Police are investigating multiple break-ins and vandalism at a Muslim community center in Minnesota. Over the past two months, the site of the planned Tibyan Center mosque, which is housed in a former bank, has been repeatedly attacked by a group of young people. It has resulted in approximately $20,000 in damage. Executive Director of [&hell...
Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, JD Vance, has drawn criticism for describing the UK as a potential “Islamist country” that has nuclear weapons under a Labour government. Vance, who is a junior senator from Ohio, made the remarks at a National Conservatism conference. He has suggested that with Labour’s recent...
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on France to overturn its hijab ban on its Olympic athletes. France is hosting the Olympics starting next week in its capital Paris. A new briefing issued on Tuesday by Amnesty focuses on violations of Muslim women’s and girls’ human rights through France’s hijab bans in sports. It [&hel...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The Quebec Human Rights Commission is seeking a $13,000 settlement on behalf of a 12-year-old Muslim girl who was kicked out of her karate class for wearing a hijab, Canadian media reported Friday. “For their part, the plaintiffs felt a feeling of injustice and exclusion,” according to the Commission, CTV News [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – The leaders of both the UN and the Council of Europe on Thursday commemorated the Srebrenica genocide of Bosniak Muslims, which took place 29 years ago, in 1995, in eastern Bosnia. “May the memory of Srebrenica strengthen our collective resolve to build a world free from the scourge of genocide, where justice […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced an expansion of its hate speech policy in order to remove posts that target “Zionists” in a derogatory manner. The new policy is designed to prevent the use of “Zionist” as a way to express “antisemitic views” towards Jews and Israel...
Among those elected include 15 are from Labour, four as independents and two from Conservative tickets Muslim Network TV Desk LONDON (MNTV) – Despite an increase in Islamophobic sentiment, a record-breaking 25 Muslims have been elected to the House of Commons in the recent U.K. election. Several Muslim free-Palestine candidates claimed f...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities have finalized arrangements to bid farewell to 14 more victims of the Srebrenica genocide on the 29th anniversary of the atrocity. Green coffins with the remains of the victims are ready in Visoko from where they will depart on July 9 for the village of Potocari to […]
Student outcry has intensified at Harvard University following the release of findings from two separate inquiries into anti-semitism and Islamophobia on campus. Tasked with investigating allegations amid tensions over Israel’s war on Gaza and occupation of Palestine, both reports acknowledged a climate of discrimination and harassment on camp...
A protest, held in front of the Greek Embassy in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, marked the 80th anniversary of the massacre committed by Greece against Cham Muslim Albanians. Protesters, carrying Cham symbols and Albanian flags, denounced the massacre and human rights violations that occurred during and after World War II. The Cham re...
