Denmark, following in the footsteps of several other European countries, seeks to target Muslim women for their religious convictions. In 2004, the Danish People’s Party presented a motion, which discussed the prohibition of wearing cultural headscarves. The ban included: “any type of scarf or headwear that falls outside the category of Christian or Jewish culture.” …
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A curfew is in place in the central district of Kandy, where crowds from the Buddhist Sinhala majority attacked a mosque, Muslim-owned shops and homes. “Four mosques, 37 houses, 46 shops and 35 vehicles damaged in Digana and Teldeniya area due to the mob attack,” a local official told the BBC. “Everything is destroyed. Muslims …
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A 70-year-old man allegedly caused two train crashes and left Arabic messages at the scene, in an attempt to provoke a backlash against Muslims. Prosecutors in the Czech Republic told local media that the pensioner chopped down trees so they would fall over the railway tracks near Mlada Boleslav, a small city around 40 miles north of the country’s capital, Prague. State attorney Marek Bodlak said …
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A Canadian man went on trial for an attack on a Quebec City mosque last year, pleading not guilty to charges of shooting to death six worshippers and wounding many others. The rampage on January 29, 2017 was one of the deadliest ever against Muslims in a Western country, leaving six dead and more than …
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Imam Alauddin Akonjee and his friend were shot dead in September 2016 in New York, but the police is yet to determine the motive of the murder, causing a delay in legal proceedings. Akonjee and his friend, Thara Uddin, were shot point-blank in Ozone Park on August 12, 2016. They were walking home after finishing …
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A 63-year-old imam of a mosque has been “beaten to death” on Saturday in the Muslim-majority city of Novi Pazar in Serbia. Nazir Salihovic was attacked when he was on his way back home after leading the night prayer at the mosque, the Serbian Islamic Union said in a statement. It said the attack on …
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At least 950 attacks occurred in Germany on Muslims and Islamic institutions last year. 33 people were injured in the attacks, almost all of which were carried out by people on the extreme-right. Almost 60 incidents involved attacks or damage inflicted on mosques and other Islamic institutions, including the smearing of pig’s blood on buildings. The …
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A disabled man Syed Ali went out to go to the shops and he got outside he noticed his door was black before a neighbour pointed out the graffiti. ‘Kill Muslims’ was written on his front door in marker pen as well as in paint. The police were called and came to Mr Ali’s home …
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Sydney woman Moutia Elzahed sued the police and lost. Now she’s appealing the decision on the basis she was barred from testifying due to her religious garb. In November 2016, Muslim woman Moutia Elzahed was told she couldn’t give evidence in court with her niqab on. The case was about a police raid on her …
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Donald Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to uphold his contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries. Conservative justices including Chief Justice John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy, a frequent swing vote on the nine-member court, indicated during arguments in …
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