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 …
Muslim doctor in US: “My patient refused to let me treat her because of my religion”
“Making my rounds in the hospital one day, I put my stethoscope to a patient’s chest while she kept her eyes fixed on the television screen over my shoulder. Hours before, bombs had torn through an airport and a train station in Brussels. My 65-year-old patient watched a flurry of images on Fox News showing …
Former Israel Defense Forces spokesperson purposely claimed that Jordan’s first Olympic champion is actually from Israel
After Palestinian Ahmed Abu Ghosh won Jordan’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in Rio on Friday for the men’s 68-kg Taekwondo event, claims that the athlete’s roots in the Jerusalem area are “Israeli,” and that his family “relocated” or “moved” to Jordan decades ago have followed. “Fun fact: The family of Jordan’s first-ever gold medalist Ahmad …
Muslims sue Michigan town that refused permission for a mosque
Muslims sue Michigan town that refused permission for a mosque. When officials in Sterling Heights voted 9-0 to refuse permission to build a mosque last summer, they said they had done so over concerns about traffic. But many in the Michigan community suspected a more sinister motive. Now, the community has filed a lawsuit, accusing …
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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 …
