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The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) is planning to adopt Arabic as its fifth official language, the football body has said. FIFA made the disclosure in a statement posted on its website. The proposal to adopt the language spoken…

The United Kingdom’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda as early as next week was green-lit on Friday, after the High Court in London denied an injunction to block the first flight. Britain’s government announced in April that it…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…