Islamophobia

What drives France’s sinister obsession with shutting down mosques?

In the past two years or so, the French government has closed dozens of mosques, using a controversial and much-criticised anti-separatism law.

Anti-Muslim racism institutionalised in Europe, report warns

Normalisation of anti-Muslim sentiment is "as pressing a problem" as in previous years, says European Islamophobia Report, with the UK and France as “the main spots of anti-Muslim hatred."

Twitter hate: 86 percent of anti-Muslim content comes from US, UK, India

Users from the three countries generated 86 percent of malicious content between 2017-19; online hateful content led to physical attacks on Muslims and mosques.

Muslim characters face 'epidemic of invisibility' in top 200 TV shows

"Muslims make up 25% of the world's population yet were only 1.1% of characters in popular television series," says Al-Baab Khan, the study’s lead author at the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

Why urgent probe into UK’s cover-up on Shamima Begum is required

The revelations on three British schoolgirls trafficked to become ‘Jihadi Brides’ of Daesh must be investigated by an independent panel.

Muslim women wearing burkinis barred from pool in Canada

A Muslim mother and her two daughters were refused access to a pool at a resort in Winnipeg, Manitoba due to the burkinis they were wearing.

'Targeted killings': US police suspect murder of four Muslim men are linked

Police in New Mexico’s largest city and federal agencies are trying to determine if the ambush shooting deaths of three Muslim men over the past nine months could be connected.

Rigged AI: How algorithms fuel anti-Muslim hatred in Europe and beyond

Researchers studying different social media platforms identify how algorithms play a key role in the dissemination of anti-Muslim content, prompting wider hate against the community.

Muslim woman wearing headscarf attacked in Germany

The attacker verbally insulted and hit the woman in a restaurant in Berlin, local media reported, amid a wave of racism and anti-Muslim sentiment in Germany.

UK's anti-terrorism strategy has 'negative effect' on Muslim communities

A UN special rapporteur has criticised the UK's Prevent Strategy for targeting Muslim communities, highlighting that its implementation is "inconsistent" with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

How Western museums distorted the Muslim image after stealing its art

Western countries have assumed themselves the custodians and narrators of the global human experience with little to no mention of the colonial roots of the institution.

Thousands protest ruling BJP's 'bulldozer justice' against Indian Muslims

Several Indian cities have protested to condemn the ruling BJP's selective demolition drive targeting Muslim-owned shops and homes, in what critics call "a form of collective extrajudicial punishment."