A former intelligence officer has accused Canada’s top spy agency of discrimination. Huda Mukbil says she was discriminated against while a member of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service because of her Muslim faith and said the treatment posed a national security threat to Canada. ”It’s the reason why individuals in …
Read More »Council of Europe study: European Muslims believe hateful posts are as dangerous as public attacks
Muslims in Europe believe hateful posts online targeting Muslims are as dangerous as public attacks, according to a study by the Council of Europe on Tuesday. Daniel Holtgen, special Representative on anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim and other forms of religious intolerance and hate crimes, said it is a dangerous development. He shared …
Read More »Canada: Ontario police investigating anti-Muslim video posted to TikTok
Provincial police in Ontario have launched an investigation after a video was posted to TikTok which included disturbing references to the recent murder of a Muslim family in London, Ont. The video shows what appears to be a Muslim family walking on the road and the voice of a man …
Read More »At least 20 Muslim pilgrims die in Pakistan bus crash
(By Gul Yousafzai) – QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bus crammed with pilgrims coming back from a religious festival crashed in southwest Pakistan on Friday killing at least 20 and leaving 10 others critically injured, officials and a hospital doctor said. The bus careened off the road into a ditch …
Read More »Canadian Muslim Family Killed In ‘Premeditated’ Attack, Police Say
Police in the Canadian province of Ontario said a man driving a pick-up truck slammed into a Muslim family in a “premeditated” attack, killing four and seriously injuring a nine-year-old boy. Local news outlets said the victims were waiting to cross a street in the city of London, Ontario, about 200km southwest of Toronto, …
Read More »Connecticut fires prison guard over anti-Muslim meme
Connecticut’s prison system has fired a guard after an Islamic group complained about an anti-Muslim meme he posted on social media years ago. In a termination letter dated Tuesday and obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request, Garner Correctional Institution warden Amoda Hannah told Officer Anthony Marlak …
Read More »Apple employees call for company to support Palestinians in internal letter
Apple employees are circulating an internal letter calling on Tim Cook to put out a statement supporting the Palestinian people. Nearly 1,000 workers have signed. The writers, who are part of the Apple Muslim Association, specifically ask the company to recognize that “millions of Palestinian people currently suffer under an …
Read More »Israeli mob’s ‘lynching of Arab’ aired live on TV
Footage of a far-right Israeli mob attacking a man near Tel Aviv they believed to be an Arab was aired live on television Wednesday night, as the Israel-Palestinian conflict raged on. The shocking images show a man being forcibly removed from his car and beaten by a crowd of dozens …
Read More »Muslims in Austria embrace Ramadhan
IQNA: Muslims in Austria are enthusiastically grasping the Month of Ramadhan, despite homesickness and the coronavirus pandemic. Although after the changes made to the Islamic Law in 2015 restricted some rights of Muslims and increased anti-Islamism that caused serious problems, around 800,000 Muslims of various ethnic origins continue to live …
Read More »Yale University elects first Muslim student body president
Yale University, one of the oldest in the Ivy League, has elected a Muslim student as president of its student body for the first time. Bayan Galal, according to Connecticut-based news station WFSB, secured 56 per cent of the student body vote for Yale College Council President, making her the …
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