Islamophobia

Islamophobic hate crimes spike in UK amid rise of far-right: Research group

Oct 08, 2022 17:35

Britain has seen a rise in Islamophobic hate crimes against the backdrop of a tangible hike in the number of far-right politicians “in government,” says the UK-based research and advisory group Cordoba Foundation.
European states accused of Islamophobia, suppressing Muslim civil society

Sep 30, 2022 13:35

Muslim civil society organizations, at a major security and human rights conference held in Poland on Thursday, warned about the alarming surge of state-sponsored Islamophobia in Europe.
‘Witch-hunt’: India outlaws leading Muslim political group, citing ‘terror links’

Sep 28, 2022 17:50

The right wing government in India has declared the Popular Front of India (PFI), a political organization that represents Muslims in the country, as “unlawful”, banning it for five years.
Hindu-Muslim tensions flare up in UK’s Leicester after Hindu mobs go on rampage

Sep 20, 2022 11:31

The British city of Leicester, which has a mixed population of minority Hindus and Muslims, has witnessed heightened communal tensions in recent days with Hindu extremist groups going on a rampage against Muslims.
Canadian human rights chief forced to resign over Islamophobic comments

Sep 17, 2022 19:31

The human rights commission chief for Canada’s western province of Alberta has been removed over Islamophobic comments he made in 2009.
Decades after 9/11, Muslims continue to be target of hate crimes, Islamophobia

Sep 12, 2022 05:15

The Muslim population of the United States has increasingly been the target of Islamophobia and hate crimes in the years following the September 11 attacks, which unleashed a new era of racism and discrimination against Muslims.
Leader: Iran standing up against arrogant powers’ plots, rejected their demands

Sep 03, 2022 11:21

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed the Islamic Republic as the most promising force in the face of plots pursued by colonial powers, stating that most of their outrageous demands have been resisted and rejected due to Iran’s struggle.
India set to deport Rohingya Muslim refugees in New Delhi

Aug 18, 2022 20:15

India's Home Ministry says the persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees in New Delhi will be held at a detention center and then expelled.
India: Release of Hindu gang-rapists of Muslim woman sparks fury

Aug 18, 2022 19:51

A Muslim woman who was gang-raped while pregnant during India’s religious riots of 2002 says she is “numb” after her attackers were released early from prison.
UN: It’s still unsafe for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar

Aug 18, 2022 06:23

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says conditions are not suitable yet for the Rohingya Muslim refugees to return to Myanmar.