Racial inequality is getting worse in the United Kingdom, with young black people and ethnic minorities suffering “institutional racism” and “unfairness” in the fields of education, employment and the criminal justice system, a human rights watchdog has said. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said in its latest report on Thursday that race was …
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The man had been listening to interviewee Ruqaiya Haris talk about her experiences of ‘hate messages’ on Twitter. This is the shocking moment a man interrupts an interview with a Muslim woman about Islamophobia – by shouting out an Islamophobic comment. Catrin Nye was interviewing 23-year-old student Ruqaiya Haris about her experiences on social media …
Celtic could face another UEFA charge after a number of fans waved Palestinian flags during Wednesday’s game with Hapoel Be’er Sheva. The Parkhead club were known to be concerned about the ramifications of political statements being made inside a sporting arena. While there were no widespread or sustained protests, the fact around 30 such flags …
Almost 7,000 “Islamophobic” tweets were sent, in English, every day in July worldwide, data seen by the BBC suggests. This compared to 2,500 in April, with peaks recorded following the Nice lorry attack and the attempted military coup in Turkey. Forty-nine words and hashtags were used as indicators of anti-Islamic tweets, by the think tank …
Muslim women are discriminated against in the job market, making them the most economically disadvantaged group in British society, according to a report by MPs. A report by the Women and Equalities Committee discovered Muslim women are three times more likely to be unemployed and looking for work than women generally, and are more than …
BBC radio presenter Ian Timms has made reference to Somalian pirates while discussing the Somali Olympic team’s results at a sailing event in Rio. Ian says: “We’ve got some sailing results from the Olympics in Rio tongiht. Team GB have taken gold, Denmark have taken silver, and Somalia have taken a middle-aged couple who were …
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On 25 July 2016, a British Muslim woman was detained at a UK airport and questioned under terror laws after a cabin crew member spotted her reading a Syrian culture book on board her honeymoon flight. National Health Service (NHS) worker Faizah Shaheen, who helps prevent teenage mental health patients from becoming radicalized, was returning …
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United States and European Countries had not condemned until it was obvious that coup was failing. During the coup attempt, US Secretary of State John Kerry hoped for “stability, peace, continuity”, not for democracy. Amid the coup attempt, US Embassy in Turkey referred the coup as “uprising”. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon also said that …
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Coup soldiers attacked civilians with tanks, F-16 jets and helicopters. They targeted innocent civilians deliberately. Turkish parliament and Presidential Complex were also bombed by coup plotters. However, despite this tragic event that no representatives or officials from EU have visited for condolence since failed coup in Turkey.
A pregnant Muslim woman lost her baby after being kicked in the stomach in a “devastating” racist attack. The woman, 34 , was shopping in a Co-op near Milton Keynes when a man launched a tirade of racist abuse at her. He then followed her to her car before kicking her hard in the stomach. …
