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. …
Three British Muslim siblings interrogated on London airport runway after fellow passengers claimed seeing Arabic text on phone. Sakina Dharas, 24, her sister Maryam, 19, and their brother Ali, 21, were on board EasyJet flight EZY3249 from London’s Stansted Airport to the Italian city of Naples on August 17. Sakina told that as the plane …
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbis have banned women from going to university. The strict Satmar sect issued the decree warning that university education for women is “dangerous”. Written in Yiddish, the decree warns: “It has lately become the new trend that girls and married women are pursuing degrees in special education. Some attend classes and others online. …
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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 …
