Muslim Americans have expressed concerns about the appointment to an interfaith council of a senior member of an organization associated with a Hindu supremacist group. Chandru Acharya has been appointed to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) faith-based religious council in order to advise the US government on domestic is...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A Hindu mob allegedly ransacked a mosque, attacked Muslims offering prayers, and threatened them with expulsion from their village in the northern Indian state of Haryana, according to a police official. Police registered a complaint of Subedar Nazar Mohammed in this regard, but no arrests were made. “We have already reg...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union’s anti-fraud office has issued a damning report that has brought to light the EU border agency’s cover-up of illegal pushbacks of migrants by the Greek Coast Guard into Turkish territorial waters. The report has not yet been made public officially by the EU. However, it has been highlighted by...
BRUSSELS (AA) – A 20-month-old refugee baby has become the latest victim of the racism and mismanagement by Belgian authorities in processing applications for asylum seekers. The baby, who was accompanied by her mother, spent the night on the streets as they waited outside the Belgian Federal Asylum Seeker Reception Agency (Fedasil) to s...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A video showing Muslim men tied to poles and being beaten by the state police in the western Indian state of Gujarat has emerged. The victims were targeted for allegedly throwing stones at a Hindu religious event last week. Indian Muslims have increasingly been subjected to systematic police violence, lynching by radical [&hell...
LONDON (AA) – Hate crimes in the UK are on the rise because the government “tends to try to appease the far right by adopting some of their positions,” according to a prominent Muslim scholar. Anas Altikriti, CEO of Cordoba Foundation, told Anadolu Agency that the British Muslim community has sensed that “there is a […]
LONDON (AA) – Islamophobic hate crimes in England and Wales skyrocketed last year, according to statistics revealed on Thursday. Muslims became the most targeted religious group last year, according to the Home Office figures. The number of religious hate crimes recorded by police and targeting Muslims was 3,459 in the year ending March ...
BERLIN (AA) – Anti-Muslim attitudes are widespread in Germany, according to a recent study conducted by the Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR). Nearly 48% of respondents said they believe “Islam is not compatible with the German society,” while 29% suggested restricting practice of Islam in the country. “Negative attitudes...
ANKARA (AA) – France’s far-right politician Marine Le Pen has demanded more mosques be closed in the country. Her demand comes despite the closure of 24 mosques in France in the past two years upon the order of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. In an interview with French TV channel BFMTV, Marine Le Pen said: “He […]
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – A mosque in Germany was subjected to an Islamophobic attack. Last Saturday, Islamophobic slurs and derogatory words about Prophet Muhammad were written on the wall of the mosque affiliated with the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) in the western city of Offenbach. In a statement, police urged ey...