Europe

A French municipality’s decision to name a street in the municipality after Khadija bint Khuwailid, the wife of the Messenger of God Muhammad – peace be upon him and his progeny – sparked widespread discontent among supporters of the far-right…

Amid a great Husseini atmosphere, and with the participation of men, women and children, the Shias of the Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) in the city of Tampere, southern Finland, held a mourning procession to revive the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of…

The Coordination for Combating Islamophobia in France launched a campaign against a Parisian school specialized in commerce, after information that it insulted two Muslim students because of their headscarves and asked them to remove it. The coordination said on Twitter…

Pope Francis has said that the West cannot be called an “example” because it has gone the wrong way. In an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper, the Pope added that “the West as a whole is not currently…

A political figure close to French President Emmanuel Macron has instructed the dismissal of a basketball team manager because of his conversion to Islam. A new investigation by the French newspaper, Liberation, revealed a new story of the spread of…

Swedish far-right politicians participating in this year’s elections have been exposed for wanting to eradicate Muslims and “blackheads,” a derogatory term for Black people. Anti-racist magazine Expo, along with news outlet, Expressen, revealed Thursday right-wing candidates who also openly pay…

 The newly-started Muslim Nuance Party is running in the upcoming Swedish elections slated for September 11.  Nuance is a party that focuses on the rights of minorities, with Muslims being the main focal point.  According to the party leader Mikail…

The inauguration of a new eco-mosque and Islamic centre in the Croatian town of Sisak is scheduled for Thursday, 8 September, as reported by the Bulgarian News Agency reports (BTA). This will be only the third largest religious facility for…

A Muslim place of worship in northern France was completely burned down by a fire late Friday night. Authorities suspect an arson attack, according to local media reports. The incident took place at the Rambouillet mosque in the Yvelines department…

A cartoon published in Wednesday’s edition of l’Acadie Nouvelle, an independent French-language newspaper in New Brunswick, is causing a social media uproar. Moncton-based activists said the cartoon “turns Muslim women into an object and degrades them.” The cartoon was quickly…