SANTA CLARA, California – The Santa Clara Police Department in California has denied claims that it forced a Muslim woman to remove her hijab. Asia Aden, a Muslim woman, was arrested by the Sheriff’s Office following a domestic violence incident. “The Sheriff’s Office received the complaint and reviewed the surveillance footage. Fo...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A court in the U.S. state of Missouri has sentenced a man to 16 years in prison for setting fire to an Islamic center. According to the Department of Justice, the convicted man, John Proffitt, had attempted to set fire to the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center on the first day of Ramadan […]
LONDON (AA): Sweden wants to strengthen relations with Muslim countries, the Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom has said, as the country drew criticism over the repeated and unhindered desecration of the Quran in the country. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that Billstrom had a conversation with more than 20 ambassadors of the...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA): From discriminatory legislation to actual acts of aggression and violence, the Muslim community in Denmark has repeatedly raised concerns over a growing wave of Islamophobia in the country. With the latest furor over the attacks on the Quran, community leaders are hoping for more systematic change, rather than cosmeti...
ANKARA (AA): Denmark is studying several measures and legislation to prevent the recurrence of Quran burning incidents, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen affirmed this in a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a statement. Rasmu...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – The Muslim advocacy group Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged Florida authorities to ban PragerU for anti-Muslim content. Florida recently approved PragerU, an unaccredited nonprofit organization, and its newly launched PragerU Kids content for teaching in public schools. PragerU has been critici...
ISTANBUL – The physical and psychological torture of inmates was a common practice at the US Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, said a former Yemeni detainee who spent 15 years there due to his name being similar to that of a terrorist suspect. Speaking to Anadolu, Mansoor Adayfi highlighted how the US spy agency […]
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Two women are charged with hate crimes after they were caught on video attacking two women wearing hijabs in Milwaukee, a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The victims said they believed they were attacked because of their appearance. The incident occurred July 30 in Cathedral Square Park. The victims said [&hel...
GENEVA (AA): Recent “reckless” attacks on Islam’s holy book, the Quran, in Denmark and Sweden are “individual” provocations, the EU said on Thursday. “The EU has always been clear that manifestations of racism, xenophobia, and related intolerance have no place in Europe,” Nabila Massrali, the EU spokesperson...
LONDON – The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has accused banks of closing the accounts of British Muslims without proper transparency and redress. The MCB said that individuals and organizations from the community were disproportionately affected by this problem. The organization expressed deep concern about this practice. The organizati...
