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Canadian parliament starts debating anti-Islamophobia motion
Feb 16, 2017 10:59Canadian lawmakers have started a formal process to approve or reject a legal motion against Islamophobia and systemic racism.
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UN rights chief urges end to rights violations against Rohingya Muslims
Feb 03, 2017 08:41The UN human rights chief has blasted Myanmar for committing “grave” human rights violations against its Rohingya Muslims, calling on the Naypyidaw government to stop the crimes against the persecuted minority.
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Iran denounces terrorist mosque shooting in Canada
Jan 30, 2017 14:09Iran has denounced a terrorist shooting at a mosque in Quebec City during evening prayers, describing it as “inhumane and criminal.”
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Czech judge dismisses hijab ban complaint by Somali refugee woman
Jan 27, 2017 14:27A judge in the Czech Republic has rejected a complaint lodged by a young Muslim woman banned from wearing hijab to school.
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Trump supporter abuses, kicks Muslim woman at JFK airport
Jan 27, 2017 14:27A supporter of US President Donald Trump from Massachusetts has attacked a Muslim woman at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, kicking and shouting obscenities at her.
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Austria mulls headscarf ban for public employees
Jan 06, 2017 14:17Austria's top diplomat says he is drawing up a controversial draft law to prohibit all public servants, including school teachers, from wearing headscarves while allowing Christian symbols.
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UN to probe Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya
Jan 06, 2017 11:23The United Nations is conducting a probe into a harsh military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar following reports of rapes, killings, and torture against the minority group in the Buddhist-dominated country.
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Rohingya Muslims: World's most persecuted minority
Dec 27, 2016 09:18Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. They have faced torture, neglect and repression since Myanmar’s independence in 1948. The Muslim minority group has witnessed attacks by extremist Buddhists in Myanmar. The violence has forced nearly 100,000 of them to flee the country.
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US: Muslim man targeted in hate attack near mosque in California
Dec 12, 2016 07:01A Muslim man has been brutally stabbed in an apparent hate attack near a mosque in the US state of California, police say.
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Trump’s cabinet picks deepen concerns over anti-Islamic White House
Nov 19, 2016 11:19The cabinet appointments of US President-elect Donald Trump have signaled his intention to deliver on his hard-line campaign promises and deepened concerns among Muslim Americans about an anti-Islamic White House.