A newly-built Muslim cultural center in Sept-Îles, Canada was vandalized earlier this week, revealing a very troubling sharp increase in reported incidents that are related to Islamophobia in the country. A 38-year-old man was arrested and then released on a promise to appear in court in six to eight weeks on charges of breaking and …
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A southeast Calgary Islamic centre was vandalized late Friday evening, and a community leader is hoping the person responsible comes forward, because he wants to start a conversation. The glass on the door of the Islamic Centre of South Calgary in Queensland was broken. A burnt copy of the Quran and a hateful letter greeted …
A Los Angeles man found with multiple weapons and hundreds of pounds of ammunition in his home was charged with making terrorist threats to the Islamic Center of Southern California, authorities announced Tuesday. Mark Lucian Feigin was arrested last week on the charge, which has been designated as a hate crime, according to the Los …
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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 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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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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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 …
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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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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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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