Sweden’s Migration Appeals Court has confirmed deportation rulings against Salwan Momika. Following the court’s decision, Momika told the country’s Express newspaper he has left Sweden and relocated to Norway, where he plans to seek asylum. Momika made headlines for burning the Quran on several occasions in Sweden. On June 28, 2023, dur...
Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister has announced that his country will join the South Africa-led genocide case against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Micheal Martin says that while the court will determine whether genocide has occurred, there have been blatant violations of international humanitarian law on a mass s...
Malmö, Sweden — AFP The Swedish city of Malmo is preparing to host the Eurovision Song Contest in early May under high security, amid protests over Israel’s participation. The war in Ukraine, and a heightened threat level in Sweden since August after a spate of offensive Islamophobic incidents endorsed by Swedish law spread anger a...
Despite criticism and threats, a school in northern Italy is standing behind its decision to close for a day so its many Muslim students can mark the religious holiday Eid al-Fitr. Earlier, the Iqbal Masih School in Pioltello, near Milan, drew criticism and even far-right threats. This was after it decided to close to mark […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak has said that his country has “no slightest connection” with the attack in Moscow. “Any attempts to connect Ukraine to the terrorist attack are absolutely untenable. Ukraine has not the slightest connection to this incident,” Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on X. Ukrain...
Muslim prisoners in England face disproportionate targeting with pepper spray, reveals data obtained by advocacy group Maslaha. Despite constituting 18% of the prison population, Muslims made up 34% of those targeted with Pava spray in 2022. The synthetic spray poses risks of injury, disability, or death. Christians, comprising 46% of inmate...
ANKARA (AA) – EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said that there is evidence that Israel is preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. Borrell underlined that Israeli control of the border is the reason for the ongoing humanitarian aid crisis. “If there is starvation. Why i...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The US and the UK conducted four airstrikes against the Al Hudaydah International Airport in western Yemen, the Houthi group said on Wednesday. “The US-UK aggression resumes targeting Al Hudaydah International Airport with a fourth airstrike,” the Al-Masirah channel, affiliated with the Houthis, said on Telegram. It d...
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden announced an emergency $300 million military aid shipment for Ukraine on Tuesday, as Poland’s leaders visited the White House to warn of the growing threat from Russia. The White House sidestepped Republicans in Congress, who have for months blocked a much larger package for Ky...
LONDON (AA) – For the Muslim community in London, the holy month of Ramadan has started this year with a sense of trepidation. A spike in Islamophobia spurred by Israel’s war on Gaza and recent break-ins at mosques have heightened fears and sparked calls for increased security measures. Since mid-February, there have been a series […]...