Muslim women are discriminated against in the job market, making them the most economically disadvantaged group in British society, according to a report by MPs. A report by the Women and Equalities Committee discovered Muslim women are three times more likely to be unemployed and looking for work than women generally, and are more than …
BBC radio presenter makes racist jokes about Somali Olympic sailing team
BBC radio presenter Ian Timms has made reference to Somalian pirates while discussing the Somali Olympic team’s results at a sailing event in Rio. Ian says: “We’ve got some sailing results from the Olympics in Rio tongiht. Team GB have taken gold, Denmark have taken silver, and Somalia have taken a middle-aged couple who were …
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Burkinis banned on Cannes Riviera beaches by French mayor
The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits from its beaches, citing security reasons. Cannes mayor David Lisnard issued an ordinance in late July forbidding beachwear that doesn’t respect “good morals and secularism”. It said swimwear “manifesting religious affiliation in an ostentatious way, while France and its religious sites are currently the target …
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IMF reaches initial deal with putschist Sisi’s administration for $12 bn loan
The International Monetary Fund has reached an initial agreement with Egypt’s coup administration for a $12 billion loan over three years, the fund said on Thursday. The IMF’s extended fund facility is aimed at countries with payment imbalances and tepid growth to aid structural reforms, according to the fund’s website.
Muslim couple kicked off Delta flight for ‘sweating’, saying ‘Allah’ and texting
A Muslim couple who accused Delta Air Lines of Islamophobia for throwing them off a flight have spoken of their ordeal for the first time. Nazia Ali had removed her sneakers, finished sending a text message to her parents and was putting on headphones and settling into her seat for the nine-hour flight from Paris …
Woman ‘fired for wearing hijab’ as boss tells her to ‘keep religion out of the office’
A Muslim woman said she was fired as she refused to remove her hijab at work. On the third day at her new job at the Fair Oaks Dental Care clinic in Viriginia Najaf Khan decided to go into work wearing her head scarf. She claimed her boss immediately took her aside and told her …
A Canadian citizen with Turkish root punched in the face after speaking Turkish language at Vancouver Starbucks
Dino Demir was sitting on the patio of a Starbucks at Davie and Denman streets, and using the cafe’s Wi-Fi to speak to a friend in the U.K. Demir noticed the two customers, both men, were gesturing at him. One was drinking beer and holding a six-pack. He told CTV Vancouver the men seemed to …
Austrian far-right leader likens Turkish coup to Reichstag fire in Nazi Germany
Heinz Strache said that Turkey’s failed coup and the post-coup process are reminiscent of the Reichstag fire in Nazi Germany and its use by Hitler to amass greater power. “One almost had the impression that it was a guided putsch aimed in the end at making a presidential dictatorship by Erdogan possible,” Strache told the …
UK terror police detain woman for reading book about Syrian art on plane
On 25 July 2016, a British Muslim woman was detained at a UK airport and questioned under terror laws after a cabin crew member spotted her reading a Syrian culture book on board her honeymoon flight. National Health Service (NHS) worker Faizah Shaheen, who helps prevent teenage mental health patients from becoming radicalized, was returning …
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US and Europe did not back democracy and elected government in Turkey
United States and European Countries had not condemned until it was obvious that coup was failing. During the coup attempt, US Secretary of State John Kerry hoped for “stability, peace, continuity”, not for democracy. Amid the coup attempt, US Embassy in Turkey referred the coup as “uprising”. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon also said that …
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