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 …
A pregnant Muslim woman lost her unborn baby after being kicked in a racist attack in UK
A pregnant Muslim woman lost her baby after being kicked in the stomach in a “devastating” racist attack. The woman, 34 , was shopping in a Co-op near Milton Keynes when a man launched a tirade of racist abuse at her. He then followed her to her car before kicking her hard in the stomach. …
PVV calls for ban on the Koran and refugee centre closures in election plans
In Holland, the far-right PVV, led by Geert Wilders, has published a one page list of the party’s main campaign points for the March general election. The draft election programme, with the name “The Netherlands is ours again”, contains 11 points, most of which focus on what Wilders’ calls ‘de-islamising’ the Netherlands. The PVV wants …
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Refugees in Greek camps targeted by mafia gangs
Aid workers warn of imminent disaster as centres become breeding ground for criminal activity, including drug smuggling, human trafficking and violence. Fresh evidence is emerging that refugees stranded in camps across Greece are falling victim to rising levels of vice peddled by mafia gangs who see the entrapped migrants as perfect prey for prostitution, drug …
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Israeli council leader sued for saying Arabs should be barred from Jewish swimming pools
Interviewed on Kol Chai radio station in July 28, Moti Dotan, the leader of Lower Galilee Council, said “I don’t hate Arabs, but I don’t want them at my pools. I don’t go to their pools, either.” He said he was not being being racist but said his views were a result of “cultural differences” …
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 …
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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Native Americans attacked by vicious dogs of Dakota Access Pipeline
Native Americans protecting their burial places from bulldozers were attacked by vicious dogs, pepper sprayed and assaulted by Dakota Access pipeline private security. A protest of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline turned violent Saturday after tribal officials say construction crews destroyed American Indian burial and cultural sites on private land in southern North Dakota. …
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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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Five women wearing the Islamic headscarf have been prevented from entering a nursery school in France
Five women wearing the Islamic headscarf have been prevented from entering a nursery school in Corsica by other parents. Monday’s incident in Bonifacio took place as children returned to school after the summer holiday. Staff and pupils at French schools are banned from wearing religious symbols – but parents are not. Police intervened to calm …
