Celtic could face another UEFA charge after a number of fans waved Palestinian flags during Wednesday’s game with Hapoel Be’er Sheva. The Parkhead club were known to be concerned about the ramifications of political statements being made inside a sporting arena. While there were no widespread or sustained protests, the fact around 30 such flags …
Islamophobic tweets ‘peaked in July’
Almost 7,000 “Islamophobic” tweets were sent, in English, every day in July worldwide, data seen by the BBC suggests. This compared to 2,500 in April, with peaks recorded following the Nice lorry attack and the attempted military coup in Turkey. Forty-nine words and hashtags were used as indicators of anti-Islamic tweets, by the think tank …
Unaccompanied refugee children sexually exploited in Sweden
Unaccompanied refugee children who sought asylum in Sweden are forced to sell sex, a popular Swedish daily claimed on Wednesday. According to a report by Aftonbladet, orphaned refugee children in Malmö city were sexually exploited, an unidentified school principal said. The principal added that male and female refugee students were taken from the school grounds …
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Nearly 18,000 have died in Syria state jails
Nearly 18,000 people have died in government prisons in Syria since the beginning of the uprising in 2011, according to Amnesty International. A new report by the charity, based on interviews with 65 “torture survivors”, details systematic use of rape and beatings by prison guards. Former detainees described so-called welcome parties – ritual beatings using …
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Little Syrian boy in shock after rescued from rubble in Aleppo
Syrian opposition activists have released haunting footage showing a young boy rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of a devastating airstrike in Aleppo. The image of the stunned and weary looking boy, sitting in an orange chair inside an ambulance covered in dust and with blood on his face, encapsulate the horrors inflicted on …
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French police apprehend 10 Muslim women for wearing burkinis
Ten Muslim women have been apprehended by French police for wearing a burkini to the beach, with four having to pay a fine, a French official said on 17 August 2016. The women were all stopped by police in Cannes where a ban on the full-body swimming attire came into place on 28 July. Six …
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Siberian Region Bans Foreign Workers From Key Jobs
Vladimir Gorodetsky, the governor of the Novosibirsk region, issued a decree banning foreign workers from a number of key job sectors, ostensibly to protect such positions for Russian citizens. The Siberian Times reports that foreign workers are no longer welcome to a wide array of jobs: positions in schools or kindergartens are off limits, as …
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Far-right group dressed as Muslims interrupts church mass in Australia
A group of far-right protesters dressed in mock-Islamic clothing has interrupted an Anglican church mass in Australia, chanting about a “Muslim invasion.” The group Party for Freedom gathered at Gosford Anglican Church in New South Wales on Sunday to stage a spectacle in which they pretended to pray while using a loudspeaker to blast out …
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Israeli forces flatten 10 more Palestinian houses in West Bank
Israeli forces destroyed two Palestinian houses in the town of Beit Jala, located 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) south of Jerusalem al-Quds, on Tuesday, Ma’an reported. Earlier in the day, Israeli bulldozers, escorted by a large number of soldiers, rolled into the town of Sa’ir, located eight kilometers (five miles) northeast of al-Khalil (Hebron), and demolished …
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Angela Merkel’s conservatives call to ban Muslim woman from wearing the burqa
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives want to ban Muslim women from wearing the full-face veil in public as part of a tightening of security in response to July’s terror attacks. “The full-face veil … does not comply with Germany, and we reject it,” Peter Tauber, the general secretary of Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) said during …
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