Jun
The highest administrative court in France upheld on Tuesday a ban on burkini under a new “secularism framework,” preventing women from wearing full-length swimming costumes in public pools. The Council of State confirmed the suspension of the internal regulations of the swimming pools passed in May by the Grenoble city, authorizing the wearing of the […]
Jun
Mosques continue to be targeted by neo-Nazis or left-wing extremists, but attacks are not properly investigated by German authorities, according to a new report. 768 mosques in Germany have been the targets of threats and attacks since 2014, but most of the cases were not properly investigated. Brandeilig, an initiative of rights group FAIR International, […]
May
In France, Bilal Mosque was closed in December 2021 by the order of Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin, on the grounds that ‘sermons with radical content material’ got by the imam. In the authorized battle since the closing of the mosque, the determination of the Beauvais Administrative Court docket was to open the mosque ‘instantly’. Evaluating […]
May
A recent report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate has found that social media companies are endangering Muslim communities by normalising abusive behavior online. Social media companies are failing to act on 89 percent of posts containing anti-Muslim content reported to them, according to a recent report. “This report exposed that social media companies, […]
Mar
The mosque in the Pessac district, near the city of Bordeaux, has been closed for 6 months for allegedly advocating “radical Islam”. Gironde Governorate announced that the Al-Farouk Mosque in Pessac was closed for 6 months on the grounds that it defended “radical Islam” and spread “predecessor” ideology. It was alleged that sermons were given […]
Feb
A recent study conducted in France revealed that those with a Muslim name and surname applying to graduate programs are discriminated against more than those with ethnically French names. Researchers at both the Higher Education Discrimination and Equality Monitoring Agency (ONDES) and Gustave-Eiffel University sent more than 1,800 emails in March 2021 to the education […]
Feb
Jordan Bardella announced on February 2 his indictment for his remarks concerning the city of Trappes which he had described as an “Islamic Republic”. He accuses French justice of wanting to censor him. The acting president of the National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, announced on February 2 his indictment for having qualified in October 2021 […]
Jan
Nusrat Ghani from the Conservative Party in Great Britain said that she was fired from the post of minister because her colleagues are worried that she is a Muslim, reports Anadolu Agency (AA). Ghani in a statement to The Sunday Times regarding her dismissal in February 2020 from the post of Minister of State, responsible […]
Jan
A young Muslim student accused France’s foremost legal institution of Islamophobia after being threatened with expulsion from an oath ceremony for wearing a headscarf. Graduating lawyer Sara, who only revealed her first name, told Revolution Permanente, a far-left digital news site, that she was singled out for wearing a headscarf during a ceremony Thursday at […]
Dec
Islamophobia in Europe “has worsened, if not reached a tipping point,” according to a new report released on Wednesday. The 886-page report titled European Islamophobia Report 2020 was co-edited by Enes Bayrakli, an international relations professor at Istanbul-based Turkish-German University, and Farid Hafez, a political scientist from Georgetown University’s Bridge Initiative. “Looking back at the […]
