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Amnesty International: EU security laws target Muslims

Amnesty International: EU security laws target Muslims

A raft of new counterterrorism laws across Europe discriminate against Muslims and refugees, spreading fear and alienation, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday.     A raft of new counte rterrorism laws across Europe discriminate against Muslims and…
Protest in Vienna against Austria’s headscarf ban

Protest in Vienna against Austria’s headscarf ban

A group of young activists gathered in Vienna Monday to protest against a new regulation banning public servants, including teachers, from wearing headscarves.     A group of young activists gathered in Vienna Monday to protest against a new regulation…
UN updates death toll from Saudi war

UN updates death toll from Saudi war

The United Nations (UN) humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, says the nearly two-year conflict in the impoverished Arab country has claimed the lives of 10,000 people and left 40,000 others wounded.     The United Nations (UN) humanitarian coordinator…
Central Florida Muslims open free health clinic

Central Florida Muslims open free health clinic

Central Florida’s Muslim leaders unveiled a new free clinic Friday that will serve the poor and uninsured of all backgrounds — a move they hope will help counter negative stereotypes about their faith.     Central Florida’s Muslim leaders unveiled…
US: Muslim girl ‘thrown out of the schoolbus’ for wearing hijab

US: Muslim girl ‘thrown out of the schoolbus’ for wearing hijab

A 15-year-old Muslim girl in the US was evicted twice from a school bus by a driver because of her hijab, prompting her family to demand an apology from the school district.   A 15-year-old Muslim girl in the US…
Boko Haram hits UNIMAID mosque with two bomb blasts

Boko Haram hits UNIMAID mosque with two bomb blasts

Twin suicide bombers have sneaked into the University of Maiduguri, Borno state, and detonated heavy explosives at a mosque near of the institution.   Twin suicide bombers have sneaked into the University of Maiduguri, Borno state, and detonated heavy explosives…
Myanmar Muslims hope UN envoy’s visit will bring change

Myanmar Muslims hope UN envoy’s visit will bring change

Muslim villagers in western Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state said Sunday that they hope positive change will result from a U.N. envoy’s visit to the region, where soldiers are accused of widespread abuses against minority Muslims, including murder, rape and the…
Gunmen abduct students, teachers from school in SW Nigeria

Gunmen abduct students, teachers from school in SW Nigeria

Unknown gunmen have abducted five students and two teachers, including a Turkish national, from an international school in southwestern Nigeria, police say.   The incident occurred on Friday evening when some unidentified gunmen gained entrance through the back fence of…
Islamophobic attack targets Muslims in eastern France

Islamophobic attack targets Muslims in eastern France

Muslim community in Dijon town eastern French was targeted by an Islamophobic attack, local media reported on Friday.     Muslim community in Dijon town eastern French was targeted by an Islamophobic attack, local media reported on Friday. The France…
Visitors to New Delhi book fair receive free Quran copies

Visitors to New Delhi book fair receive free Quran copies

Several stalls at the ongoing World Book Fair in New Delhi have books on Islam to communicate the true meaning of the religion and in a bid to spread peace.   Several stalls at the ongoing World Book Fair in…
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