A bus driver’s religious deed was seen as a radical act. He’s trying to prove that he’s a regular Muslim. In 2017, a Muslim bus driver performed one of his daily prayers while his vehicle was empty. He was tasked with carrying the flight crew of the French national carrier, Air France. As the crew …
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Against a regular drumbeat of anti-Muslim rhetoric by the country’s political class, Muslims increasingly bear the brunt as places of worship become unsafe. A Turkish mosque in the Alpine community of Albertville in France was subjected to an arson attack on Tuesday. The announcement was made by the Milli Gorus Islamic Confederation (CIMG) on their …
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A man accused of killing four members of a Canadian Muslim family by running them over in his pickup truck, targeted them in an attack motivated by hate, police said on Monday. Police in London, Ontario, citing witnesses, said that 20-year-old Nathaniel Veltman, jumped the curb in his vehicle on Sunday, struck five members of …
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Police in a city northwest of Edmonton say they are searching for a suspect after an attack on two Muslim women that is being treated as a hate crime. St. Albert RCMP say in a news release that two women were walking along a pathway, bordering Edmonton, when a man wearing a mask started yelling …
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A Muslim man was assaulted in what appears to be another hate crime, in Canada’s Saskatoon city. According to CBC, the man was “stabbed, beaten and had his beard cut” in an attack which took place early Friday morning. The victim, identified as Muhammad Kashif, said that he was near his parked car in an …
The premises of Al Ghazali Institute of the Grand Mosque of Paris was defaced with Islamophobic and racist inscriptions on Sunday. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin condemned the act as “unacceptable degradation” and assured to find the perpetrators of these acts. The incident took place at the institute’s campus in the southern city of Martigues, close …
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A council leader’s car has been deliberately set on fire in a “frightening” arson attack. Oldham Council leader Arooj Shah’s vehicle was set alight just before 01:30 BST on Tuesday, damaging the car and a neighbouring property. Ms Shah became the first Muslim woman to take charge of a council in the north of England …
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Polling station assistants in the western German town of Bergheim initially refused to allow a 21-year-old woman wearing a hijab and a protective mask to cast her ballot during Germany’s elections on Sunday. The poll workers reportedly cited a ban on face coverings for not allowing her to vote, according to the local WDR public …
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A man with a history of promoting hate was sentenced in a Canadian court Monday to 18 months behind bars for contravening six court orders to stop making defamatory comments about restaurant owner Mohamad Fakih. Kevin J. Johnston, a mayoral candidate for the city of Calgary, Alberta, was jailed by Justice Fred Myers for breaking …
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A school district in Essex County is investigating an allegation of discrimination by a teacher against a Muslim second grader. CBS2’s Meg Baker spoke with the girl’s mother. “I try to teach them modesty and teach them what God wants us to do and what is our purpose here,” said Cassandra Wyatt. Wyatt’s 7-year-old daughter …
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