A man accused of a racist attack on a Muslim couple completely broke down on camera and cried uncontrollably. Frederick Nolan Sorrell was charged with three misdemeanors after allegedly driving past the couple, shouting “go back to your fucking country” and making a gun gesture with his hand. He allegedly followed the pair and said: …
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European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) upheld Belgium’s Muslim face veil ban in a ruling announced Tuesday. The court ruled that the restriction sought to guarantee social cohesion, the “protection of the rights and freedoms of others” and that it was “necessary in a democratic society.” The court rejected arguments by three Muslim women who …
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In London wearing too much clothing in hot weather is not only a fashion crime, but may also leave you being stopped and searched by police. A Muslim man discovered this the hard way when he was stopped, handcuffed and searched in a London street by officers as he walked to a nearby mosque to …
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Female Muslim students in Austria make up over 73 percent of the total number of people subjected to discrimination at schools, a report by an Austria-based association said Monday, as Muslims express concern over growing Islamophobia throughout the country. According to the report by the Initiative for Discrimination-Free Education (IDB), Muslim female students faced the …
A study commissioned by an Austrian government minister critical of Vienna’s Muslim-run kindergartens has ignited a political fight between the minister’s party and rivals seizing on allegations that his staff rewrote parts of the study to make it more negative. The study’s author, a professor at the University of Vienna, says he would never allow …
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A high school in the Netherlands said on Monday that students wearing headscarves would not be allowed into the graduation ceremony. Melanchton High School’s branch located in Rotterdam’s Schiebroek sent an invitation to graduating students and their parents, which stated that the students are not allowed to attend the event with their headscarves. The “Denk” …
Muslim public speaker and former ABC presenter Yassmin Abdel-Magied is London-bound, calling it an “Australian rite of passage” after months of criticism over her views on Anzac Day. She announced on Instagram that she was moving to London. In April, Ms. Abdel-Magied’s Anzac Day Facebook post — calling for Australians to remember Syrians, Palestinians and …
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A cemetery groundskeeper pelted his Muslim neighbor’s vehicle with eggs and tomatoes, left a handwritten note under the windshield mocking Mecca and later caused a traffic crash on Georgia Avenue all in effort to stop a fictitious web of terrorists, police say. Jeffrey Frizzell, 58, of Aspen Hill, is currently charged with first-degree assault, second-degree …
Eight people have been injured, including a seven-year-old girl, after gunmen opened fire outside a mosque in southeast France. The shooting, which was not being treated as terrorism, took place in Avignon, Provence, at about 10.30pm on Sunday night. Worshippers were leaving the Arrahma mosque when at least two “hooded men” pulled up in a …
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The three Muslim Somali-American women were in a parking lot when the incident took place. The attacker told the girls they would all be killed. A woman who verbally attacked and threatened three Muslim women in a Walmart parking lot will lose her job thanks to her disgraceful attitude, West Fargo Pioneer reports. Amber Elizabeth …
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