A British family say they were left “humiliated” after being banned from wearing burkinis in the swimming pool while on holiday in Portugal. Maryya Dean and her sister-in-law Hina claim they were told they “must wear a bikini to follow Portuguese culture” before being out thrown out by hotel staff. The 36-year-old mum from Chessington …
Muslim woman beaten senseless by racist mob in Spain in ‘revenge’ for Barcelona terror attack
A Muslim woman has been beaten senseless by a mob in Spain in apparent ‘revenge’ for the Barcelona terror attack. Police say the unnamed 38-year-old woman – who was wearing a hijab – was set upon by the gang and needed hospital treatment for cuts, bruises and an anxiety attack she suffered. Reports say doctors …
Quebec town votes against allowing Islamic cemetery to be built
Muslims in the Quebec City area are facing disappointment and uncertainty after voters in a small town close to the provincial capital voted Sunday night to stop the development of a cemetery catering to the Islamic faith. In a closely watched referendum Sunday night, just 36 residents of Saint-Apollinaire, a town of around 6,000 southwest …
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Muslim woman visiting Manitoba confronts self-proclaimed ‘Nazi’ after racist verbal attack
A Calgary woman who came to visit her family in Manitoba this summer says she was shocked by the racist verbal attack she endured when she asked a stranger for directions. In an exchange Calgary teacher Kaniz Fatima captured on video, a man who described himself as a “Nazi” told her to take off her …
Don’t shout Allahu Akbar in Venice or you’ll get shot, says Venice mayor
An Italian mayor has caused controversy after saying that anyone who shouts “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is great” in Arabic, in the main square of the northern city of Venice, will be shot on the spot. Luigi Brugnaro, a right-wing politician, was speaking about extremism at a conference in the city of Rimini. He said …
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Charlie Hebdo draws ire with Barcelona attack cartoon
Critics have taken to the internet to condemn the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, over a front-page cartoon linking Islam to a recent deadly attack in Spain, saying it risked fanning Islamophobia. The latest edition of the magazine, which was attacked by gunmen in 2015, shows two people lying in a pool of blood having …
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Far-right protesters lock doors of Muslim school on first day of term
Far-right protesters have hung death’s-head images from the doors of an Islamic primary school in Leiden as children returned from the summer holiday. Teachers arriving at the IBS Er-Risèlèh school on Monday found a bicycle lock had been put on the doors of the building and a note referring to terrorist attacks in Europe. ‘We …
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Racists are targeting mosques across Spain with flares, graffiti and abuse after Barcelona
The Sevilla Mosque Foundation’s centre was targeted with anti-Muslim hate speech, such as ‘Killers, you’re going to pay’, and another one that used a slur for North Africans. The graffiti, which was discovered on Saturday morning, also included threats to behead Muslims with machetes. At the same time a mosque in Granada was attacked with …
Australia’s Hanson wears burqa to parliament in bid to ban them
Australian far-right senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign to ban the all-enveloping garment worn by some Muslim women, drawing a quick rebuke from the government and Muslims. Hanson sat in her seat in the assembly for about 20 minutes covered by the black burqa before removing …
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Outrage in UK over ‘The Muslim Problem’ article in The Sun
More than 100 British members of the parliament signed a letter Tuesday condemning an article in The Sun tabloid for using “Nazi-like terminology” regarding the U.K.’s Muslim community. In the end of the column, writer Trevor Kavanagh asked readers: “What do we do about The Muslim Problem,” which resembled the Nazi references to the “The …
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