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 …
Mayor fires refugee project intern for wearing headscarf in Germany
Mayor Elisabeth Herzog-von der Heide of the town Luckenwalde, in Brandeburg, fired an intern after one day because she would not take off her headscarf. “The Islamic headscarf is a means of expressing a religious worldview,” Herzog-von der Heide said on Wednesday. The mayor said that therefore, wearing a headscarf would violate the neutrality of …
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Italian imam posts photo of nuns on beach to protest burqini ban, gets Facebook account blocked
The president of Italy’s largest Islamic association has posted a photo of Catholic nuns splashing in the shallow water along the seashore to protest recent bans on burqinis. Izzedin Elzir, the imam of Florence has posted a picture of habit-wearing nuns splashing along the seashore on Facebook, calling for dialogue about burqini bans… but got …
Muslim school in Denmark vandalised with anti-Islam graffiti
The first Muslim boarding school, located near Fuglebjerg in southern Zealand, Denmark, was recently vandalized with anti-Islam graffiti. The walls of the school were sprayed with hate messages such as “Fuck Islam” and “Islam out of DK”, while several windows were painted with targets. The school staff were shocked and shaken, and the Danish Islamic …
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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 …
