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‘No one should be excluded’: Australia’s Tina Rahimi hits out at Olympic hijab ban

The Muslim boxer has hit out at France’s hijab ban, which prevents French athletes participating in certain sports from wearing religious head scarfs

The Guardian - AU · Jul 28, 2024

Radical Islamists raise millions to buy Scottish island for new 'homeland'

A RADICAL religious group has raised more than £3 million to buy an entire Scottish island, with the aim to create a closed community which…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 28, 2024

‘We got failed by the police’: how veterans of Leeds riots stepped in to defuse disorder

A group of Muslim men put themselves in danger to calm unrest in Harehills over children being taken into care

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

Targeting of Indian Muslims alleged in row over naming eateries by religion

Anger over police orders to display the owners’ names outside restaurants during Hindu festival in BJP-governed states.

Al Jazeera · Jul 24, 2024

‘I will burn every single mosque’ - Muslim political group was inundated with racist abuse during election

Exclusive: The Muslim Vote is reporting racist and Islamophobic abusive messages received during the general election to the police

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

The Yezidi genocide devastated Iraq’s community 10 years ago − but the roots of the prejudice that fueled it were much deeper

On the morning of Aug. 3, 2014, the Islamic State group launched a ruthless and swift campaign in Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq. The target was Yezidis: a monotheistic religious group whose members have long been persecuted.

The Conversation · Jul 22, 2024

Indonesians Flock To Festival To Cast Mythical Effigies Out To Sea

Thousands flocked to a coastal town in western Indonesia Sunday to watch a clash between ornate mythical effigies before they are cast into the sea, in a centuries-old ritual born from a Shiite holy day of mourning.

International Business Times · Jul 21, 2024

How Muslim media saw Trump shooting

Beyond the familiar conspiracy theories, many commenters in the Arab world fear a new U.S. assault on Islam

Salon · Jul 21, 2024

News18 anchor Aman Chopra defends UP police’s ‘very secular’ kawariya order

“Naam batane se ‘jhatka’ (shock at revealing the name)?” This was the top news on News18’s primetime show Desh Nahi Jhukne Denge on July 18 as anchor Aman Chopra hammered that the Uttar Pradesh police’s order directing shops and eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of…

Newslaundry · Jul 20, 2024

‘Impact on business, motive clear’: Muslim vendors on Kanwar Yatra diktat

Police announcements in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar and Uttarakhand’s Haridwar have triggered an uproar with an order asking all food vendors and eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners and staff. 

Newslaundry · Jul 19, 2024