Muslim Minorities

Indian teacher resigns after told to remove face veil

A Muslim teacher who resigned from her job at a school in India's commercial capital Mumbai last week claimed her…

9 years ago

US: Muslim student attacked in New York subway missing

A Muslim teen who was the victim of a bias attack earlier this month on the city’s subway has been…

9 years ago

Far-right MP Geert Wilders found guilty of hate speech

A court in the Netherlands has found Geert Wilders, an anti-Islam politician, guilty of hate speech for leading a chant…

9 years ago

Muslim scholars urge solidarity with Myanmar’s Rohingya

The Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called on Muslims worldwide to stage a "Friday of rage" Dec.…

9 years ago

3 men try to remove Muslim teen’s hijab in NYC metro

The city’s police is investigating a bias crime after three men attempted to remove the headscarf of a Muslim teen…

10 years ago

5 yr old Muslim student choked by teacher in N.Carolina

The Muslim civil rights organization Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called for an immediate and thorough investigation into allegations…

10 years ago

Persecution of Rohingya Muslims may be crime against humanity

Rohingya Muslims in Burma may be the victims of crimes against humanity, the UN’s rights agency has said. (more…)

10 years ago

Dutch MPs approve partial ban on burqa wearing in public

Dutch MPs on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban the full-face burqa from some public places such as schools and hospitals,…

10 years ago

Swastikas daubed on Swedish mosque

Police in Stockholm are investigating a Saturday attack on a mosque in which neo-Nazi and anti-Muslim slogans were daubed near…

10 years ago

Muslims in Athens prepare for the city’s first mosque

Sitting in a cafeteria in her middle-class neighbourhood of Ilioupoli, 43-year-old Anna Stamou says she soon hopes to be praying…

10 years ago