Three attacks targeting Turkish-run mosques in Germany since Sept. 25 triggered concerns on rising Islamophobia in the country where xenophobic and Islamophobic movements have gained popularity since a recent influx of refugees. The latest target of unknown assailants was a mosque under construction in Herringen, a small town in the North Rhein Westphalia state. Suspects …
Quebec considers ban on face veils in public sector
Quebec is moving ahead with a law to ban face coverings in the public sector in a move criticized as marginalizing Muslim women and potentially inflaming anti-immigrant tensions in the mainly French-speaking Canadian province. The proposed law prohibits anyone giving or receiving government services, such as a provincial government-issued health card, from wearing face-covering garments. …
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Alabama police chief shared anti-Muslim posts in Facebook
On Sept. 23, Alabama police chief Barry Pendergraft posted a video of himself loading the bullets with the text, “100 more bacon grease covered bullets in the box! This relaxes me so!!” On Sept. 27, Pendergraft uploaded a picture of a box filled with the ammunition. He posted, “Happiness is a couple thousand rounds in …
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Italian Muslims hold prayer near Rome’s Colosseum to protest restrictions on worship
eral hundred Muslims staged a protest prayer outside the Colosseum in Rome on Friday over what they see as unfair restrictions on their freedom to practice their faith in Italy. Organizers said they had called the demonstration following the recent closure on administrative grounds of five makeshift mosques. Many Italian Muslims suspect local authorities are …
Video games under fire for Islamophobia
The Youth and Sports Ministry has pointed out the dangers of Islamophobia creeping into young minds through video games with a new campaign. A booklet titled “Islamophobia In Video Games” was presented at a convention of sports and youth ministers at the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) that ended in Istanbul on Friday. The booklet …
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Muslim community center vandalized with racial slurs in New Jersey
Local Muslim Americans in Bayonne, New Jersey, were shocked to find Islamophobic epithets and “Donald Trump” spray-painted all over the Bayonne Muslim Community Center on Friday. Words such as “fuck Allah,” “fuck Arabs,” “Jesus Christ” and “fuck ISIS” were found plastered all over the red-brick building, which is also referred to as “Al Mi’raj Masjid.” …
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Muslim woman’s hijab ripped off in Islamophobic attack in London
A Muslim woman had her hijab pulled down on a busy north London street in racially-motivated assault and police is asking for help to find the attackers. London police are asking for help finding two men who pulled off the headscarf of the woman in her 20s, who was shocked and distressed after the Sept. …
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Muslim students in US speak out against FBI informant plan
When in last week’s presidential debate Donald Trump suggested that Muslims in the United States should “report when they see something going on,” he sparked a satirical backlash on Twitter mocking the idea that every Muslim has some secret knowledge of terrorism. But the FBI has also aggressively sought terrorism leads from Muslim Americans; a …
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Canadian Muslim student told she could not take exam as she was wearing hijab
A student in Canada has been told she could not sit an exam after she refused to partially remove her hijab. The girl was asked by a male biology teacher to pull her headscarf behind her ears so he could see if she was wearing headphones, according to a spokesperson for the school in Montreal. …
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Islamophobia rising in America: 4 mosques targeted, including a terror plot in the past week
With the elections fast approaching, there is an apparent spike in incidents targeting the American Muslim community in the past week alone. 10/15/16: Waterloo, Iowa – The Masjid Al Noor mosque, in Waterloo, Iowa was found to have been vandalized on Saturday. The word “TRUMP” was spray painted on the mosque’s exterior, in large red …
