A recently released Uyghur woman has been handed another 14-year sentence by Chinese authorities. Authorities accuse Heyrinisa Memet, who was previously in prison for a decade, of attempting to undermine China by teaching Quranic studies to teenagers. The re-sentencing is part of a wider campaign to curb religious activities by the Chinese gov...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An investigation was launched Thursday into “a hate crime” by a driver who broadcast Islamophobic content from a digital screen on top of a moving vehicle in Toronto, according to police. The video contained anti-Islamic statements after displaying footage of Muslims praying. The Hate Crimes Unit started an investigation ...
A new mosque in Baltimore’s Harford County is facing hostility from some neighbors. Although the Harford Islamic Center has quickly become a community gathering place since it opened its doors in March, some residents oppose its presence. Mosque members have reported incidents of intimidation. These include photographing children and vehic...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has welcomed the federal indictment of an Arizona man accused of planning a mass shooting at an Atlanta rap concert. He faces a number of charges. These include firearms trafficking and possession related to a hate crime aimed at African Americans, Jews, or Muslims. A number of reports say [&he...
A social media post under the username “JewishBiker88” sparked outrage as it depicted a man urinating on the sign of the East Texas Islamic Society Mosque and School in Tyler, Texas. The post, accompanied by the caption “Found a good place to take a p**s while out on the motorcycle this morning,” has since been […]
The Canadian government has confronted Israel for allegedly backing an online Islamophobic misinformation campaign targeting Canadian citizens. The Toronto Star reported that Canada conveyed these concerns after Israeli newspaper Haaretz claimed a state branch had hired a private firm to influence public opinion in Canada and the US. Global A...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commemorated Thursday a terrorist attack that killed four members of a Muslim family in Ontario in 2021. “Three years ago, Talat, Salman, Madiha, and Yumnah Afzaal were murdered. Three generations killed and a young boy orphaned by a cowardly terrorist attack,” Tr...
Predominantly Muslim Tajikistan is poised to outlaw the hijab. The move comes after years of unofficial restrictions which have forced many women to choose between their careers and their faith. Draft amendments to the law on “traditions and celebrations” have been adopted by the parliament to ban the Islamic attire. They target clothing deeme...
A security guard at Qarabughra Prison in occupied Eastern Turkestan in northwest China fatally shot two Uyghur brothers. The killings of 35-year-old Sidikjan Ablikim and 33-year-old Ablehet Ablikim occurred during a confrontation in a vegetable field where the brothers were working. Chinese police and prison officials claim the guard interv...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has called on Louisiana’s Department of Education to suspend its association with PragerU. CAIR has stressed concerns over PragerU’s history of spreading ahistorical information and Islamophobia. The civil rights organization says this makes it unsuitable for inclusion in public school curricul...
