked outrage in Minnesota this week after he changed the sign outside his establishment to read “Muslims get out”—a message he insists people are “taking it the wrong way. The sign, which was erected following the ISIS-affiliated stabbing attack in nearby St. Cloud, attracted a gaggle of protesters outside Treats Family Restaurant on …
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Study reveals job bias against Muslim women wearing headscarf in Germany
A Muslim migrant woman in Germany who wears a headscarf has to send almost five times as many job applications as a native German candidate with same qualifications to get an interview, research released Tuesday claimed. Independent research institute IZA published preliminary results of a study into the employment chances of female migrants in Germany, …
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Hate crimes against American Muslims most since post-9/11 era
Hate crimes against American Muslims have soared to their highest levels since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, according to data compiled by researchers, an increase apparently fueled by terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad and by divisive language on the campaign trail. The trend has alarmed hate crime scholars and …
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Australian woman forced off French beach for wearing a burkini
A Muslim woman from Australia has told how she was forced to leave a beach in France for wearing a burkini. Zeynab Alshelh, a 23-year-old medical student, told Australian media she had travelled to Europe to show solidarity with local Muslim women. Footage broadcast on Channel 7 showed local people saying they would call the …
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