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India’s Muslims targeted by alarming spike in hate speech in 2023: Research
Feb 28, 2024 11:50Anti-Muslim hate speech more than doubled across India last year amid accusations of Islamophobic tendencies against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, the BJP. A research group has said the incidents mostly took place in states governed by the ruling Hindu nationalist party.
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Sharp rise in Islamophobic incidents in UK following Gaza war leaves Muslims in fear: Report
Feb 26, 2024 07:18A new report has revealed that the number of Islamophobic incidents has risen sharply in the UK following Israel’s brutal war on the Gaza Strip, leaving Muslims in fear.
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Swedish court orders expulsion of Iraqi man behind Qur’an desecration
Feb 09, 2024 09:23Sweden’s Migration Court has ordered the deportation of an Iraqi man who desecrated copies of the Holy Qur’an in Stockholm last year.
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Indian court allows Hindus to pray in another disputed mosque
Feb 09, 2024 09:22In one of the most sensitive religious disputes in India, the country’s court permits Hindu worshipers to pray inside a mosque in the north Indian city of Varanasi.
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US police in Michigan city put on alert after ‘Islamophobic’ WSJ op-ed
Feb 05, 2024 13:48The mayor of Dearborn in the US state of Michigan has ordered police in the city to go on alert after the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece, which has been slammed as “bigoted” and “Islamophobic".
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OIC condemns opening of controversial temple in India in place of Babri Masjid
Jan 23, 2024 15:23The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has denounced the opening of the controversial Hindu “Ram Temple” in place of the historic Babri Masjid (Babari Mosque) destroyed in 1992 by the extremists in India.
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New York police sued for forcibly removing Muslim woman's hijab
Jan 19, 2024 13:13New York City’s Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) has been sued for forcibly removing a Muslim woman's hijab and withholding it until her release, according to a lawsuit filed by civil rights bodies.
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Imam in US fatally shot dead outside mosque amid rise in Islamophobia
Jan 05, 2024 13:07A mosque Imam in the US, Hassan Sharif, breathed his last at a hospital after he was fatally gunned down when he left Muhammad-Newark mosque in New Jersey after morning prayers, as Islamophobia is on the rise in the United States.
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Indian court allows survey of mosque to confirm if it was built on temple
Dec 15, 2023 07:17A court in India has allowed the survey of a 17th century mosque to determine if it was built over a Hindu temple.
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Indonesia prevents Myanmar's Muslim refugee boats from reaching shore
Nov 25, 2023 14:35Indonesian police and fisherman have started patrolling parts of the country’s westernmost province to prevent boats of Myanmar's Muslim refugees from reaching the shore.