End of the Second Elizabethean Era: British Muslim Responses to the Queen’s Legacy
Some Muslims are convinced that Charles is a secret Muslim and others have made the dubious claim that the Queen was a descendent of the Prophet.
French-Algerian Author Changes Name over Discrimination Allegations
Read: France under Macron: All Citizens Can Criticize the Republic Except Muslims
Surprising?
The statement made by Le Clerc came as a shock to some French, but France’s history of racism especially against Harkis is known to many and does not surprise people with migrant backgrounds in the country.
How Turkey’s Opposition Demonizes Refugees
” Bianet’s criticism was based on the grounds that Turkey’s opposition parties adopt the rhetoric of far-right parties in Europe about immigrants, foreigners, Muslims, and Turks.
Eid under Israeli Occupation Reopens Old Wounds
uslims across the globe mark the Feast of Sacrifice, or Eid aladha, a four-day feast, which takes place a day after Muslim pilgrims stand on Mount of Arafa in the holy city of Mecca, a ritual that completes the last pillar in their annual pilgrimage.
Unprecedented Times: Macron’s France at an Impasse
Notorious for his hostility towards Muslims and immigrants and some anti-Semitic rhetoric, Jewish far-right Eric Zemmour was the most talked about name in the presidential elections.
My Daughter Asks, “Will There Be Another Israeli War during Eid?”
Muslims visit their relatives and give them gifts and eideya, pocket money.
Why the UAE is Denouncing Israel’s Brutality
Although symbolic, these signals to Arabs and Muslims in the Emirates and across the region highlight how the UAE’s leadership will not remain silent in the face of Israeli brutality.
Islamophobia and the French Presidential Election
There is, however, an "enemy" that makes them far-right and against which all three parties shape their policy and targets: Muslims and immigrants.
Why French Youths Abstain from Voting in the Presidential Election
However, Le Pen also scored higher than in 2017, especially in the last few weeks of her campaign when, instead of putting Muslims on the agenda, she focused on the high costs of living and inflation, something that concerns most voters.
How the Russia-Ukraine War Turned the Political Climate in France Upside Down
Muslims, who were the target of far-right candidates in the first round of the presidential elections, could thus partially breathe because people are now more afraid of the Russians.
American Political Opportunism and the Long Overdue Rohingya Genocide Determination
The historical fact is this: Myanmar’s genocidal purges of the Rohingya Muslims have been on Washington’s radar ever since the late U.
Just and Unjust Wars: The Need for a Third Way
The theology of liberation manifested itself in the form of crusades—wars in the Middle East to save Jerusalem and Eastern Christians from what the Roman Catholic Church at the time saw as “oppression” by Muslims.
Xinjiang: The New Face of the Old Problem in China
We should not forget that this particular repression of Muslims in Xinjiang harnesses all the tools of the globalized modern age: capitalism and progress which often mean the policing, exploitation, and dehumanization of the recipients of the so-called help.
Still Waters Run Deep: Germany’s Far-Right Extremism Problem
The xenophobic attack targeted Muslims and showed that Germany has a serious problem with radical right-wing terror.
Stealing Innocence: The Theft of Refugee Children in Sweden
A few further problematic issues further stand out: (a) What is the record of Swedish social services when seizing children; (b) How effective are they in providing a loving, caring home to the seized children; (c) Are the religious, moral rights of the parents being respected in raising the stolen children as Muslims? First, the situation for unaccompanied refugee children in Europe, and state-seized refugee children in Sweden specifically, is abysmal.
“Godi Media” in Modi’s India: A War on Journalists?
Since then, the situation has deteriorated from bad to worse for journalists in both Kashmir and India, culminating with terrorism charges levelled against me and 101 other journalists, lawyers, academics, and human rights defenders in November of last year – for “promoting enmity between religious groups” across social media, an Orwellian way to describe reporting violent attacks committed by right-wing Hindu groups against Muslims in Tripura state in late October.
Revisiting Nusrat Ghani’s Islamophobia Claims
”Read: Assertive British Muslims: The New Generation of Political and Social InfluencersThe accusations made by Ghani have been previously echoed by former Tory peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the country's first female Muslim cabinet minister and a persistent campaigner against Islamophobia.
Éric Zemmour: An Anti-Semitic Candidate For a Better Islamophobia in French Presidential Elections?
An ambiguous xenophobia against Africans, Arabs, and sometimes people coming from countries in the European Union was replaced by an overt hatred of Islam and hostility towards Muslims.
The Hindutva War on Christians in India
While attacks against Muslims have become the norm since 2014, with Hindu nationalist leaders and hate preachers openly urging genocide, as mobs belonging to fringe Hindu organizations, such as Bajrang Dal, hunt and lynch Muslims in the streets – the country’s 25 million Christians had, until now, been spared the worse of what has become a government backed effort to transform India into a Hindu-only nation.
How Intelligence Agencies Turned into Foreign Policy Tools
Read: Why Us? Muslims in the Netherlands Angered by Governmental InvestigationUsers can hide their real identities in social media and this helps criminal and terrorist organizations to access and spread information flexibly and cheaply.
