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Germany: Unidentified extremists attack mosque, paint swastikas on its walls

Germany: Unidentified extremists attack mosque, paint swastikas on its walls

Unidentified extremists attacked a mosque in the western city of Göttingen in northern Germany, in a new racist incident. The extremists last week, painted 5 swastikas on the walls of the mosque, in what appears to be a message of…
Muslim civil societies raise concerns over Islamophobia in Europe

Muslim civil societies raise concerns over Islamophobia in Europe

Addressing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw on Thursday 29th September, Lamies Nassri, project manager at the Center for Muslim Rights (CEDA) in Denmark, said Islamophobia was spreading throughout Europe and called…
Amsterdam City Council pushes for end of nationwide burqa ban

Amsterdam City Council pushes for end of nationwide burqa ban

Local leaders in Amsterdam have taken an important step to encourage to abandon the burqa (face-covering clothing) ban in the Netherlands, which came into force in 2019. On Sept. 14, the city council in the Netherlands’ capital and largest city…
For the first time ever, the banner of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) in front of the Supreme Pontiff

For the first time ever, the banner of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) in front of the Supreme Pontiff

A delegation from the International Media Center in the Media Department of Imam Hussain Holy Shrine visited Pope Francis at his residence in the Vatican. The visiting delegation presented the banner of Imam Hussain, peace be upon him, as an…
Muslim Council of Elders calls for code of conduct to spread values of coexistence and fraternity

Muslim Council of Elders calls for code of conduct to spread values of coexistence and fraternity

The Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders, Counselor Muhammad Abd al-Salam, called for the formulation of a global media code of conduct to spread the values ​​of coexistence and human fraternity; similar to the blog launched by the Council…
Italy’s Muslim communities confident new government will protect religious freedom

Italy’s Muslim communities confident new government will protect religious freedom

Muslims in Italy say they do not expect a negative attitude towards the 3 million-plus Muslims living in the country by the new right-wing government that has been formed this week after the general election on Sunday 25th September 2022. The…
Human remains from Islamic era found in Granada, Spain

Human remains from Islamic era found in Granada, Spain

A team of archaeologists have found the remains of a large number of people in the city of Granada in southern Spain, believed to belong to Muslims who lived in the region at the end of the Islamic rule of…
Berlin: “Organized discrimination” in official institutions targeting Muslims, according to a report

Berlin: “Organized discrimination” in official institutions targeting Muslims, according to a report

An official commission of experts concluded earlier this September that the state of Berlin suffers from a structural problem in the treatment of its institutions with Muslims living in the state. The commission, considered the first of its kind in…
“Khadija Bint Khuwailid Street” in a French municipality angers supporters of the far-right movement

“Khadija Bint Khuwailid Street” in a French municipality angers supporters of the far-right movement

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…
Shia community in the Finnish city of Tampere revives the Arbaeen Pilgrimage with a mourning procession

Shia community in the Finnish city of Tampere revives the Arbaeen Pilgrimage with a mourning procession

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…
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