France’s Interior Minister has announced that authorities have taken action to close down a mosque on the south coast suspected of promoting a ‘radical form’ of Islam. The mosque, in the southern French department of Hérault, was ordered closed after a raid uncovered leaflets promoting hate. The Sète mosque, located on Rue de la Révolution, …
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Aye Alhassani, 23, had completed several tests and a group interview before she was invited to an individual interview for the position with the airline. It was during the interview that she was informed SAS has a uniform policy banning the wearing of religious symbols. “At first they were cautious and I don’t think the …
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A 32-year-old Turkish architect living in Switzerland has been “banned” by a group called the “Anti-Erdoğan Committee” from driving her Porsche through the town of Sempach near Lucerne canton. The woman received an anonymous letter from the “Anti-Erdoğan Committee” on Monday, in which she was warned not to drive while wearing a headscarf. “We, the …
The intensified far-right populist political rhetoric has been the new specter haunting European society’s core liberal democratic values, with Muslims designated as the new scapegoats, leading to an exclusionary and discriminatory atmosphere on the continent. Experts have suggested that European society has chosen Muslims as the new Jews, shifting from anti-Semitism to a new anti-Muslim …
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A primary school in western Austria’s Vorarlberg state has distributed anti-Erdoğan magazines to its students before the upcoming April 16 referendum in Turkey. The magazine called “Break Newspaper” was handed out with a special permit to third and fourth grade students as part of a pilot project of a private publication organization. The project, which …
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Many couples fret over choosing the perfect name for their newborn, but for Muslims in western China that decision has now become even more fraught: pick the wrong name and your child will be denied education and government benefits. Officials in the western region of Xinjiang, home to roughly half of China’s 23 million Muslims, …
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An Ontario school board is condemning a “hate-filled” online campaign that’s offering a $1,000 cash reward for a video of Muslim students praying. The reward was put forward by Kevin J. Johnston of a right-wing publication called Freedom Report. He has been staunchly opposed to Peel District School Board’s policy, which has allowed Muslim students …
The far-right UK Independence Party (UKIP) said it would pursue a ban on burqa in their party manifesto, which is expected to be published on Monday, according to the party leader on Sunday. Paul Nuttal told BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show the party will also target Sharia rule in Britain as part of their campaign. …
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A Turkish woman was physically and verbally attacked by a racist man for wearing a headscarf in the German city of Mannheim last week. The 33-year-old woman, who wanted to be identified to the press as H.D., was walking on the road along with her three-year-old child when Wolfgang P., a 33-year-old German neighbor who …
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A mosque in Germany’s southwestern city of Freiburg has been targeted by vandals on Tuesday night, who spray painted Nazi symbols on the walls of the mosque. Ziya Celik, the head of the “Islamic Centrum Freiburg” mosque association told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday that they were worried over growing number of hate crimes targeting mosques …
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