PARIS – A harmless desire to swim in the public pools with a full-body costume by a group of Muslim women in the southeastern Grenoble city of France has triggered a national outrage this summer. A French court on Wednesday May 25 suspended the decision by the Grenoble municipal council to authorize the long costume […]
PARIS (AA) – A French court has suspended a decision by the Grenoble Municipal Council to allow Muslim women to wear the burkini, a full body swimming costume, in the city’s public pools. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin commended the administrative tribunal’s decision on Twitter. “Excellent news: following our appeal, the administrativ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – A ceremony was held in the Tuzla city of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday to honor the 71 victims of the 1995 massacre. The relatives of the victims and politicians participated in the ceremony to mark the 27th anniversary of the May 25, 1995 massacre, also known as the Kapija massacre. […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said it is “appalled” by “jarring” photographic evidence of China’s widespread rights abuses against its minority Muslim Uyghur population. “This new reporting further adds to an already damning body of evidence of the PRC’s atrocities in Xinjiang,” State Depart...
BELGRADE, Serbia – There is more Islamophobia in Bosnia and Herzegovina than there is in the rest of Europe, the head of a Muslim organization in the country has said. “Unfortunately, Islamophobia exists in our society. We may suffer it from Bosnians, Croats or Serbs. Islamophobia- we can say- is more common in Bosnia and […...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday dispersed Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron who were protesting against the violation of the sanctity of the Ibrahimi Mosque by the occupation authorities. Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinians tried to reach the mosque but Israeli forces closed the iron gates leading to...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany is facing mounting criticism after authorities banned various peaceful protests in recent weeks, triggering a debate about rights and liberties in the country. Omar Shakir, a Human Rights Watch expert, said German authorities banned almost all pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Berlin in the last two weeks, and police deta...
New Delhi, India (AFP): Thirty years after mobs demolished the historic Babri mosque in Ayodhya, India, triggering a wave of sectarian bloodshed that saw thousands killed, fundamentalist Indian Hindu groups are eyeing other Muslim sites — even the world-famous Taj Mahal. Emboldened under Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ai...
BRUSSELS – The European Commission has announced an additional €22 million ($23.3 million) in humanitarian aid for the Rohingya community. The aid will provide shelter, food and health assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and their host communities, as well as displaced Rohingya and other conflict-affected people in Myanmar, the EU’s...
Doug Mastriano, a QAnon conspiracy theorist and Jan. 6 insurrectionist, recently won the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor. Mastriano is also anti-Muslim. He previously shared a post claiming Americans “have a right to be fearful” of a large number of Muslims being elected to Congress. Mastriano, a Pennsylvania state senator, is...
