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More than 780,000 articles in Western newspapers have distorted the image of Muslims

More than 780,000 articles in Western newspapers have distorted the image of Muslims

A study by researchers Eric Bleich and Moritz van der Veen found anti-Muslim abuse in more than 784,000 newspaper articles published over a 20-year period.According to the study, which analyzed 256,000 articles published in the United States, and 528,000 in…
Calls to stop the screening of the film “The Lady of Heaven” after premiering in international cinemas

Calls to stop the screening of the film “The Lady of Heaven” after premiering in international cinemas

After the wide spread and great feedback received by the film “The Lady of Heaven” and its positive influence on non-Muslim viewers, campaigns have emerged to demand that it not be shown in Britain. A member of the British House…
Survey: Seven out of 10 UK Muslims experience Islamophobia in their workplace

Survey: Seven out of 10 UK Muslims experience Islamophobia in their workplace

Some 7 out of 10 Muslims in the UK have experienced Islamophobia in the workplace, a survey revealed on Tuesday. The poll showed that 69 percent of working British Muslims have faced varying forms of Islamophobic behaviours or actions in…
US Report on International Religious Freedom monitors harassment and discrimination against Arab Shia and Muslim minorities

US Report on International Religious Freedom monitors harassment and discrimination against Arab Shia and Muslim minorities

The US state department’s Report on International Religious Freedom monitored harassment and discrimination against Arab Shias in some Gulf countries and North Africa, as well as against Muslim minorities in countries such as India, Myanmar and China. The annual report…
Tunisia drafting new constitution with no reference to Islam

Tunisia drafting new constitution with no reference to Islam

The legal expert charged with rewriting Tunisia’s constitution said Monday he would present President Kais Saied with a draft devoid of any reference to Islam, in order to confront Islamist parties. The first article of a constitution adopted three years…
Austria Mosque targeted in Islamophobic attack

Austria Mosque targeted in Islamophobic attack

An Islamophobic and racist attack targeting a mosque in Sollenau municipality, Austria, was reported on Monday, according to media sources. The words “Go back home” were written on the walls of the Yesil Mosque in Lower Austria by an unidentified…
U.S. lawmakers make efforts to stop their country’s support for Saudi Arabia in the Yemen war

U.S. lawmakers make efforts to stop their country’s support for Saudi Arabia in the Yemen war

Nearly 50 members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a resolution on Wednesday seeking to end any U.S. involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen, with plans to introduce a similar measure in the Senate. Among other things, the…
McDonald’s intentionally sold Muslim family bacon

McDonald’s intentionally sold Muslim family bacon

A civil rights group says workers at a McDonald’s restaurant in Massachusetts intentionally put bacon on a fish sandwich that a Muslim woman had ordered for one of her children. The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced Wednesday that it had…
United Nations: Ukraine war ‘aggravating’ existing global food crisis

United Nations: Ukraine war ‘aggravating’ existing global food crisis

As the cost of food soars around the world, the United Nations warns that the war in Ukraine risks aggravating inflating prices and causing a full-on global food crisis. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, a…
France: Bank accounts of four people from one family close after donating to a mosque

France: Bank accounts of four people from one family close after donating to a mosque

The dean of the Villeurbanne mosque, Azzedine Kasi, said that a French bank closed the account of citizens of Moroccan origin because they donated ten euros to a mosque under construction in Lyon, in the Rhône-Alpes province in southeastern France.…
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