Deadly shootings apparently carried out by nationalist extremists have killed 49 people in two Christchurch mosques in New Zealand. This is what we know about the attacks so far. Police Commissioner Mike Bush has confirmed that 49 people have been killed, over 20 more injured. Children were among those with[…]
US lawmakers approved a measure that condemns anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate amid a backlash over controversial comments by Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. The measure was approved in the US House of Representatives on Thursday by a 407-23 vote. The decision follows acrimonious debate over how to reprimand[…]
Boris Johnson, the former British foreign secretary, has come under fire after Islamophobic comments targeting Muslim women wearing face veils. In an opinion piece published in Monday’s Daily Telegraph, the Tory politician and leading figure in a campaign for Britain to leave the European Union said that Muslim women wearing[…]
Canadians have condemned the “horrific assault” of a Muslim man near Toronto over the weekend, raising renewed concerns of an uptick in Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crimes. Muhammed Abu Marzouk was beaten by two men in Mississauga, a city just west of Toronto, after they reportedly shouted anti-Arab slurs at[…]
Sayeeda Warsi, a former Conservative Party co-chair and the first Muslim woman to hold a British cabinet post, urged the government to redefine Islamophobia calling it “Britain’s latest bigotry blind spot” that can “be found in Britain’s most respectable circles”. “It is wrong to say that the government is Islamophobic,[…]
A van ploughed into worshippers leaving a London mosque early Monday, killing at least one person and injuring several in what Britain’s largest Muslim organisation said was a deliberate act of Islamophobia. The Muslim Council of Britain said the vehicle hit people as they were leaving the Finsbury Park Mosque,[…]
By Yaseen Kippie The topic of Sufism is one that is often misunderstood, but in South Africa, it is the reason we are still Muslim. Gatherings of dhikr, gadat and moulood are well known for inspiring Muslim slaves brought from Indonesia by the Dutch East Indian Company since the 1600’s.[…]
While the Knysna Muslim community is elated at the landmark ruling which gives the green light for a mosque in the area, there continues to be widespread anger at the idea of a ‘Muslim presence’ in the popular tourist town. On Wednesday morning, Judge Dlodlo ruled in favour of the[…]
By Yaseen Kippie The Western Cape High Court ruled on the Knysna Muslim Council versus 22 Rawson Street Corporate case today. The verdict was in favour of the Council’s proposed project to build Knysna’s first mosque. In September 2014, the Knysna Muslim Council applied for approval of a project to[…]
Lawmakers in Canada’s House of Commons, with strong encouragement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, passed a motion Thursday paving the way for future measures to combat Islamophobia. The motion, which passed easily, asks the government to “recognize the need to quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear”[…]
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