A group of young activists gathered in Vienna Monday to protest against a new regulation banning public servants, including teachers, from wearing headscarves. Outside the University of Vienna, the protesters chanted slogans against the move and called for equality and freedom of religion for all. The headscarf ban on public servants was drafted by Austrian …
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Even though Muslims have been part of the U.K.’s demographic landscape for ages, a new report released by Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) reveals that anti-Muslim hate crimes have risen dramatically in the U.K. since 2015. Official statistics show a 44 percent and 43 percent increase in religious hate crimes in the U.K. from 2013-2014 …
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The mayor of a village in Hungary has said Muslims people are not welcome, despite a need to fill houses in the area. László Toroczkai, mayor of Asotthalom, a remote village of around 4,000 on Hungary’s southern border with Serbia, said that while he would like to attract more inhabitants to the village, he did …
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A majority of Europeans want a ban on immigration from Muslim-majority countries, a poll has revealed. An average of 55 per cent of people across the 10 European countries surveyed wanted to stop all future immigration from mainly Muslim countries. The Chatham House study, conducted before US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning …
A man has admitted pulling a niqab off a woman in a shopping centre and yelling “you are in our country now, you stupid f****** Muslim”. Peter Scotter, 55, of Beach Street, Roker, Sunderland, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court to admit racially aggravated assault by beating and a separate charge of racially aggravated harassment. Both …
As three of the victims of the Quebec mosque shooting were being mourned at a memorial service in Montreal on Wednesday, a mosque in the city was vandalized — part of a disturbing trend of Islamophobia shaking a country that prides itself on being a place of equality and inclusion. Such an image of Canada …
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The government in Slovakia has approved a law effectively preventing Islam being registered as a state religion for a number of years. The bill was proposed by the Slovak National Party (SNS), and requires a religion to have at least 50,000 followers before it qualifies for state subsidies. According to the most recent census, there …
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In June 2014, a number of Muslim charities, think tanks and activists received a letter from the HSBC bank, telling them their accounts were to be closed. The letters provided no explanation nor right of appeal. There had been no warning. The recipients of this letter included a think tank, a charity – and the …
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A 51-year-old man was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of killing a man and injuring two others after opening fire inside a crowded Kansas City-area bar and yelling, “get out of my country.” Adam Purinton was charged with first-degree murder as well as two counts of attempted first-degree murder, a local prosecutor said. The FBI …
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On the last day of his life, Azzeddine Soufiane closed up his grocery shop on Ste.-Foy Road as usual and drove two minutes down the street to his city mosque. He knew the way well. He made the trip at least once a day so he could attend prayer services. Last Sunday was the final …
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