Racism
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Muslim SNP councillor worries Boris Johnson government will make racism worse
Ashraf, an SNP councillor for Cumbernauld South, believes its vital viewing and tackles topics which have become more urgent since the Thursday night reelection of Boris Johnson.
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RACIST’ southwest airlines flight attendant threatens to kick muslin woman off plane
Mehdi Hasan, a British journalist based in the US, said his wife was “in tears” after a Southwest Airlines flight attendant told her she’d be escorted off the plane for asking if another passenger would be willing to swap seats.
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Attacked pregnant Muslim woman calls for solidarity against racism, intolerance
Rana Elasmar, who is 38-weeks pregnant was with friends at a Parramatta eatery on Wednesday night when a man approached their table and spoke to them.
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France: 42% of Muslims harassed at least once
The survey published by the French Public Opinion Institute (IFOP) said most racial harassment occurred during police controls, job applications and house rentals.
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Pig's head found at mosque construction site in Germany
The workers contacted the administration of the Schwelm Yeşil Cami, who relayed the issue to the local police.
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Vandals stop broadband installation on footpath at Preston mosque
Police were called on Tuesday morning after residents living in the Fishwick Parade area of Preston protested against the work taking place on a footpath outside Masjid-E-Aqsa mosque in Great Townley Street by Riversway-based Internexus.
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US athlete Muslim student disqualified from race for wearing hijab
Noor Abukaram, 16, said she was told her attire was against uniform regulations after crossing the finish line, adding that the experience made her feel “humiliated”, World News reported.
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Turkish mosque targeted in attack in Germany
The attackers who targeted Eving Grand Mosque, which operates under the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), are suspected to belong to far-right groups or be PKK terrorist organization sympathizers.
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Oxford University worker told Muslim woman to ‘go home’
According to Khan, Dr Peet Morris, a researcher and lecturer at the University of Oxford, told her to “go home” if she wanted to keep hold of “barbaric practices that subjugated women”. She said he also “demanded a ban on the Burka.”
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Muslim students face higher rates of bullying in US schools: watchdog
Two of every five Muslim students in California face endure bullying, a number that more than doubles the national average, according to an anti-Islamophobia watchdog.
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Nigeria school suspends Muslim student for wearing hijab
DAILY POST recalls that Badiru’s father, Dr. Idris Olabode Badiru, had in July, raised alarm over what he termed as molestation and inhuman treatment of his daughter, Ikhlas Badiru, by the Principal of International School
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Muslim woman told to ‘go home’ by UK Oxford academic
Aisha Ali Khan says she was subjected to ‘racist comments’, while attending a dinner organised by a friend.
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Anti-Muslim racism in Europe on rise in 2018: Report
Islamophobic incidents rose across Europe due to the increase in far-right movements' influence, according to a report by an Ankara-based think tank.
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Couple in UK punched, kicked and glassed security guard while screaming about hating Muslims
Jonathan Barrett, 32, and Laura Heywood, 25, were both been jailed after the man was punched, kicked and hit with a glass bottle during a work break.
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US company mocked Muslim job seeker's religion during interview, lawsuit says
An American Muslim woman says a potential employer in Virginia made fun of her religion and denied her a job because she asked for two five-minute prayer breaks during the work day.
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Muslim athlete suing Air Canada for forcing her to remove hijab
Fatima says her issue is that she wasn't given private screening room to remove her headscarf, though she repeatedly ask for one, and which is required by state and federal law
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UK man jailed for threats to kill Muslims
Darren Dale, from Blackpool, was visited by police on 14 February after expressing extreme right wing views.
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Australia’s first Muslim film festival opens in Perth
Filmed in Perth and Fremantle, ‘Overcoat’ made its theatrical debut this weekend at the inaugural Muslim Film Festival in Perth.
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White supremacist, 36, who sparked fear in UK with 'Punish a Muslim day' leaflets
Parnham penned a note of admiration to US white supremacist to Dylann Roof who shot dead nine black parishioners in South Carolina in 2016.
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UK councillor tells racist to 'sit down and shut up' after two Muslims are racially abused
Cllr Oliver Cooper, who represents Hampstead Town was travelling from Belsize Park to Camden Town, when he became aware of a man in his 40s hurling abuse at two women wearing hijabs.
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Toronto police investigate anti-Muslim graffiti on Etobicoke park sign
"The anti-Muslim graffiti found in Dennis Flynn Park is abhorrent and an example of religious hatred that must absolutely be condemned," said Toronto Mayor John Tory.
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Immigration lawyers report Canadian Muslims being denied entry to U.S.
Those denied entry include a prominent Guyana-born Toronto imam who serves as a chaplain with the Peel Regional Police and an Iraqi Turkmen community leader .
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Gun-toting anti-Muslim guilty of hate crime
The prosecution told Cardiff Crown Court that although Davison regretted his actions now, at the time his intention was clearly to stir up hatred of Muslims. Being drunk was no excuse.
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NYPD searching for white woman who launched an anti-Muslim tirade at teenager
The horrific attack took place on Friday afternoon on a B6 MTA bus in Brooklyn.
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‘Increasing number of Muslim women forced to remove headscarves’ at UK border control
The analysis of the use of Schedule 7 powers and its impact on the Muslim community was released by CAGE this week.
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Air Canada forced 12-year-old Muslim girl to take off her hijab
Fatima Abdelrahman was travelling from California to Toronto on Aug. 1 with fellow players and her coach on the U.S. Squash team .
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Racism, anti-Islam claims at upmarket Joburg estate as Eid turns violent
Ayman Fareed, a resident of Saddlebrook Estate in Midrand, described the “violent” attempt to block the slaughter of 6 sheep and a bull as “racist and anti-Islam”.
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Turkey voices concern over mosque attack in Norway
A 21-year-old gunman on Saturday attacked the Al-Noor Islamic Centre in Baerum, Norway. The gunman was overpowered by people at the mosque before police arrived, Skjold said adding that Afghan national Mohamed Rafiq was injured while confronting the attacker.
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One injured in shooting at Norway mosque
The suspected shooter at the al-Noor Islamic Centre near the country’s capital was described as “a young white man”.
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Mosques targeted every two days in Germany
Mosques linked to the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), which has nearly 850 mosques in Germany, were targeted nine times with bomb threats. In the past months, some mosques were set on fire. In some mosques, the Quran was torn, various things were written on the walls, and the mosques were damaged financially.