US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar introduced a new resolution on Thursday that condemns Islamophobia globally and commemorates the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, which left more than 50 Muslim worshippers dead in New Zealand. The measure, co-sponsored by 20 Democratic members of Congress, was introduced on the first day of the Muslim holy month of[…]
Islamophobia needs to be recognised as a crime, a senior Malaysian official said on Friday, calling for “firmer” response by Muslim countries towards incidents of burning of the Muslims’ holy book, the Quran. “Anything that is Islamophobic can actually be considered as something which is criminal in nature. So, much[…]
INTERNATIONAL There’s a new course that was offered this Fall for the first time at California’s Stanford University, and it’s all about teaching students how Islamophobia manifests in the United States. The course, named Interrogating Islamophobia, is being taught by Abiya Ahmed, the associate dean and director of Stanford’s Markaz[…]
INTERNATIONAL Ibtihaj Muhammad, an American Olympic medalist in fencing, is being sued by a teacher for defamation after a social media post she made about the teacher allegedly pulling on a girl’s hijab went viral. The incident took place in October 2021, when the seven-year-old girl told her mom that[…]
INTERNATIONAL The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (Fosis), the national body for Muslim students in Britain, has threatened to launch a disaffiliation campaign against the National Union of Students (NUS) after the NUS suspended its president-elect, Shaima Dallali. Earlier this year, Jewish students accused Dallali of antisemitism and homophobia over[…]
INTERNATIONAL On Monday, an initial draft opinion leaked by Politico suggested that the US Supreme Court could soon overturn the decades-old Roe v Wade ruling, a move that would have a monumental impact on reproductive rights in the US. What followed was a slew of outrage on social media, news articles, and opinion pieces. But within[…]
The UN General Assembly adopted, by consensus on Tuesday, a resolution declaring 15 March as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Anadolu News Agency reports. The Resolution was introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. It marks the day when a gunman entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand,[…]
Police in the Canadian province of Ontario said a man driving a pick-up truck slammed into a Muslim family in a “premeditated” attack, killing four and seriously injuring a nine-year-old boy. Local news outlets said the victims were waiting to cross a street in the city of London, Ontario, about[…]
Austria plans to introduce a series of anti-terrorism measures following last week’s deadly attack in Vienna, including the criminalisation of political interpretations of Islam that are deemed to encourage violent extremism. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Wednesday that the measures were intended to protect society from extremists he described as “ticking time bombs”. The proposals[…]
Casting further light on the nexus between Zionism and the rise of the Islamophobia industry, the Israeli government has approved a grant to an American “anti-Muslim hate group”. Documents obtained by Jewish-American magazine, Forward, through a Freedom of Information Act request, revealed that Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs, transferred $40,000[…]
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