A Muslim woman in east London had her headscarf pulled off and was dragged along the ground in a “sickening” attack in east London. The 27-year-old woman had been visiting a friend at a hair salon when two white youths approached her from behind and tried to rip off her hijab before pushing her onto …
Attacker shouts ‘I want to kill a Muslim’ before stabbing passenger at London train station
British police arrested a man who stabbed an Asian man while shouting “I want to kill a Muslim” at a London train station on Monday. The stabbing happened Monday as a train pulled into the Forest Hill station in southeast London. Witnesses said the attacker strode through the moving train and selected a victim based …
German police arrest PEGIDA supporter suspected of bombing Dresden mosque
German police detained a man linked to the anti-Islamic, xenophobic group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamification of the West (PEGIDA) on suspicion of involvement in an attack targeting a Turkish mosque and an event venue in Germany’s Dresden in September. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Nino K. by German media outlets, was detained on Thursday, …
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Missing Muslim teen harassed on subway found in NY
A New York teenager who went missing after she said she was harassed on a train last week has been found. Yasmin Seweid, 18, was found in the early hours of Saturday morning, officials from the Nassau County Police Department’s Missing Persons Squad said. The teen was seen being taken from her Long Island home …
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German court rules Muslim girls must take part in swimming lessons
Germany’s highest court has ruled that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that even wearing a burkini, or full-body swimsuit, breached Islamic dress codes. The constitutional court in Karlsruhe on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the girl’s parents that she should …
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First hijab wearing US lawmaker harassed by cab driver
The nation’s first elected Somali-American lawmaker says she was harassed and called “ISIS” by a taxicab driver in Washington, D.C. Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar detailed the incident on her Facebook page on Wednesday. She said the cab driver called her Daesh, lobbed sexist taunts and threatened to remove her hijab during a brief ride on …
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Muslim NYC officer and her son victims of hate attack, police say
A Muslim police officer here and her 16-year-old son were the targets of a hate attack during the weekend, police sources in the media said Sunday. Officer Aml Elsokary, a native of the city, dropped off her son in Brooklyn while off duty. After parking her car, she found the boy being pushed around by …
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Police suspect arson at mosque fire in Netherlands
A fire broke out at a planned mosque building in the city of Culemborg in central Netherlands on Wednesday. The Dutch police and Muslim community believe that the fire was deliberately started by an arsonist, media sources said. The fire reportedly started at the pool and spread to the whole building, leading to substantial damages. …
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Amid tougher stance on refugees, Merkel calls for burqa ban
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a burqa ban wherever possible on Monday at her conservative Christian Democrats’ (CDU) party conference. “The full veil must be banned wherever that is legally possible,” she told the about 1,000 delegates attending the two-day conference. Merkel also signalled plans for the CDU to toughen its stance on refugees …
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German police raid Berlin mosque in search of terror suspect
The German police on Thursday raided a mosque in Berlin in search of Anis Amri, who is suspected of killing 12 people on Monday when he drove his truck into a crowded Christmas market in the city. Entire sections of Berlin have been closed down due to the police activity there. Local media reports that …
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