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Rights activists in Germany stand in solidarity with Bahrain
May 28, 2015
Rights activists in Germany stand in solidarity with Bahrain
Bahraini activists staged a sit-in in front of House Arts and Culture institute in Berlin capital of Germany Bahraini activists staged a sit-in in front of House Arts and Culture institute in Berlin capital of Germany. Since 2011 Bahrainis…
Anti-terror police arrest three men and a woman in raids across Germany over plot to blow up mosques
May 11, 2015
Anti-terror police arrest three men and a woman in raids across Germany over plot to blow up mosques
Anti-terror police have carried out raids across Germany, seizing explosives and arresting four people accused of plotting to attack Muslims and asylum seekers Anti-terror police have carried out raids across Germany, seizing explosives and arresting four people accused of…
School fined for telling Muslim to ‘taste’ pork in Denmark
May 11, 2015
School fined for telling Muslim to ‘taste’ pork in Denmark
A Danish court has ordered a culinary school in Denmark’s Holstebro town to pay a Muslim woman 40,000 Danish krone, or around $6,000, in damages for forcing her to taste pork as part of her classes A Danish court…
Shia Rights Watch releases monthly report of anti-Shiism incidents of anti-Shiism in April 2015
May 11, 2015
Shia Rights Watch releases monthly report of anti-Shiism incidents of anti-Shiism in April 2015
Shia Rights Watch Organization has released its monthly report of the main incidents of anti-Shiism that occurred in April, 2015. Shia Rights Watch Organization has released its monthly report of the main incidents of anti-Shiism that occurred in April,…
Religious profiling of Muslim children causes outcry in France
May 10, 2015
Religious profiling of Muslim children causes outcry in France
A French mayor backed by the far-right Front National has been accused of racism after using the names of schoolchildren in his town to decide how many were Muslim A French mayor backed by the far-right Front National has…
13 Muslim MPs elected in Britain
May 10, 2015
13 Muslim MPs elected in Britain
A record of 13 Muslim Members of parliament, up from 8 in 2010, have been elected in one of the most unpredictable and extraordinary general elections in Britain. Eight of these Muslim Members of parliament are women A record of…
Florida Muslims fight hate with humor
May 10, 2015
Florida Muslims fight hate with humor
A group of American Muslims shot a video that ridicules anti-Muslim Facebook comments about a fire in an Islamic centre in Florida. A group of American Muslims shot a video that ridicules anti-Muslim Facebook comments about a fire in…
Tunisia International Quran contest wraps up
May 10, 2015
Tunisia International Quran contest wraps up
The fifth International Quran Competition of Tunisia concluded in a ceremony in the capital Tunis The fifth International Quran Competition of Tunisia concluded in a ceremony in the capital Tunis. The contest was held in the Tunisian capital, with…
Muslims of Marshfield and Massachusetts spread true beauty of Islam
May 6, 2015
Muslims of Marshfield and Massachusetts spread true beauty of Islam
Campaigning for religious understanding, the Muslim community in Marshfield, Massachusetts, hosted scores of people in a two-hour event designed to educate them on the true beauty of Islam Campaigning for religious understanding, the Muslim community in Marshfield, Massachusetts,…
French Muslim girl banned from school over long skirt
May 3, 2015
French Muslim girl banned from school over long skirt
A 15-year-old French Muslim girl has been banned from her classroom for wearing a long black skirt, seen as going against France’s law guaranteeing secularism A 15-year-old French Muslim girl has been banned from her classroom for wearing a…